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Former CIA Director Leon Panetta warned that Trump’s return to the White House could embolden Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, giving him a “blank check” in the Middle East and increasing the risk of war with Iran.

Panetta expressed concern that Trump would support Netanyahu’s aggressive stance against Iran without restraint, potentially worsening regional instability.

Panetta also predicted Trump might allow Russia to retain parts of Ukraine if he returns to office, though he doubted Trump’s negotiation skills.

He criticized Trump’s approach to foreign policy, suggesting Trump would be inclined to “capitulate” to authoritarian leaders, which may not sit well with some Republicans.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    19 hours ago

    Congratulations, idealists. You definitely stopped the genocide by refusing to vote for Harris and urging others to do likewise. A+ job.

    • LienNoir@lemmy.world
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      Yep the Dems are accountable for nothing, but peaple who refused to vote for genociders are accountable for Trump’s action sure. Keep blindly following your party.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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        2 hours ago

        Maybe there’s plenty of accountability to go around and you deserve some too.

        Also, please tell me which party is my party. I would like to know which political party I am registered with, please. With evidence, of course. Unless you’re trolling a moderator.

        • LienNoir@lemmy.world
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          I am accountable for what ? For what the new president might do (when i clearly didn’t vote for him). You re litteraly criticising peaple for not voting Harris, stop the Whataboutisme. “Unless you’re trolling a moderator” LOL

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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            1 hour ago

            You re litteraly criticising peaple for not voting Harris

            Exactly.

            Now you have one more chance to tell me what political party I am registered with and I expect evidence. Trolling is not allowed here.

            The alternative is to admit you don’t actually know and just assumed I was a member of the Democratic party. Then you were just being uncivil, but I will let that go.

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      19 hours ago

      Oh he’ll help end the genocide alright. You can’t genocide a people that’s already wiped off the planet.

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        18 hours ago

        ukraine is gonna get ‘helped’ similarly. putin will have a free pass once the u.s. aid stops. i don’t think the other nato countries or the e.u. can cover that, especially long-term.

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            17 hours ago

            right? they’re holding back for conditional western aid. as soon as the aid ends those conditions mean nothing.

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              Why would this be different from right now? If they could feasibly end the war they way, they absolutely would, and id absolutely condone it.

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                Because as far as I know Ukrain hasn’t been committing war crimes with western supplied arms.

                I’ve always said they could ignore all conditions by saying there’s Hamas tunnels under the Kremlin.

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                  I’m pretty sure it’s the most documented war of all time by now, we’d know. The Israeli war is much younger and it was readily apparent when the war crimes started. I’m pretty sure that’s why a lot of countries like to go dark from the internet when they kick up their bullshit.

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          I think the EU will change. If Ukraine falls, territory grabs from Poland, Finland and Hungary are next. Those are actually EU constituents.

          Hungary will not leave the EU btw. Orbán’s days are numbered, what with the Tisza overflowing.

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          Y’all are thinking pretty small, Putin won’t just have a free pass about us aid, Putin has a pass to our entire structure. Their military might be shit but their Intel apparatus is not at all.

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      18 hours ago

      I truly cannot grasp how uninformed one has to be to claim to be for Palestinians but think helping Trump’s odds was strategically better. Such profound ignorance is on par with maga, themselves.

      On another note I want absolutely nothing to do with Mehdi Hasan. I supported him for quite some time but he got tunnel vision to such a degree he ended up thinking completely irrationally and contributing to the problem. He’s venturing into Jill Stein territory for me.

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      16 hours ago

      “They” weren’t persons holding “real” opinions, I’m afraid. Just as the russians calling for “russophobia” 2 months prior to the special genocidal operation

    • _bcron_@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      I’m expecting mega stupid bullshit like Trump lifting sanctions in exchange for Russia standing down so Trump can send American planes over and show the world we have the biggest and best bombs, while his megadonors line up for Russian contracts and celebrate

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              Why did you bring up the genocide if you do not believe the American president has any responsibility for it? Biden has funded 70% of the cost of the genocide.

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                17 hours ago

                Gosh I don’t know, maybe because a huge number of people decided to allow in a rapist fascist dictator who is going to conduct his own two genocides domestically, thinking their protest vote or their protest abstention would totally teach the Democrats a lesson regarding Israel?

                Have you spent the week in a cave?

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      18 hours ago

      Then he will be held to the same account Harris was.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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        18 hours ago

        What are you even talking about? Harris is the Vice President. Exactly what do you think her job responsibilities and powers are?

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          She said she would not have changed a single decision that was made during the Biden administration. Biden said that she was in 100% agreement with every decision made. Which means she agreed to the current conditions

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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            I really hope you find solace in the idea that Harris and Trump would be equally bad for the world as Trump throws America into the garbage and tries to take the planet with it.

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              Do you have any idea how much CO2 biden’s proxy wars have dumped into the atmosphere? How many chip manufacturers were given environmental exemptions for chip manufacturing? The actions from Democrats mirror the actions from Republicans. The only difference is that Republicans say all of those things out loud

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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                Again, I hope you find solace in the idea that Trump and Harris are exactly the same when things get really awful. I’m sure you’ll feel much better about yourself not voting for her.

                • Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  17 hours ago

                  Block him, Squid. He’s doing this in every thread and you need to put this energy towards more important things.

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                  I find solace in not allowing the continued rightward march of Democrats. Liberals are 100% to blame for our current conditions for never holding their own people accountable. At their current pace the DNC will be on par with people like McConnell in a few years.

                  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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                    True. The Democrats will not continue their rightward march now that America will be a one-party fascist dictatorship because they are no longer necessary. Congratulations. You won. I hope your papers are in order when they ask for them.

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            Dude, you really need to just move on from Biden and Kamala. They lost and aren’t going to be in office much longer. Trump is the threat.

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        17 hours ago

        Tell us you don’t know what a VP does without telling us you don’t know what a VP does.

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      Okay my man look at the margins. The anti-genocide people could’ve all voted and it wouldn’t have flipped a single state outside of Michigan. And the thing is: Harris lost before Michigan even finished counting. So yeah, you’re barking up the wrong tree here.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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        18 hours ago

        Please give me the numbers of these in every swing state along with how they were determined.

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        There is no way for you, or anyone, to know how many people abstained from voting over any one issue, 🤡