multitotal

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If we all agree that a people can experience trauma on a large scale and that trauma can then pass onto the descendants, then the reverse must also be true -- a people who have inflicted trauma on a large scale pass that experience onto the descendants.

People who are descended from people from slave-owning and imperialist nations carry with them the scars of slave ownership, genocide, oppression. It shows in the way they act, speak, think. Their worldview is informed by their history as masters of "lesser people".

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You mean the US puppets that were used for strategic purposes for helping the US do imperialism and counter regional counterweights to the west such as Iran and its allies?

Well, I happen to think that non-"white" people have agency. Why couldn't it have been that Rojava used the US to achieve its goals? I am not denying that some US goals and SDF/Rojava goals aligned, but why should we strip SDF of agency and say they are mindless puppets controlled by the US?

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 5 months ago

You have to first realise that "red lines, and working with the US to destabilize a country is one of them." is a construct. Because for example my construction of what's happening over there is not the same as yours. You say "working with the US to destabilise a country" and I say that the country was already destabilised, and that the people of Rojava saw an opportunity.

I don't like the implication that Kurds have no agency. They do and they choose to work with the US instead of the alternative of being genocided.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 months ago

I hope SDF fucks them up.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

they very well could be getting training in the US bases the SDF hosts or getting weapons through them.

You can't just say things like that without evidence. If you claim ISIS is training on DAANES territory, then you should back that claim up.

I have a problem with the "US stooge" label. We can recognise Rojava cooperates with the US, we can say they receive help, money, training, weapons... but we don't have to rob Rojava of agency. Why can't cooperation with the US be a temporary, necessary measure on their part, rather than an essential quality?

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml -4 points 5 months ago

Separately, the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources called on all workers in production sites to return to their workplaces starting Tuesday.

HTS and Turkey are stealing Syria's oil.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

According to some, SDF should surrender and let the invisible hand of communism protect them. lmao

 

Turkey/SNA continuing their ethnic cleansing campaign. This is what awaits Manbij and any other city/region that Turkey conquers.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

You can replace the Israeli flag with Turkey's flag and the meme would still be valid.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 5 months ago

You are doing a textbook example of DARVO with what you are saying. Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender

No, I am not.

You deliberately manipulated the narrative to make yourself seem like an innocent victim of a horrible person and lazy/horrible mods.

No, I didn't. Where did I mention myself as being the victim? I think you're arguing against someone else here...

You didn’t actually give anyone any context and acted as if your word alone is good enough to start a witch hunt.

I did though. I copied the whole "tl;dr". How can the person ranting about China be relevant to whether or not Kurds should be ethnically cleansed from northern Syria?

You wanted to see the "context" because apparently calling for genocide as part of a longer discussion isn't as bad as outright calling for it. I don't understand the logic.

I’m glad that people don’t fall for your manipulative tactics. I’m just calling them out for what they are.

The only person manipulating here is you. You accuse me of a million things. So far you have not said 1 thing in defense of the person saying what I quoted in my post. Is it because you know its indefensible so you attack me instead?

if the person you are talking about said the things they did

doesn't fit with

you didn’t actually provide any context for the conversation.

They did say the things, you've probably read the comment by now. I don't know why you're saying "if" when it is something we can all see with our eyes.

Are we judging what they said or the context in which they said it in? Ironic that Kurds receiving help from the US is bad no matter how you look at it (context be damned!), but once someone gets called out for calling Rojava to be "wiped from the map" suddenly context matters. lmao

I'm just pointing out the blatant hypocrisy.

This could’ve been a productive discussion, instead you try to manipulate people into some kind of “mob justice” against your perceived enemies.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU POST THE LINK?!?!"

"NOOOO! WHY DID YOU POST THE LINK?!THAT'S MOB JUSTICE!!"

Your post is full of contradictions, strawmen, projection, hypocrisy and lying. Everything you accuse me of in your post, you're doing yourself.

Then you top it off with pure insults after I have not said a single mean thing to you. Then you have the audacity to say "fuck you". I feel sorry for anyone who has to tolerate you.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You DARVO losers always follow the same pattern. You put words in everyone else's mouth. You present...

You have zero self awareness, you assume I am a part of some group, then go on to assume what I supposedly do, only to then say that I am actually the one doing the assuming. That's gaslighting.

