Arctish
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If you want to know what Massey said about Egypt, look it up yourself.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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?
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.
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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