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   From: bounceme@thiswontwork.wolff.co.uk   
      
   On Mon, 3 Mar 2025, at 12:37:03, J. J. Lodder posted:   
   >Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:18:42 -0600, lar3ryca  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >> >> On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>>> A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but   
   >> >>>> forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.  The   
   >> >>> display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to   
   >> >>> have Ukraine twisting in the wind.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.   
   >> >> It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that   
   >> >> Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,   
   >> >> the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's   
   >> >> most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a   
   >> >> hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks   
   >> >> behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.   
   >> >   
   >> >We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a   
   >> >CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.   
   >> >This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal   
   >> >he makes, but the other party has to lose.   
   >> >   
   >> >IMO he is currently the single worst human? on the planet, with Putin as   
   >> >a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.   
   >>   
   >> I think you overlooked Netanyahu.   
   >   
   >Deliberately I guess.   
   >This is also your South African perspective showing.   
   >In the USA and much of Western Europe all mention of Netanyahu   
   >in connection with crimes against humanity, or war crimes,   
   >is met with voluminous howling of 'anti-semitism'.   
   >(against Francesca Albanese for example)   
      
   What I hear from Jews is that Netanyahu is a disaster and is betraying   
   Israel.   
   >   
   >Netanyahu is the good guy, and all he does is justified   
   >because he is fighting those horrible 'terrorist'.   
   >It is all the fault of the ICC, for falsely accusing him.   
   >   
   >They cannot see Israel like South Africa sees it,   
   >as an example of an apartheids regime,   
   >and as just another nasty (de)colonisation war.   
   >   
   >'The West' (-USA by now) also fails to see   
   >that it is their double standard   
   >wrt Gaza/Ukraine that makes 'the rest ot the world'   
   >unwilling to widely condemn Russia for its agression.   
   >   
   >Jan   
   >(yes, too broad a brush)   
   >   
   Which I wish you hadn't yielded to. It doesn't help anyone.   
   --   
   Paul W   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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