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deletedJan 26Liked by Mike Hampton
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I celebrate the victories we can get, but the cynic in me will takeover soon.

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deletedJan 26Liked by Mike Hampton
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I'll wiggle my arse in non-twerky fashion :)

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Jan 26·edited Jan 26Author

Someone unsubscribed after I posted this. I apologise for ruining their day :)

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Jan 26Liked by Mike Hampton

Their loss

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Jan 26Liked by Mike Hampton

Thanks for breaking down the decision. TBH it feels like a loss when all Israel has to do is “turn it down a notch.” And a month later, tell us how it did.

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Netanhayu's political survival isn't a notch, it's an all or nothing :(

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Jan 26Liked by Mike Hampton

Seems like bureaucratic bullshit to me. Israel is obviously slaughtering as many Palestinians as possible, and the "world" is fine with it. Disgusting.

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I never expected a clear win, not when empire is alive. But it provides a moral victory, that some countries on the fence now have a ruling to refer to, and that some citizens will scream louder at their governments.

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Jan 26Liked by Mike Hampton

It’s a start and quite frankly I didn’t expect that. Shows how cynical I am.

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It's diluted but I thought it would be more, an opportunity to discredit the UN. But they found a middle ground between interests, and we get to use it as a substantiation for morality, and that brown folks matter too, and that Zionism isn't an untouchable religion, and that Germany's a dick.

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Jan 27·edited Jan 27Liked by Mike Hampton

HI Mike! Small wins count,but this win has no teeth. In other way it helps us see whom is above the law,and whom is not. Backed in a corner,the sounding Arab states might rise up together and fight Israel. That won't heal the problem though. As long as the concept that God has a chosen people exists, this problem will continue. Maybe we all need to drop a region based on the hypothesis of Adem and Eve.

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Any religion that believes that a god created evil so that they could be superior...

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Jan 27Liked by Mike Hampton

It's a joy to hear the thoughts of an intelligent man

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I too seek voices in the wilderness.

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Jan 27Liked by Mike Hampton

🤠

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Jan 28Liked by Mike Hampton

It was really great how Israel and the US had a plan waiting in the wings to make sure they could still have cover to continue starving the Gazan’s to death.

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Yep, Netanhayu's that kind of terrific guy.

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