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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Murder is the right word, and it's important to remember, this has been a thing far longer than Donald. Donald just isn't hiding it or trying to PR it.

People in Gaza have been murdered with US WMD's for decades. Obama murdered people with drones. Genocide Joe earned his nickname doing everything Bibi asked. Bush tortured and murdered people in Cuba, Iraq, and elsewhere. Clinton's "peacekeeping missions" killed many innocent people. Reagan's many international scandals exposed the extent to which his admin was murdering civilians and shuffling WMD's to genocidal regimes.

And historically, most of it has been supported by a majority of Americans, who can't think their way out of a wet paper bag or simply do not care until a war affects them personally.

The anti-war sentiment is only recent, and specifically with Iran and the new extremes Israel has taken in their campaign of terror against Gaza. Some of you may not be aware, but part of what got Donald elected was that he was vocally anti-war and promised no more forever wars, and it was actually feasible because he had pulled the US military out of Syria and negotiated the withdrawal from Afghanistan to end the War on Terror.

Then the Epstein Files dropped and he needed a distraction. Bibi was happy to supply it.