Bob Pns comments

I'm not going to get into the 2020 election banter trap, not on this site at least. But let's just say, we know a lot more now than we did in 2020 and a lot of things were not what we were led to believe and I'll leave it like that.

Fair enough. I know you get dog piled a lot in these comment sections but I appreciate you being here and always being civil.

There was no coup.

What would you call Trump ordering false electors to sign false certificates stating he won the election in their respective states when he knew that wasn’t the case?

I guess Pence only got to do something because Trump's rubes were trying to tear down the government.

It’s a shame how little respect Pence gets. He saved the country from a coup

but her policies have changed. So was she lying then or lying now?

Policies and values can exist independent of one another.

God help us.

What is wrong with what I said? You do realize that in a Democracy politicians are supposed to represent the will of the people, right?

Now, just like an oleaginous politician, she's pandering for votes. 

I’ve never understood this argument. We live in a Democracy, it’s a good thing if politicians are trying to appeal to the policies the majority of Americans agree with so long as they don’t flip on them after election. I want you to pander to me.

The US edges ever closer to one-party, corporate fascist genocidal state.

Care to explain how?

Her swing to the center is great. If she keeps going this way she’s got my vote

West Bank? Aren't hostages in Gaza? It just doesn't make sense

It makes perfect sense. Hamas is a threat and it doesn’t matter where they’re operating out of.

There are legitimate questions as to the political motives of the Tokyo authorities and their attempts to suppress political speech.

Vandalism isn’t political speech

A "place of worship" is a spurious description for a location that glorifies convicted war criminals, massacres and other crimes against women and children.

That doesn’t give anyone the right to vandalize it, especially foreign citizens

A lot of bizarre CCP support today. Hmmm. Including the inevitable whataboutery.

Yeah, your average CCP shill comment boils down to “China is peaceful but if we did something aggressive it’s because you deserve it”

That's why flares are released to be visible to an encroaching plane but are not released in its flight path. Seems simple enough to me.

Then why is China shooting them at planes from the Philippines?

Flares are used to warn intruding vessels, planes, etc. not to do any damage. 

They will definitely do damage if you hit someone with one, no?

Flares have now been designated a weapon. Curious the timing and all.

Flares aren’t weapons? Why don’t you go buy a flare gun and shoot yourself with it. Please report back with the results. I’m sure you’ll be fine seeing as it’s “not a weapon”

Important to observe a Japanese naval unit made a brazen, deliberate and provocative move into Chinese waters to spy on a military exercise about a month ago. There was little apology for that.

Classic CCP whataboutism. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea states that all ships have the right to transit the territorial waters of another state without conducting activities that would undermine the security of the coastal state.

This sounds like a sensible defensive move in response, against a country with a proven track record of mass-militarism, denialism and revisionist white-washing of the mass atrocities.

So you agree it was an aggressive move by China, you’re just now giving excuses for its aggression. I’m glad we both agree

I thought China only wanted peace with it’s neighbors and it was the pesky Americans causing all the trouble? I’m sure there will be a deep sincere apology from the CCP on this matter, right?

They're not out in the streets protesting because they're pro-Hamas- don't be absurd.

Some for sure are. The latest Channel 5 video at the DNC protests has an interview with a guy wearing a Hamas patch

There are also extreme MAGA supporters who are anti-semitic and white supremacists.

100%. One thing the far left and far right agree on is hating Israel

Bob...the "mass rapes " claim 

Israel sought victims or witnesses to rapes 

None came forward.

Yes they did. The UN confirmed it

“There are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence — including rape and gang-rape — occurred across multiple locations of Israel and the Gaza periphery during the attacks on 7 October 2023, a senior United Nations official reported to the Security Council today, as she presented findings from her visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank.”

https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15621.doc.htm#:~:text=There%20are%20reasonable%20grounds%20to,as%20she%20presented%20findings%20from

This is from the UN. Do you not trust the UN now?

Bob....google "Israeli hasbara lies since Oct 7 " for a detailed list of lies.

