Arctish
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Forget voting record, is he making snide Drake memes about Egypt like he is about Israel?Show me Massey's voting record and/or statements on aid to Egypt and we'll talk about it.
If you want to know what Massey said about Egypt, look it up yourself.
I was just responding to The Nation piece. They found affinity with him over their shared opposition to Israel.I think you don't know his record and don't care, either. I think you were just repeating a smear against a member of Congress who didn't rubber stamp the latest bill to support Israel.
Opposition to Israel, or opposition to unlimited funding of Israel?
You do know there's a difference, right?
I know. I had fixed that typo before you finished your reply. I guess not before you started it.It says "Zionism", not "Zionist".
While "Zionism" is just the belief that Israel should exist as the homeland for Jewish people, it is often used by antisemites who desire a figleaf.And where is the pejorative usage? The meme is about Congress being openly supportive of Zionism, and not supportive of American patriotism.
For example these creeps:
Massey himself is making a contrast between "American patriotism" and "Zionism" as if they were antithetical to each other.
No, he isn't.
He was criticizing fellow members of Congress for their apparent priorities and not putting America first. You can check out what he actually said about funding foreign nations instead of paying down the national debt, or you can continue to be uninformed.
Even Chuck Schumer, not a friend of the current Israeli government, called Massie out on the meme.
Schumer demands Massie take down 'antisemitic' meme
Again, if they were "indigenous people of Palestine", why are they using a Roman colonial term for it? A term that ultimately comes from Philistines, Sea Peoples who invaded the area of southern coastal plain during the Bronze Age collapse and that have no connection with Arabs that call themselves "Palestinian" these days.Nice list of talking points that ignore the fact the indigenous peoples of Palestine have been living in the area between the Jordan River Valley and the Mediterranean Sea for thousands of years, and that their ancestral claim to Palestine is not a function of their religious faith.
"Palestinian" as an ethnic, rather than merely geographic, term is of recent origin.
And many now considered Palestinian Arabs also immigrated from Egypt or Yemen or elsewhere. That's why UNRWA only required a two year residency, not "thousands of years" you are claiming.You know the recent immigrants are mostly European Jews and Jews from other parts of the Middle East.
So you want American money to be used to fund the theocrats in Tehran rather than give weapons to Israel so they can defend themselves?Like this.
No.
You wanted to know how I proposed to monitor spending of funds the US provides to ensure they are used for purposes Americans approve of. I gave you an example of how that kind of monitoring works IRL.
Should we be paying off Putin too instead of arming Ukraine? They are holding some of US citizens in prison too ...
Note also that money is fungible. Even if they do use the $6G Biden gave them in September for "humanitarian" purposes, that frees other $6G to fund terrorism.
Obama made a mistake with the Iran deal in 2015. It gave the regime sanction relief for very little in concessions, and that emboldened them.
So does Rick Perry.Because he votes like a Libertarian and is endorsed by Libertarian organizations like Young Americans for Liberty. He wants to abolish the EPA and the Department of Education,
Just because he doesn't like spending doesn't mean he is a libertarian.
He is anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage, not very libertarian. Surprisingly, he seems to be somewhat pro-marijuana, so that's something in your column.he consistently votes to scale back the use of the U.S. military abroad, and is on record saying he opposes all foreign aid out of concern about the national debt. There are many, many instances of him championing Libertarian causes and sponsoring bills that push the Libertarian agenda. More on his political positions can be found here.
I said he was old school Libertarian.
The Libertarians of the late 20th century saw no conflict between opposing abortion and upholding personal liberty, since they did not believe any person has a right to attack another person, and they tended to be 'life begins at conception' Christian conservatives. Also, they generally ducked the gay marriage issue by saying the State can only oversee civil matters, not personal or religious ones.
What distinguished them from other conservatives and Republicans was their absolute horror watching Ronald Reagan drive up the deficit to fund military adventurism and prop up foreign governments.
Anyway, Massey is off-topic for this thread. We should get back to talking about Gaza.
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