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Ian Carroll 11 months ago
I heard NOSTR was a good place for nuanced takes

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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
Interesting lens. I would however posit that if you want more terrorism on US soil, occupying a middle-eastern country is the way to do that. image
I haven't even listened to the specifics of Ian's video but his opening statement on how a good theory answers all known facts is very well said. "When we try to give an explanation for what we see in the world...every little thing about it has to be explained by your thesis. If there's something that's not explained by it, then your thesis might be wrong, because the real explanation for what's really going on explains everything that's going on and if there's something off, you should look at that." There are holes in just about everyone's 'personal theory of everything'. Most people don't pursue resolution to the cognitive dissonance they carry, and what's worse is that those same people project their modus operandi onto those of us who actually do seek to resolve our cognitive dissonance because that kind of projection is an effective ego defense mechanism for those lacking in self-honesty. View quoted note →
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Pinnochiho 11 months ago
I agree with most of your opinions but not this one! Any solution that consists of removing the indigenous people from their land and “help” rebuild or better it!! Is obviously not the intention. It’s all greed and games played to paralyze the masses and create chaos. The solution is to listen to the people in question!! They know what they want. Leaving their homes is NOT WHAT THEY WANT.
I see your point about Netanyahu possibly not knowing Trump was going to announce what he did. I don't know if I would have caught it if you hadn't pointed it out, but his head does drop slightly when he hears it, and acting out his actions after that point you can feel the gears starting to turn in his head. Could be something here. Could be an optimistic plan that's trying to sprout in a treacherous field, and there's a chance it does in some way.
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EchDel 11 months ago
Let's see how it pans out. I am not optimistic.
I think you should listen again to the context of that statement. He himself does not support this, nor the alternative of removing the Palestinians.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
Literally Osama bin Laden said he cared about the treatment of the Palestinians as his motivation for the attacks.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
There isn't a "The terrorists." Disparate groups of desperate people with grievances become terrorists. And if the US directly attacks gaza you get more desperate people with motive.
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Asdf 11 months ago
ocamz razor sais no..
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
And...? He orchestrated terrorist attacks. That was my point. I never said he ran a Palestinian charity.
This is similar to my musings while discussing it with my workout buddy this morning as it was on the news. My understanding from each of Trump and Netanyahu's meetings is that Bibi leaves the meeting unhappy, so when I saw the news I stated that Trump is extracting concessions from Bibi with this announcement (whether it was negotiations in real-time or not). I'm not getting my hopes up, but agree that it could undercut Israeli aims at territorial seizure and provide the (non-militarized) Palestinians with a means to stay in their homeland. Could, but we're inserting our own hopes and vision onto another man's actions. We'll have to see what he ultimately does.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
Guy, I never said he did. Are you reading the words I wrote or are you just imagining what you think I ought to say?
I appreciate your willingness to explore possibilities and I agree Bebe looked a little surprised during the announcement, but this theory is a huge stretch in my opinion. The alternative is much simpler. Washington DC is a vassal of Israel. Trump is doing Israel's bidding. Will use US tax dollars to rebuild what Israel destroyed and then ten years down the line Israel will end up owning it one way or another. Full win for Israel, zero for the Palestinians, just like the last 70 years or so. I would prefer that's not the case, and I still have hope for truth to prevail, but right now this seems to be the most likely outcome. Thanks for sharing specifically to nostr man. I'm glad you're hereb🤙
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
No, you have been pretty much just telling me non-sequitors about Osama Bin Laden and palestine. I am not sure why exactly.
Not non-sequiters. You used Bin Laden as an example of how the Arabs support the Palestinians. That didn't make sense to me since he all he did was say words. He didn't do anything to help them. On the whole, neither has the rest of the Arab world. The Egyptians didn't even let them across the border when their homes in Gaza were being crushed.
