Things I can state without special insight

I know its all a Jewish plot

Since an anime Nazi called me out for telling a South African not to spread Elders of Zion conspiracy theories about Netanyahu and his cabinet - because I said I don’t have special insight into the region, which is true, I’d like to make a list of things that I can absolutely state without being a world class diplomat (like Arthur Snell):

  • Things the Israel state has done in the past - include conspired with foreign powers to attack Arab neighbors. Without doing a false flag involving the mass slaughter of Jewish citizens.

  • Things the Israel state hasn’t done in the past - include letting its citizens get slaughtered for political gain. They have this thing about every Jewish life being sacred. You know, exchanging 1000 (yes, check it up) Palestinians for 1 soldier. Little stuff like that.

  • Things Israeli intelligence has fucked up - include not noticing a big fucking attack by Arabs exactly fifty years to the day ago.

  • Things Netanyahu knows - Golda Meir was kicked out for not preventing a ruinous surprise war. Netanyahu is a genius terrible politician and he knows his Israeli political history. I can say he’s a genius because he’s a political cockroach who shows his longevity and command of politics. He’s also terrible because look at what happened. And the judicial & rule of law protests. And Israel’s standing in the world.

  • Things Netanyahu isn’t - a fucking total idiot. Though his terrorist loving security minister might be. I’ve said on Bluesky that Netanyahu may behave stupidly because he’s cruel, violent, greedy but he’s a very smart man. I do terribly stupid things. Doesn’t affect my very average IQ.

  • Things fucking Nazis say - Old powerful Jews (the Elders) plot to kill other Jews, including planning the Holocaust (when the Nazis aren’t denying it). If you say this stupidity you are a Nazi. Might not realise it, but you are.

  • Things white male South Africans shouldn’t say on social media - it’s a Jewish plot. Especially if you’re not a billionaire, just some random asshole.

  • Things that are true - Two wrongs don’t make a right.

  • There’s liberation war (Zelensky, Piłsudski) and there’s genocide war - lets kill all the other people first, especially women and children before we liberate ourselves (German Nazis, Russian Nazis, Hamas, Bandera).

Give a follow to Arthur Snell and listen to his podcast which HAS insight on the Middle East.

Which I don’t. Not even much historical insight. My family isn’t from there, it’s not across the border and I don’t speak Hebrew or Arabic (Ukrainian I can understand slightly but not speak it).

But like I fucking say, I can use logic, general history and anger to comment on evil, stupidity and tell Nazis that if they think its a Jewish plot, they’re Nazi.

So here’s Arthur Snell, not a Nazi.

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