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Safir Ahmed's avatar

These negotiations in Pakistan will never go anywhere because, well, Israel. That's the elephant in the room.

Iran will never accept any agreement if it doesn't involve muzzling Israel and it's murderous campaigns in Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank.

Iran has the upper hand at the negotiation table: the U.S. and Israel launched a war to squash Iran, and now Iran is a superpower in the entire region.

That's what this war has achieved, and the U. S. and Israel seem to be in denial.

Jon Notabot's avatar

I keep circling back to the so-called "stages of grief". And I think we're watching these stages play out among a large portion of the ruling-class here in America. Grief derives from loss. Their reckless words and self-destructive actions almost prove they are losing - something.

huey's avatar
Apr 10Edited

Peace talks depend on Israel attacking Lebanon HUH. Making the world realize that they have been the main cause of violence relating to the Middle East for the last 80 years. One way or another they are the main reason for most of its wars. The AIPAC induced coma of the US carries on this blindness to this day.

Jon Notabot's avatar

"Israeli forces shoot and kill third-grade girl in northern Gaza: Israeli forces shot and killed Ritaj Rihan, a third-grade student, inside an educational tent in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Thursday."

When does terrorism become horrorism?

We must keep trying to create new ways of seeing the same thing, in order for the same thing not to become normal. Even when it hurts. Perhaps, especially when it hurts.

It's difficult to acknowledge these things every single day. And it's extremely difficult to remain emotionally vulnerable enough to really feel the gravity of it all. But this exact vulnerability is necessary if we are to remain on the correct side of our better inclinations - humanity, as we call it.

What kind of world do we want to live in?

C.T.'s avatar

Crickets all over USA about Europeans demanding Lebanon be part of USA Iran peace agreement. But some hawk screams and then owl hoot complaints about no protests against Trump's attack on Iran.No protests against war with Iran? FO ! Millions and millions came out for NO KINGS and that was against ALL THE FING wars TRUMP IS DOING WITHOUT CONGRESS APPROVAL. MSM and the televised twittered CIA MAGA revolution ignored the protests . Now the anti war Left will collapse into itself with handful of purity test strips and DNC take over. OmG I am so tired . Why must we in USA be always fighting simply to breath under the weight of our own leaders? Ukraine is finally going to stop digging up the moldy skeleton of Bandera though I guess and unite with Europe to stop Putin and EPSTEIN AMERICA . I didn't trust Zelensky for years but maybe he does know the difference between reality and theater better than I feared.☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️

A stands for privacy's avatar

The lebanese gov is so cooked. Hated by the people and even the army isnt that much of a fan of the israel dick suckers

MissAnneThrope's avatar

Sorry, but seriously: Why is JD strutting like a Qween on the catwalk? (I wouldn't care except he's such an imposter.)