I don't really remember the early 2000s, I was too young, but I imagine this is what it was like.
*my title is the original headline, the archive link has the current revised headline
I don't really remember the early 2000s, I was too young, but I imagine this is what it was like.
This is exactly what it was like. People have the political memory of a goldfish. “Well, if intelligence says so. They’ve never lied to me before!”
first as tragedy, then as farce, then as..., then as..., then as...
Context: Israel needs to prove that the UN is Hamas because the UN ICJ just ordered them to stop genociding
Totally not suspicious timing coming out right after the ruling
I knew the article would go out of its way to avoid saying "according to Israel" but holy mother of fuck did the article really go out of its way to avoid saying "according to Israel".
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Ninja edit
I scanned the entire article and maybe I missed it but I couldn't find a single mention of how the intelligence was gathered and who actually gathered it. It's all crap like this...
Intelligence estimates shared with the U.S.
They're really going to run with this shit, huh? Anything to defend genocide.
