• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    I think it’s finally time to restore the Mandate of Palestine:

    • Israelis get to live there but not their own special state
    • Palestinians get to live there but not their own special state
    • Everybody gets to hate the British, as is tradition
    • Brits finally get a colony back, it’ll lift their mood after the brexit disaster
    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      Unironically would be a better option if it was on the table.

      That’s how bad this has gotten, guys. I’m pro-British Empire vis-a-vis the Middle East.

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          Can you imagine the Italians running everything? Sure there’d be plenty of good pasta and wine worldwide but I doubt we’d stay productive with three-hour wine lubricated lunch breaks every day

          I say the USA needs to have a proper go at an empire. People could serve in the legion (navy) for citizenship and everything

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            I say the USA needs to have a proper go at an empire.

            Please no. As Teddy Roosevelt once noted, we lack the interest in it. Let’s just not.

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              Hard to argue we don’t have the appetite after spending our first 150 years conquering territory roughly double the size of the Roman Empire at its peak

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                That was more ethnic cleansing than traditional imperialism. Not that I disagree that describing it as imperialism is valid, but it’s not what TR was talking about. The point was that Americans lack serious interest in foreign affairs or a desire for distant prestige projects. Our every overseas acquisition, temporary or permanent, has been marked by a noted uncertainty of what to actually do with any of it. Not that that makes any of the folk getting crushed happier, but it does reflect a lack of interest in the whole topic.

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                  Perhaps we just need to generate a little excitement.

                  Gladiators worked nicely for the Romans, maybe we could generate similar hype with a reality show to choose the governor of each new province. I think “Love Island, Argentinian Governor Edition” would be a real hit.

        • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deM
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          well it’s gotta be more about how every lebanese govt since 2006 refused to implement UNSC resolution 1701 (that one about disarming hezbollah) and how it turned out for them

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            I know this is a serious topic but I stared at “UNSC” for way too long thinking “It’s not United Nations Space Command from Halo… so what is it?”

            United Nations Security Council, got it

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            2 months ago

            Good luck disarming a group with (supposedly) more weapons and fighters than your actual army.

            If they had done it, I suspect Israel would have rolled over the border long ago.

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    2 months ago

    Pretty much. There are tons of zionists mascarading as Lebanese who claim that Israel is being precise and having minimal civilian casualties…

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    Hey it’s my man pug jesus! Who’s the flag with the Christmas tree star on it Pug Jesus? Must be super into Christmas and jesus!