Ukraine got used by the USA just like Meyer Lansky got used by Golda Meir.
The movie is on Prime. The relevant scenes are maybe 5 minutes of the movie. But Lansky was requested to support Israel. He did. The movie hints millions, could have been more, could have been less. But when Lansky, a Jew, wanted to "return" to Israel he was denied.
The "ultimate crook" got used and abandoned by an even bigger crook.
I think that when people ask me how I can "justify" supporting Russia, I'll have to use this metaphor. I'm fairly certain no one would demand I me support Lansky. But I could be wrong.
Has anyone noticed how "news" about Israel has been rather muted for the last 2 years?
The only time Israel is on the news is when ongoing land-theft, crop destruction, "settler" instigated murder reaches the boiling point, and Palestinians decide to do something about it. Then it's reported as victim Israel suffering from those crazy unreasonable Arabs or as an ongoing intractable and hopelessly complex "conflict" between two equal sides with no beginning, no ending, and no resolution. Both versions are lies used to maintain an unjust and bloody status quo, which naturally benefits American power interests, the Zionists, and the weapons manufacturers. It's as disgusting as it is predicable and transparent. And on top of that, we're not even allowed to talk about it as a questionable policy in any real sense with the political establishment that supports it.
As to Ukraine, I'm remembering the total news blackout about Hunter Biden's laptop in the weeks before the election, since defeating Trump was the primary goal. Now it's Russia in Trump's place, and we're all supposed to forget about the coup, the Nazis, and wall to wall corruption, simply because supporting Ukraine perfectly aligns with western goals.
It would be nice to be treated like adults who could look at Ukraine's warts and still condemn Putin's authoritarianism and irresponsibility, but since when has that happened? America's gross hypocrisy and selective moral outrage is only going to be re-targeted to the next conflict, (assuming we survive the current one) and the next one after that, and, just like Putin, our political class shuts down more and more independent media in the name of quelling "misinformation," almost like they're doing it for our own good. First it was COVID, now it's Russia, and I'm sure some other bogyman will be dredged up after that.
Of course, censoring and quelling those who criticize Israel has been going on for years, and both parties are just fine with this form of censorship. Only when it turned on Trump did republicans notice, but of course, as they constitute some of the most rabid Zionists, censoring those critical of Israel will remain in place as it always has even as they squeal about their own censorship.
Ukraine got used by the USA just like Meyer Lansky got used by Golda Meir.
The movie is on Prime. The relevant scenes are maybe 5 minutes of the movie. But Lansky was requested to support Israel. He did. The movie hints millions, could have been more, could have been less. But when Lansky, a Jew, wanted to "return" to Israel he was denied.
The "ultimate crook" got used and abandoned by an even bigger crook.
I think that when people ask me how I can "justify" supporting Russia, I'll have to use this metaphor. I'm fairly certain no one would demand I me support Lansky. But I could be wrong.
Has anyone noticed how "news" about Israel has been rather muted for the last 2 years?
The only time Israel is on the news is when ongoing land-theft, crop destruction, "settler" instigated murder reaches the boiling point, and Palestinians decide to do something about it. Then it's reported as victim Israel suffering from those crazy unreasonable Arabs or as an ongoing intractable and hopelessly complex "conflict" between two equal sides with no beginning, no ending, and no resolution. Both versions are lies used to maintain an unjust and bloody status quo, which naturally benefits American power interests, the Zionists, and the weapons manufacturers. It's as disgusting as it is predicable and transparent. And on top of that, we're not even allowed to talk about it as a questionable policy in any real sense with the political establishment that supports it.
As to Ukraine, I'm remembering the total news blackout about Hunter Biden's laptop in the weeks before the election, since defeating Trump was the primary goal. Now it's Russia in Trump's place, and we're all supposed to forget about the coup, the Nazis, and wall to wall corruption, simply because supporting Ukraine perfectly aligns with western goals.
It would be nice to be treated like adults who could look at Ukraine's warts and still condemn Putin's authoritarianism and irresponsibility, but since when has that happened? America's gross hypocrisy and selective moral outrage is only going to be re-targeted to the next conflict, (assuming we survive the current one) and the next one after that, and, just like Putin, our political class shuts down more and more independent media in the name of quelling "misinformation," almost like they're doing it for our own good. First it was COVID, now it's Russia, and I'm sure some other bogyman will be dredged up after that.
Of course, censoring and quelling those who criticize Israel has been going on for years, and both parties are just fine with this form of censorship. Only when it turned on Trump did republicans notice, but of course, as they constitute some of the most rabid Zionists, censoring those critical of Israel will remain in place as it always has even as they squeal about their own censorship.