Can you argue a point without implying that the person to whom you're speaking is part of a conspiracy?

I don't even know what DARVO is.

You present your enemies as the worst people on earth and allow no discussion of the topic

Zero self-awareness. This all started because someone said Rojava were the worst people on Earth, who should be wiped out, and then refused to discuss it.

Fuck off with that shit, it has no place here.

Stop your attempts at browbeating. Your whole comment literally applies to you, but you lack the self-awareness to see it.

 

I reported that, but no action was taken.

Calling for ethnic cleansing of Kurds at the hands of Islamic fascists should be against the rules... right?

 

And as soon as HTS are done torturing people, I am sure we will hear all abouabout "Assad's torture city".

Meanwhile, the US has an actual torture city in Cuba lol

 

US officials have said they are monitoring the developing situation. "Our thoughts are with the French people fighting for democracy," said the White House Spokesperson, adding that any attempts by Macron to use violence to stifle the peaceful protests will be met with condemnation and heavy sanctions.

Meanwhile, in Bruxelles Ursula von der Leyen said that it is obvious the French people want change and freedom. "We have been worried by reports coming from France, the EU stands with the people of France and will do anything to help assist a peaceful transition of power", she said.

In cities across Europe people have come out into the street to protest against Macron, holding banners that say "Macron = murderer" and "ICC Trial for Macron now!" Countries bordering France have increased security on their borders and all European airline operators have temporarily suspended flights to and from France.

Many are saying Macron will not go without a fight, describing him as an old, sick man with nothing to lose, desperately clinging to power.

 

Notice how they write about Syria (a recognised state entity) defending its sovereignty and fighting Tukey-aligned rebels.

 

I can't wait for the inevitable "All of Russia's men are dead, the soldiers fighting for Russia are Korean. We did it reddit!"

 

Sunken cost fallacy.

 

I went through Trump's cabinet picks' stance on Ukraine. Only one person is pro-UA and anti-Russia, the rest are various degrees anti-UA, pro-RU. This leads me to ~~believe~~ hope that the aid to Ukraine from the US will stop soon after Trump becomes president, and soon after the war. HOWEVER !!! this does not mean that these people are "good" or should be supported, it's still a cavalcade of fascists, racists, nationalists, China hawks, bigots, Zionists, etc. !!!

I apologise for the poor formatting, the person's stance is in the spoiler below their name.

CABINET:

  • Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (obviously anti-UA, NATO-skeptic, became infamous after her support of Assad)
  • Matt Gaetz as Attorney General (anti-UA, he's actually on the myrotvorets list)
  • Marco Rubio as Secretary of State
    anti-Ukraine aidRubio's public statements on Ukraine appear to be very much in line with Trump's broad plans for the war — a swift end to it.
    Rubio's statements and actions have been very much geared towards negotiation and an end to the war rather than giving Ukraine what it needs to evict Russian forces from its territory.
    Rubio was among the 15 Republican lawmakers in the Senate who voted against the $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine, which eventually passed in April 2024. Its delay severely hampered Ukraine's fight against Russian forces.
  • John Ratcliffe for CIA Director
    China hawkAs director of national intelligence, Ratcliffe focused on space issues and on China, which he labeled as America’s primary threat.
    John Ratcliffe was one of the sharpest critics of former Attorney General Robert Mueller, who led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
  • Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security
    anti-Ukraine aidRBC-Ukraine pointed out that Kristi Noem had opposed US assistance to Ukraine in the context of her potential appointment as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
  • Doug Collins as Secretary of Veteran Affairs
    anti-Ukraine aidCollins balked at the suggestion the military aid would have saved Ukrainian lives and that "this money did not stop that." He later referenced the testimony of under secretary of political affairs David Hale, who in November said the military aid for was "future assistance ... not to keep the army going now."
  • Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior <-- only pro-UA
    pro-UA aid, anti-RUDoug Burgum (R) bluntly stated that the United States is “actually at war with Russia.” What is his take on the House not including military aid funding for Ukraine in the stopgap measure?
    When it comes to sending Ukraine military aid, Burgum points to Ukraine’s ability to have already taken “out a huge chunk of [Russia’s] capability,” adding, “I don’t call that irresponsible spending, I call that a bargain.” The Republican governor did add a caveat, though: “There’s no blank checks — there has to be accountability. We have to track every dollar.”
  • Lee Zeldin as Head of the Environmental Protection Agency
    all I could find on his stance on UA(doesn't think US should send troops to defend Ukraine
  • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Head of Health and Human Services
    anti-UA, geopolitic realist, blames NATO for war in Ukraine"He’s in Ukraine because he warned us he was gonna go in Ukraine if we put NATO in Ukraine, and the Russians, not just Putin, the Russian leadership have been warning us of that since 1992, when we promised we would never do that. ... And James Baker famously said to him, 'We will not move NATO one inch to the East.' Now we’ve moved it 1000 miles to the East, 14 countries. We put nuclear-ready weapons, missile systems, remain in Poland, 12 minutes from Moscow. So we could decapitate the entire soviet leadership in 12 minutes, and we walked away from the two nuclear weapons treaties unilaterally, we had two intermediate weapons treaties with Russia, and we unilaterally walked away from both. So we’re sending a message to Russia, you were the enemy, we are surrounding you and we’re going to put NATO everywhere. Russia has always said this, what you’re doing, is wrong, it is hurting our national security, it is hurting our sovereignty, but the one thing you should never do is go into Ukraine because if you go into Ukraine, we gotta get you out. And they have good reason for that. Russia has been invaded three times through Ukraine, ..."

