Racism can't be real because white people don't exist.
Racism can't be real because white people don't exist.
Vitiate Man.
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies, the same defeats
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I asked a question about why the militaries suck and it's like I just necroed an old thread in a new thread.
Originally Posted by Idaho
Quoted for relevance. I don't remember seeing any indictments of culture in all the studies done by US military personnel over the years, and there have been a lot. Some problems pointed out by these studies:Originally Posted by Montmorency
- Over-centralization
- Discouragement of leadership at the junior office level
- Education system
Also, the shit some superior officers stay ignorant about would prompt a bitchslap and a demotion from a subordinate if it were in the states (US).
Back on topic - the pogroms in the West Bank continue:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20...ampaign=bufferThe footage shows what appears to be a modified military vehicle being used to spray sewage over houses belonging to Palestinians. Israeli soldiers can be seen standing on the rooftops of Palestinian homes, indicating that they stormed and temporarily took possession of these houses.
The raid came after hundreds of Palestinians began marching following Friday prayers in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who have started a mass hunger strike to protest Israeli prison conditions.
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
Don't bother, you'll get more responses to articles about crazy truck drivers running over European marketplaces.
Europe gonna Europe. Israel founded by Europeans do the math.
Last edited by AE Bravo; 04-30-2017 at 17:42.
Europeans are supposed to feel guilty about what Israelis do?
BTW, the US was founded by Europeans too. If Europe is such anathema to your sensibilities, why don't you live somewhere where Europeans have no historical influence whatsoever, or where their miniscule influence is considerably outweighed by the glory that is Islam? That is your ancestral culture, isn't it?
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
Some truth to this, for sure. Add in that some in the West view Israel as a sort of apology for failing to act against the Nazi pogroms against European Jews and you can see where some in the West view Israelis as an "us" to the Arab world "them."
Grossly oversimplifies the whole thing of course, but many of us like our cognitive efforts kept simple.
Most of my students view the actions of Israel in Gaza as a wrong, but they know little about it -- certainly far less then they know about the judging panel of the Voice or which acts are performing at which club.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
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