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@ethang5
Yah but it will be hard for Palestine to drop the idea of unlimited right of return as it essentially forces Israel to become a sanctuary nation for anyone claiming to be Palestinian, essentially eradicating the nation off the map.
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@Swagnarok
Absolutely the only 2 things Israel wants is the Golan Heights and a limited right to return. That's not even close to being fucking unreasonable.
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@ethang5
There is also unrest in the Gaza strip with Muslims upset at Hamas promoting political propaganda in every mosque. It's like having to listen to Hillary supporters in your church 24/7...weilding batons.
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@WaterPhoenix
Doesn't lunatic give like fake claims or something?
Ask Drafter. Fake claiming was heavily facilitated by the mod to avoid cheese mechanic reveals when I was scum with Drafter.
It was really easy to fake claim as scum early for us.
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@Speedrace
Everyone supported the popcorning because they would've been lynched otherwise
And what's your char?
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@bmdrocks21
debt will NEVER be a problem until the Moody's rating drops.
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@Speedrace
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@bmdrocks21
The success of capitalism globally is mostly at fault for the current debt. If other nations were not so wealthy to afford giving out loans with insanely low-interest rates, America would have no incentive to go into debt.
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@Discipulus_Didicit
VTNL.
Whatever, I am used to being mislynched early.
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@HistoryBuff
what does this even mean? nothing has changed in terms of the funding of hamas. You have provided no evidence that it has.
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@Pinkfreud08
Trump proposing a ban on Nigeria, one of the top tech innovators in Africa and 2nd largest Africa trading partner.
So what? If France had Boko Haram operating there with no way of verifying them, I would support a travel ban on France too, even if half of France has melanin.
If Trump is a racist, he is the worst racist in the history of racists.
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You have a confluence of 4 major seemingly unrelated events that spell the end of the EU economic support for Iran and by extension, Hamas.
1) Brexit.
2) Shooting down of a plane with hundreds of Canadians and Ukrainians.
3) Assassination of Soleimani.
4) Iran declaring the Nuclear deal null and void with EU nations.
All these events together signify a weakening EU, an EU no longer obligated or incentivized to provide economic support for Iran, and an EU unwilling to cause problems with the USA.
This isn't the same climate as 2 years ago when Trump increased economic sanctions.
Hamas isn't going to be funded anytime soon. In fact, there is considerable unrest in Iran right now with internal disagreements with the policy of supporting Hamas over Iranians.
This is the ONLY thing that could possibly bring Hamas to the negotiating table.
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@HistoryBuff
I don't see how this is relevant to your point. The US had already done that before they murdered Solemani. His death didn't change Iranian policy. what it did do is piss off alot of dangerous people who will be out for revenge.
You're correct, but you didn't read what I wrote.
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@Pinkfreud08
I'm pretty sure your "scientific" theory that skin color dictates the ability to run a nation properly is thoroughly debunked considering all the melanin blessed people in the USA and other places across the globe that don't believe in socialism.
If this were truly a racial issue, Trump would have color charts as an immigration policy, not an economic chart.
If Trump is a racist, he is the most ineffectual racist in the history of racists.
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@HistoryBuff
This sentence makes no sense. Solemani has already been replaced by an even more hard liner. His death did not change Iranian policy. If anything Iran will want its allies to increase attacks for revenge.
With what money? Even the most corrupt EU nations are too afraid to cross America's economic blockade of Iran now.
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@Username
There's also the Chance that Hamas might negotiate now that Trump cut off the ATM machine by killing Soleimani.
These 2 events seem tied together.
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@Username
There's no sane reason why Palestine can't be given a state without taking land from Israel. Tossing aside the terrorist argument.
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@bmdrocks21
According to this video, Trump is still relatively fiscally conservative.
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@Pinkfreud08
Look no further than Trump's immigration rules
Did Trump allow whites from shithole countries? Ban browns and blacks from stable countries?
I'd like to see that documentation.
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@Discipulus_Didicit
No need to be flippant. I think it's just shakey how zaradi is slipping under the radar. Shoulda been a quick lynch.
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@Discipulus_Didicit
did luna say it was ok to copy paste role from pm?
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@Discipulus_Didicit
Whatever the reason for Oro not claiming, I am still absolutely 100% convinced Lunatic would have given Oro a safe name and a safe role claim if Oro was actually scum.
It's not a scum tell with Luna as the mod.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
Why are we discussing crime when describing the 2020 impeachment?
False equivalency.
Besides, history is written by the coastal elites, so the left can do whatever the fuck they want and abuse power and still be on the right side of history.
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@drafterman
That's not even what I was trying to explain to DD.
Fake claiming a ROLE isn't necessary for scum from the game I played with you as scum.
Forget the characters which are already safe due to being unique and probably themeless.
Luna is notorious for setting up games where scum team isn't going to be caught with simple mechanics.
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@Discipulus_Didicit
this is dumb. Lunatic gave me safe fake claims the 2 times I was scum in his games.
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@WaterPhoenix
Scum already has fakeclaims from Lunatic. that's how he rolls.