WHITE HOUSE:

  • Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff (she was the head of Trump's campaign)
  • Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser
    China hawk, pro-NATO, pro-peace in UAWaltz is also on the Republicans' China Task Force and has argued the U.S. military is not as prepared as it needs to be if there is conflict in the Indo-Pacific region.
    Waltz laid out a five-part strategy to preventing war with China, including arming Taiwan faster, re-assuring allies in the Pacific, and modernizing planes and ships.
    On Ukraine, Waltz has said his views have evolved. After Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, he called for the Biden administration to provide more weapons to Kyiv to help them push back Russian forces.
    But during an event last month, Waltz said there had to be a reassessment of the United States' aims in Ukraine.
    "Is it in America's interest, are we going to put in the time, the treasure, the resources that we need in the Pacific right now badly?" Waltz asked.
    Waltz has praised Trump for pushing NATO allies to spend more on defense, but unlike the president-elect has not suggested the United States pull out of the alliance.
  • Tom Homan as Border Czar (lol what a dumb title)
    can't find anything on UkraineBecause he's super into "border security" so probably doesn't have a stance on UA. probably an "against aid to UA until the border is fixed" type. Not pro-UA, probably couldn't find Ukraine on the map tbh and he probably doesn't care about Ukraine.
  • Stephen Miller as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
    anti-immigration, pro-USA nationalist fascistCan't find anything on his stance in Ukraine, probably doesn't think about or give a fuck about Ukraine.
  • Dan Scavino as Deputy Chief of Staff (Trump's former Goebbels, moving up in the world)
    Trump sycophant, anti-UA if Trump isScavino was the longest-serving aide in the Trump Administration. He remained as Director of Social Media until the end of Trump's term as president.

AMBASSADORS:

  • Steven Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East
    ZionistHis selection, which requires Senate confirmation, was widely welcomed by Israeli officials who oppose a Palestinian state, a longstanding U.S. goal.
    Steven Witkoff, who was named on Tuesday as the incoming administration’s Middle East envoy, raised a vast amount of money for Mr. Trump’s campaign — including from Jewish voters after the Biden administration stopped shipping some bombs to Israel.
  • Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel
    pro-Israelthe right wing of Israeli politics has welcomed the president-elect’s appointment of Huckabee, seeing it as predicting another term of American policy highly favourable to their longstanding aims of holding on to territory in the West Bank and expanding settlements.
    The appointment was greeted with joy by two far-right ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich messaged his congratulations to “a consistent and loyal friend", while Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister, wrote "Mike Huckabee" with heart emojis.
  • Elise Stefanik as Ambassador to the United Nations
    changed from pro-UA to anti-UA now that Trump picked herNew York Rep. Elise Stefanik, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, is now refusing to stand by her previous push for Ukraine’s NATO membership — a stance she once framed as critical to regional stability.
    Her office also declined to say whether she still believes Russia committed genocide in Ukraine, as she said in 2022.
 

These people are out of their minds.

 

Ignore the lib, pro-NATO, anti-Russia source.

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