r/InternationalNews • u/ObjectiveObserver420 South Africa • Apr 24 '24

International Blinken denies US has ‘double standard’ when adjudicating alleged human rights abuses in Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-denies-us-has-double-standard-when-adjudicating-alleged-human-rights-abuses-in-israel/
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u/TolPM71 Apr 24 '24

This part was fascinating.

“The case of Ukraine is totally different than in Gaza. The Ukrainians are not in any way a legitimate target the way Hamas is in Gaza."

Notice how any attack on Ukraine is framed as an attack on Ukrainians, not on Azov Battalion, or even the Ukrainian army but on Ukrainian civilians.

The opposite is done with Gaza, all attacks on Gaza are framed as attacks on Hamas. Blinken is tacitly endorsing the extreme Zionist position that there are no innocent civilians in Gaza.

This is not to say innocent civilians aren't killed in Ukraine or that there are no militants in Gaza. Just that, according to Blinken, all Ukrainians are innocent, and all Gazans are Hamas. Pretty wild that this was embedded in an "explanation" that the US has no double standards!

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 24 '24

Uhhh- because Hamas attacked Israel while no one in Ukraine attacked anyone.

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u/musingmarkhor Apr 24 '24

Uhh, Israel invaded and occupied Palestinian land while committing ethnic cleansing decades before Hamas ever existed.

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 25 '24

There’s the problem! You’re getting all this disinformation off TikTok.

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u/thesilverbride Apr 25 '24

23 hours until you delete all your posts and disappear Bot.

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 25 '24

I’m sorry. Did I hurt your fweelings?

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u/thesilverbride Apr 26 '24

Well, 11 hours in and still not deleted so not bad.

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u/TolPM71 Apr 24 '24

Just as interesting seeing the response from fans of Israel, attacking anyone in Gaza, including women, children, medics, volunteers, you name it, is framed as "attacking Hamas", whereas attacking anyone in Ukraine, armed and fighting or otherwise, is framed as "attacking Ukranians". You certainly are a testimony to effective messaging on the part of the White House and the state of Israel. Their propaganda specialists must be very happy with their work.

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 24 '24

Clearly you just make stuff up to fit your narrative and justify your position. You asked a question, the answer was pretty obvious but you keep trying to deny that Hamas has any complicity and try to convince people that the US is the guilty one. Unbelievably naive. Or worse.

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u/ClownshoesMcGuinty Apr 24 '24

You, on the other hand, reject any accountability by the US or Israel.

You asked a question, the answer was pretty obvious but you keep trying to deny that Hamas has any complicity and try to convince people that the US is the guilty one. Unbelievably naive. Or worse.

Folks, pay attention. This pearl clutching in a classic sense. Just a beautiful example.

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u/ClownshoesMcGuinty Apr 24 '24

More hyperbole AND putting words in my mouth.

Add victimhood to the mix now, I guess.

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u/thesilverbride Apr 25 '24

This is a Bot so dont bother. Posts will be deleted shortly. They are everywhere now.

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 25 '24

So that’s how you get rid of people who don’t validate your warped world view! No wonder people like you are so completely clueless.

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u/TolPM71 Apr 25 '24

Point to the part where I said Hamas has no complicity!

I said, sure, there are militants in Gaza but that Blinken and yourself frame any attack by Israel in Gaza as an attack on Hamas, regardless of whether civilians were targeted or not and frame any attack on Ukraine as an attack on Ukrainians, not on Ukrainian militant groups or Ukraine's military.

I'd recommend re reading what I wrote, if I believed you were arguing in good faith. As I don't, you can relax and find something more productive to do with your time.

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 25 '24

It’s so blatantly clear you’re a shill by your inflammatory and misrepresenting comments. Your words “Blinken is tacitly endorsing the extreme Zionist position that there are no innocent civilians in Gaza. “ “According to Blinken all Ukrainians are innocent while all Gaza’s are Hamas” “Israel is a terrorist, rouge state.” “Israel’s been actively trying to eradicate the people of Gaza” “Zionism is built on antisemitism and requires it for its existence.”

Then you accuse me of parroting “White House propaganda” on Israel.

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u/TolPM71 Apr 25 '24

Well, at least this disproves the thesis that you're a bot. Not much else though. Well done you for mastering the cut and paste function. Now get to the part where you're actually addressing the points of the person you're arguing with. It's a bit more complicated than simply repeating them verbatim and calling it a day.

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u/FreedomRider02138 Apr 26 '24

So you don’t like when your own disgusting words come back at ya? So noted.

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u/TolPM71 Apr 26 '24

Nope, I don't mind. I wrote them, you just haven't shown they're wrong!

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u/dewgetit Apr 24 '24

Why did Hamas attack Israel?

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u/Key_Cheetah7982 Apr 24 '24

Everything was perfect before 10/7

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u/Infamous-Berry Apr 24 '24

Hold on who attacked Israel? Hamas or Palestinians? You’re missing the point entirely