I just Googled this and read through it. It’s full of misinformation and not credible. That article states mass rapes were lies which the UN has confirmed actually happened.

That article also doesn’t prove that this hospital story is a lie. If you want to talk about an actual confirmed lie about a hospital bombing what about Hamas lying about the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital being bombed by Israel when it was really hit by Islamic Jihad?

Forensic Architecture is a site that showed the strike on a hospital was not a Hamas mis fire, but an IDF rocket attack.

That is fake news that isn’t supported by any credible source. Even the Wikipedia confirms it was Islamic Jihad that launched that attack

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahli_Arab_Hospital_explosion

Wake up buddy....there is a genocide going on...from civilian deaths, to "domicide "., destruction of housing , to destruction of all education places from preschool to University.

Add the total displacement of civilians, constantly being warned to move, then bombed in those area and you have a genocide.

No, you’re just objectively wrong here. Evacuating people is the opposite of genocide

Bob...the IDF lies and lies again.

Can you provide proof that this is a lie?

It’s been heavily documented that Hamas operates out of these areas and has in the past:

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools

https://unwatch.org/un-admits-palestinians-fired-rockets-unrwa-schools/

IDF lies about strikes on hospitals.

Which strike did they lie about?

OK ?....so if the IDF says something, it is likely to be false.

Why? There has been documentation of them using these areas in the past (I just posted links and can post more).

Aside from being against the Logan act, imagine being such a dirtbag that you're fine with more people getting killed as long as it helps you politically.

He did the same thing with the most recent immigration bill. He encouraged Republicans not to support it (even though it was drafted by a Republican) because he wanted to run on fixing the border

Keep Gaza an open air prison, now with no hospitals , schools or homes, and hope the Gazans have learnt their lesson is the subtext of all Netanyahu says.

Hamas operates out of all these locations:

“Israel’s military said the strike targeted Hamas militants who had set up a command center inside the school.”

North Korea doesn't have a functional air force. It doesn't need one.

Posts like these make me jealous. I really wish I could go through life with such confidence while also being so wildly wrong

WRONG, not only once or twice but three time already and it hasn't worked yet.

I disagree. It not working doesn’t mean that it doesn’t place pressure on the party that hasn’t accepted terms.

Hamas and Israel are not ready for Peace,

I agree with this but not for the reasons you listed. Israel has no need for peace. They’re winning and continually making settlement gains in the West Bank. Hamas and the Palestinians have no desire for peace as the international community has wrongfully deceived them into thinking that any resistance to Israeli terms will ultimately land them back at the 67 borders. Right night I’d say the onus is more on the Palestinians to compromise as they’re currently losing

The disparity in power from one side to another makes me think of a customer trying to deal with a bank or insurance company.

Well to be fair, Hamas doesn’t have a lot of bargaining power right now. They’re losing and generally the losing side has to concede more when it comes to peace terms.

You don't just come out and say Israel has agreed without completing the deal, the only statement that should be made is WE HAVE or DON'T HAVE an AGREEMENT.

Why? Announcing that one side has agreed to terms places pressure on the other to agree to terms as well. If they don’t then criticism should rightly be levied their way (assuming the terms are fair)

Brainwashed much? The PRC has started exactly zero wars since its founding in 1949.

China is an overly aggressive regional threat that has been bullying its neighbors in the Pacific. The CCP’s aggression towards its neighbors and ideas of racial superiority directly parallel the attitudes and mindset of imperial Japan in the early 20th century. There is absolutely no denying this.

Japan did a lot of horrible things in WW2 and it’s fair to criticize them for that. However, this is in Japan and they have every right to have whatever memorials they want. I can’t imagine the Chinese government or people would be happy with foreigners vandalizing their memorials with statements regarding the victims of Tiananmen Square or the such

The estimates put total number of slaughtered in Palestiine Gaza at 2 to 3 times the 40000 currently because there are so many under the rubble unaccounted for!

No reputable source is claiming this, but based on how you love to claim conspiracy theories and fake news as fact it’s no surprise you believe it