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Kris 11 months ago
You bring up some good points and the only solution I can think of is to completely stay out of it. I am sick and tired of having my money stolen to fund the bombing of Palestinians. All I want is for the USA to mind its own business.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
I didn't say he supported them. I said he used them as a justification for terrorism. Like I said, It seems that you are just interpreting what you think I ought to be saying, instead of the words I am typing.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
Okay. An analogy. If someone kills my neighbor, and I use his death as a justification to attack a cop. I didn't "help" my neighbor. I used his death to justify my own violence. Rightly or wrongly.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
In that analogy I "care" about my neighbor's death, because I use it as a grievance. Which is the first point I made about Bin Laden.
I responded to your post inferring that it wouldn't cause more terrorism. I don't think there's evidence that Bin Laden did anything because of the Palestinians. He said on camera that it was because of our occupation in Lebanon. More likely it was because he believed the Bushes had corrupted the House of Saud.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
Osama bin Laden expressed strong grievances against the United States regarding its support for Israel and its policies in the Palestinian territories. In his "Letter to the American People," published in November 2002, bin Laden criticized the U.S. for backing the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestinian territories, which he described as "one of the greatest crimes." Also, I implied that US involvement WOULD create more terrorism. I don't know how I wasn't being clear.
I get the analogy. Thing is, it's not what happened, and he never mentioned the Palestinians. He was the CIA's guy in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion. When that was done, the CIA abandoned him. Then he gets disowned by the Bin Laden family. The guy had a bone to pick with a lot of people.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
He absolutely did mention the Palestinians among other US led incidents in the middle-east. I have read a lot about him and his motivations. Maybe you just missed that one.
That's a statement against the Jewish occupation, more than the Palestianians. But ok, fair, he mentioned them. But I think we're getting bogged down by one example that can be argued from different directions. The CIA created ISIS and probably Al Queda. In my view, the terrorism is a construct to require our ongoing presence in the middle east. It isn't a result of our being there. It gives us a reason to be there.
I did miss that one. But I don't believe Bin Laden had much to do with 9-11. I think he released a video claiming credit to get support in the Arab world after the Bushes has abandoned him.
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JackTheMimic 11 months ago
Chicken and egg. The CIA creates terror, justifies retribution, terrorism in US, justifies middle-east occupation. One of those things is always happening. I was simply stating "Occupying the middle-east" is directly causal to the vicious cycle no matter what point of the cycle we are in. In any case I think we are in rough agreement that occupying foreign nations is not good. Terrorism is not good. And the CIA being terrorists abroad is not good.
Completely agree with you on that. My concern was less for terrorism and more for the great likelihood that the Paelstinians won't be allowed back. Trump modified his position today, calling the relocation temporary. My hope is that he's blocking Israel from occupying the Gaza strip and continuing their destruction of it. If that is true, I will wait to see if that's what's happening. The Palestinians deserve to live in peace.
I wonder if Israel will show more restraint now than they did with the USS Liberty, or mate just run the same playbook again and blame Iran/Hezbollah/Hamas/Houthis/whoever. Pager gift is definitely a message.
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npub12app...n6yx 11 months ago
So I agree with this take as I've thought the same thing. However, I don't see why any Palestinian needs to move out. give them labor jobs rebuilding their own land. But further, thinking of President Trump and his other international diplomatic forays, If US money is going into the rebuilding effort, think Panama Canal. The US gives the Palestinians new cities in exchange for rights resources, ie: a canal or pipelines that the US also builds. This could end up being a win/win for Palestine and the US, and subvert Israel's "greater Isreal" project.
