Calling for a ceasefire in Israel/Palestine is a liberal position. The radical position is to call for supporting the Palestinian resistance until there is an end to Israeli apartheid.

HexbearGPT [comrade/them] · 11 months ago

Calling for a ceasefire in Israel/Palestine is a liberal position. The radical position is to call for supporting the Palestinian resistance until there is an end to Israeli apartheid.

usernamesaredifficul [he/him] · 11 months ago

Even the Japanese in WW2 were convinced to stop in the face of overwhelming violence when, before, they had elements in power saying they'd rather be exterminated than give up.

I heard they actually were just insisting the soviets be at the treaty negotiations so they didn't have to negotiate two peaces

WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them] · 11 months ago

I'm ready to believe that. A source would still be nice.

I would also put forward that overwhelming force, even without an atomic bomb, was enough to convince people who beforehand would have preferred that the island be exterminated.