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@drafterman
@Vader
@Discipulus_Didicit
@WaterPhoenix
VTL SINGULARITY
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@WaterPhoenix
Just wanted to know what your reaction would be if someone demanded your work product be devalued.
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@WaterPhoenix
What do you do for work?
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@WaterPhoenix
But free stuffs?
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@Bullish
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@Vader
Every game dude. Every. Game.
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@Bullish
its np3 in my pm but i wasnt alive to challenge the mod
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@Vader
@Speedrace
In every game I have played, Supa claimed me 100% scum when I was in fact town.
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President Barack Obama launched an air campaign against Libya on this day, March 19, 2011. The decision to order the strikes came after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution, spearheaded by his administration, that authorized military intervention in Libya.
Obama said the military action sought to save the lives of peaceful, pro-democracy protesters who found themselves the target of a crackdown by Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Apr. 6 2011.
Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reached out to the U.S. on Wednesday, sending a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to halt the NATO military campaign in his country.
NATO has been on a mission to enforce a no-fly zone and protect civilians from attack by pro-Gadhafi forces. NATO jets have destroyed much of the Libyan air force's firepower.
In Gadhafi's three-page letter, he calls the U.S. president "our son" and describes the mission as an "unjust war against a small people of a developing country."
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Wed. Apr. 6 2011
Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reached out to the U.S. on Wednesday, sending a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to halt the NATO military campaign in his country.
NATO has been on a mission to enforce a no-fly zone and protect civilians from attack by pro-Gadhafi forces. NATO jets have destroyed much of the Libyan air force's firepower.
In Gadhafi's three-page letter, he calls the U.S. president "our son" and describes the mission as an "unjust war against a small people of a developing country."
The rambling communique, which was sent to the State Department and forwarded to the White House, also wishes Obama good luck in next year's presidential election and strikes a conciliatory tone.
"To serving world peace ... Friendship between our peoples ... and for the sake of economic, and security co-operation against terror, you are in a position to keep NATO off the Libyan affair for good," Gadhafi writes in the letter, obtained by The Associated Press.
While the White House confirmed that the letter had been received, an official said the ceasefire request could not be met at this time.
"The conditions the president laid out are clear," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
The news Wednesday came on the same day a former U.S. congressman arrived in Libya for talks with Gadhafi. Curt Weldon, who was personally invited by Gadhafi, described the trip as a private mission to urge the longtime leader to step down.
He said he had informed the White House about the trip as well as some members of Congress. It wasn't clear whether Gadhafi's letter to Obama was linked to Weldon's visit.
Weldon has been to Libya on two previous occasions.
Shifting ground war strategies
Earlier Wednesday, stung by more than two weeks of aerial bombardments, forces loyal to Gadhafi began adjusting their tactics and frustrating rebel attempts to retake a key oil port in the process.
Rebel forces are trying to fight their way back into the eastern oil port of Brega. They had taken control of the town with the support of an aerial bombardment on Monday, but a barrage of rocket and artillery fire from pro-Gadhafi forces turned them on their heels Tuesday.
As the rebels fled as far as Ajdabiya, several dozen kilometres away, there did not appear to be any immediate response from international aircraft patrolling the skies.
"When you see this, the situation is very bad. We cannot match their weapons," 64-year-old retired soldier-turned-rebel militia Kamal Mughrabi told The Associated Press. "If the planes don't come back and hit them, we'll have to keep pulling back."
But French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Wednesday that air strikes are more difficult now that a large portion of Gadhafi's aircraft and armoured vehicles have been destroyed.
As a result, pro-Gadhafi forces left on the ground are harder to distinguish from the deserters who have joined the rebel militia. Gadhafi's forces are also said to be entrenched in residential areas of the besieged western city of Misrata, effectively taking cover among the civilian population.
"They snuck their anti-aircraft weapons and tanks into the city. They are between the apartment buildings and the trees," a doctor speaking on condition of anonymity told the AP. "They disguise their equipment on the big agricultural trucks that the farmers use outside of town. They bring in mortars with civilian cars."
Reporting from Benghazi, CTV's Janis Mackey Frayer says the situation underscores the current, challenging phase of the international military mission that began on March 19.
"There are only so many targets that would fall within the mandate of the NATO air campaign," she said, explaining that the mission is primarily aimed at protecting Libya's civilian population.
"Gadhafi forces are said to be sticking close to civilian centres," she added. "So the more integration, the tougher it is for these air strikes to realize their goals and not have collateral damage."
On Tuesday, Brig. Gen. Mark Van Uhm of NATO said UN-sanctioned air strikes had destroyed as much as one-third of Gadhafi's weapons, as he promised the aerial missions would continue.
Whether the planes can actually attack their targets is another question, however, as he noted three-quarters of the scheduled missions ended without dropping any bombs or missiles as the pilots were unable to distinguish between fighters and civilians.
Whatever the reason, Mackey Frayer said the change from the frequent bombardments in the early days of the international campaign is frustrating some.
The rebels fighting to oust Gadhafi have nevertheless marked a number of significant advances, including official recognition of their transitional council by the governments of France, Italy and Qatar.
The rebels are also trying to ship their first tanker load of oil from the eastern city of Tobruk.
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