In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters
In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and criticized American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots.”
This guy just walked into the capitol of the United States and criticized the American people for exercising their first amendment right. The audacity.
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Why are we allowing this man to address Congress? And why did anyone show up?
247 2 ReplyRepublicans
112 4 ReplyAnd Democrats
25 18 ReplyNot as many
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And isn't there an arrest warrant for him? Oh right:
Netanyahu’s visit comes two months after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
106 2 ReplyThe US doesn't respect the ICC's authority anyway.
89 1 ReplyIf we did we'd have to start handing over politicians lol
54 1 ReplyWhich is not a bad thing at all. Do the crime do the time. Am I right?
36 0 ReplyYou're absolutely right. However, when it comes to American foreign politics, glaring hypocrisy is not a bug, it's a feature.
24 0 ReplyOnly when you're poor and especially when you're black
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What's the downside?
14 0 ReplyJust that they have to decide to hand themselves over and that seems unlikely.
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Right. Not just that, USA is allowed to invade the Netherlands, where The Hague is located, to protect American officials and military personnel from prosecution or rescue them from custody.
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over a hundred Democrat congresspeople boycotted the speech. The republicans had their staff sit in to make the crowd look full
43 1 ReplyYup, shoulda sat in, then up and left when he started his speech.
23 1 ReplyThey had so many absentees they needed Elon Musk to fill up the benches. Which is when you know it is bad.
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Because his crimes against humanity feed the military industrial complex, to which both major parties are subservient.
41 4 ReplyDing ding ding
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Half of them were fucking clapping. It's surreal.
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