Alastair Thompson on Nostr: This guy (quoted) is a (possibly former) U.S. Govt. Ambassador. Or at least claims to ...
This guy (quoted) is a (possibly former) U.S. Govt. Ambassador. Or at least claims to be. « To be clear genocide is not happening in Gaza » he says.
It ought not to be surprising, but it is.
45,000 people are likely dead already (not 25000 as claimed by the genocide deniers) - and the geometry suggests the next move here will be to push the people of Rafah (Dresden in a kill box) into the Sinaï. When this happens it will become the crime of ethnic cleansing as happened in the Nakba in 1948.
- The ICJ has opened a case into whether or not this is a genocide. It has all the hallmarks of one.
- 56% of Democrat voters (40 million + Americans) believe it is a Genocide+ 23% of Republicans +36% of independent voters and 23% of republicans.
Overall the difference between Yes this is Genocide & No it isn’t is within the margin of error, just 39% yes to 38% no.
I.e. half of all Americans who have a view on whether this is a Genocide think this is a Genocide now. And that number is trending up.
22% don’t know or perhaps don’t want to say.
But the facts are that America is now fully divided on this. Down the middle.
All of the twits in @RaniaKhalek’s timeline here asserting that the death toll is exaggerated or that this is some kind of normal military engagement are fully out of touch with reality.
A court will eventually decide whether this is genocide - and an investigation will then determine who is responsible, and who should stand trial for the crimes.
This is not a regular political debate anymore - it’s a political debate about a crime scene - akin to a political polling debate underway the chainsaw massacre is underway. It’s very Hunger Games in a way.
People need to get their dumb reckons into check.
It ought not to be surprising, but it is.
45,000 people are likely dead already (not 25000 as claimed by the genocide deniers) - and the geometry suggests the next move here will be to push the people of Rafah (Dresden in a kill box) into the Sinaï. When this happens it will become the crime of ethnic cleansing as happened in the Nakba in 1948.
- The ICJ has opened a case into whether or not this is a genocide. It has all the hallmarks of one.
- 56% of Democrat voters (40 million + Americans) believe it is a Genocide+ 23% of Republicans +36% of independent voters and 23% of republicans.
Overall the difference between Yes this is Genocide & No it isn’t is within the margin of error, just 39% yes to 38% no.
I.e. half of all Americans who have a view on whether this is a Genocide think this is a Genocide now. And that number is trending up.
22% don’t know or perhaps don’t want to say.
But the facts are that America is now fully divided on this. Down the middle.
All of the twits in @RaniaKhalek’s timeline here asserting that the death toll is exaggerated or that this is some kind of normal military engagement are fully out of touch with reality.
A court will eventually decide whether this is genocide - and an investigation will then determine who is responsible, and who should stand trial for the crimes.
This is not a regular political debate anymore - it’s a political debate about a crime scene - akin to a political polling debate underway the chainsaw massacre is underway. It’s very Hunger Games in a way.
People need to get their dumb reckons into check.