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Ex-Green Beret is first Trump administration official to quit over Iran war

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260317141233/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-advisor-quits-iran-war-b2940220.html


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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (2 children)

though he did so with the use of further antisemitic tropes by suggesting that the U.S. and NATO campaign against ISIS had been “manufactured by Israel.”

Oh, so it's antisemitic to say anything negative about Israel now. Got it.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What makes this really evil is the fact that real antisemitism is on the rise but no one seems to care.

The left already cared it comes with the leftism

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

That is literally correct, it IS antisemitic according to the IHRA definition and examples. For example, criticising Israel over things other countries aren't getting criticised for (manufacturing this situation). It's a very sneaky way to censor speech and people are regularly persecuted over antisemitism claims for criticising Israel.

https://academicmatters.ca/criticizing-israel-is-not-antisemitic-its-academic-freedom/

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/new-antisemitism/

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Other countries aren't getting criticised because they're not bombing kids dude

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think he's saying it's RIGHT. He's saying that's by definition, which may or may not be true idk.

But, he's a clippy, and I trust clippy.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago
[–] lakemalcom@sh.itjust.works 33 points 5 days ago (6 children)

How exactly is this antisemitic?

"...though he did so with the use of further antisemitic tropes by suggesting that the U.S. and NATO campaign against ISIS had been “manufactured by Israel.”"

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 26 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

To Zion, antisemitism is just their catch phrase when in fact they mean you can't be anti Zionist. Oh you don't like it when we genocide an entire people and kill millions. You must be antisemitic!!!! I guess we need to kill you too

Fuck israel

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If I were Jewish I'd be livid if people kept lumping me in with the state of Israel.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Jews have literally been called "anti-semite" when they criticize Israel.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 5 days ago

If a Jew speaks up against Israel they get pressured and threatened by Israel, so they stopped speaking up.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And as we noticed, Israel equating anti zionist with antisemitic made a number of people shrug and go "guess I'm antisemitic now."

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

I'm anti religion

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Clearly you haven't read Leveraging white guilt over the Holocaust to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity with impunity by Benjamin Netanyahu

Being against the fascist government of Israel is now antisemitic. It's the mask the fascists are wearing. They're abusing everyone's intolerance of antisemitism to push their imperialist agenda.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Was on my way to post exactly this. This semantic overloading of the term antisemitic will lead to jews in other countries dying, mark my words.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

No it won't,
Despite the filthy zionists desperately trying to conflate their fascist ideology with judaism nobody falls for that.
Nobody will hold jews responsible for this cult's actions.
The only ones that do that are probably right-wingers that were already antisemites to begin with.

What is happening now however are attempts on synagogues and jewish places in EU.
You could see that coming from the articles in the press priming the public with 'leaked' reports on 'Iranian sleeper cells' activated.
That's when I knew Mossad would get at it again, trying to get the public opinion, vastly against the war, to go along with sending troops to help the US/Ir childkillers.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

well if calling out israel for its crimes is antisimetric, call me hero of free speech

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 9 points 5 days ago

If this were me, I also wouldn't want to be in his position, where Trump has started a war of choice against a country that's willing to use terror as a weapon, where Trump has deliberately handicapped counterterrorism and intelligence departments, and where the person in charge has repeatedly demonstrated that he's never willing to accept responsibility for either his decisions or their consequences.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

What has ISIS to do with Iran?
They are sworn enemies with these US backed terrorists.
Oh, the Independent? Say no more

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Israel lobby forced US into this war

We all have the sunglasses to see the lizard people are in control. As a high ranking insider, he has the best, or at least much better, sunglasses of all. A constitution that protects the lizard people's power structure over Americans is dysfunctional.