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#fuck_jews 11 months ago
jews in DC, jews in NY 10,000 jews killed isn't a big deal its nothing
Ian Carroll's avatar Ian Carroll
I heard NOSTR was a good place for nuanced takes
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Worth considering this fresh take. How do you think the Rothschild grip gets loosened (there were 7 banking brothers spread across continents)? Makes way for a Trump hotel, tho…
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arikisonfire 11 months ago
@Ian Carroll very interesting take, thx! @Simon Dixon how would you argue here? Ps: I follow your content for years and am immensly grateful for your contributions, especially on the geopolitical topics 🙏🏻
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#fuck_jews 11 months ago
you've been diagnosed with 'the stupid "the crowds in control" dilemma' we(you included) aren't entitled to find a solution, the crowds just cheer in a direction or the other that is, fuck the jews we cheer
Ian Carroll's avatar Ian Carroll
I heard NOSTR was a good place for nuanced takes
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welcome ian, used to love seeing your videos on tiktok, you taught me a lot! I still am baffled that red bull is a family business
I love the intro point. - If something is contradicting your thesis, then your thesis is not a correct one. A fresh breath of clarity in the ever more confused world.
Oh look another white dude on drugs trying to explain how some other white dudes really bad ideas aren’t actually his ideas and he’s just scamming everyone.
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hasky 11 months ago
nostr people are the coolest , we just chilling .
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npub1r52w...euf3 11 months ago
anytime Trump opens his mouth he lies and that includes politicians the only real solution to fix the problem for there and also the world is to make a new currency and we already have a courtesy life that to stop these people it's called Monero
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PixelBob 11 months ago
BB has already responded in full support of Trumps plan. So yeah, let the US take the head, handover to Israel when the dust settles so to speak.
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npub1anhg...h32e 11 months ago
Just a white American being a colonizer with white saviour complex, now officially shilling for the State Department
Ahh. I don't zap at all with primal; not really interested in kyc sats. Glad they're there as an onboarding tool, and the experience is quite smooth. Wish they made it easier to just direct the zap button to an outside lightning wallet. But, lucky for me, I don't have to pick just one client. That said, Nostrudel does most anything I want on the desktop space. Once in a blue moon I'll open up Primal or Satellite.earth or Coracle though.
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npub1uleu...r0my 11 months ago
This is related to the massive natural gas fields that happen to be off the coast of Gaza and the only reason Trump is so generously offering to make that piece of land the Gazan Riviera… Bibi is of course in on it either way..
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EchDel 11 months ago
Dude, I am following your scam account. Lol.
Trump's doing a phenomenal job of exposing the real liars It's insane how much corruption is in just USAID alone. It's mindblowing, and the lame stream fake news isn't covering it, but that's OK. Nobody listens to them any more. Free speech social media is the news now.
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npub1r52w...euf3 11 months ago
you have no clue what's going on I would suggest you watch the Jones Plantation
Nuanced, but incorrect. The plan was always a gas export port in Gaza. 1. Beirut port bombed. 2. Nordstream II bombed. 3. Gaza bombed. Trump is just more direct about it, but would have happened with or without him. Israel is in charge of America, not the other way around.
Land on earth is like bitcoin. There's only so much to go around. Humans will fight over land for the rest of time, just as they always have. Also, why do we care about a war when our own people are homeless, hungry, and 64% can't even come up with $500 for an emergency expense? Have you seen the average reading levels for American children too? America needs to stay tf out of other peoples shit "spreading democracy" and stop playing world police to focus on helping their own people.
followed you here. what is the best app to use for this? the app I'm using to view this is too much like twitter
USA intentionally arms its own future enemies in order to justify never ending war. fun fact, the same year USA left Afghanistan Mexico took over as the world's largest black market opiate producer, and the ATF and CIA have been giving weapons to Mexican cartels for decades now, those cartels.
also I haven't seen any "terror" attacks in response to USA's support of Israel, just widespread protests which the government are trying to call terrorism. I have however noticed a lot of terrorist acts from Zionists happening in USA and other places in response to protests, some of it just seems like Israelis think they are allowed to do whatever they want it's been so normalised that when they travel outside israel they attack anyone they want now and expect a reward. also Israel has been responsible for more terrorist attacks against USA than anyone else which should be taken into account, just 9/11 alone should have been a red line, the fact that USA did not destroy israel after 9/11 and instead attacked Israel's enemies, I think USA government is controlled by Israel and that's a far bigger concern than the individual terrorist attacks or any group