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Julie B 🇨🇦's avatar

James, your essay was outstanding! One of the most powerful pieces I’ve read. You’ve clearly documented a complete case for the ICC, all that’s left is booking the trial. I pray that does happen one day, although right now it’s not looking very promising. Hopefully, once more people read your case, they’ll be persuaded to take up action and fight to have the list of charges against Benjamin Netanyahu and his many cohorts in crime brought before the Court, to bring some justice for the Palestinian people, and all the other countries Israel is infecting with their crimes. I won’t let myself give up complete hope that justice is never served. If I do, that’s admitting that any hope for humanity is gone. That is too sad to bear.

LynnD 🇮🇪's avatar

It breaks my heart, but in my case, all but a sliver of hope is gone. The number of tentacles, the depth to which they are embedded in the system they designed and control seem beyond repair.

The political and economic systems of the majority of the globe need to be rewritten, and the wealthy and powerful simply won't allow it. For me their greed and self-centeredness are embodied in the fact that they are willing to facilitate, and even drive, climate catastrophe - despite the fact that it will devastate the lives of their descendants.

ChatterX's avatar

The "Green" imperialist shills with private jets would never admit that the greatest damage to the environment is done by the MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX they lobby.

US military is one of the largest climate polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels & emitting more C02e than 140 countries combined (Lancaster University 2019 Research).

http://youtu.be/pJ3ItSYBaJs?t=243

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Anyone counting the "carbon footprint" of all the U.S. Imperialist wars and those 800+ overseas US military bases around the world?

http://youtu.be/JFlDWo28xnY?t=99

Julie B 🇨🇦's avatar

Exactly. Our Prime Minister has signed approval for a new pipeline from Alberta because he feels the world needs the oil, and unfortunately the environmental protections will have to be sacrificed for it. After he campaigned on saving our country from climate change. And still has said nothing about Israel, except to approve a $54 billion investment in Israeli businesses and vote down the bill to prohibit our selling weapons to Israel via the US. So shameful.

Nonya's avatar

I'll add one more to the list—one that happens in broad daylight, yet still flies under everyone's radar: abusing children and stealing them through Family Court and CPS/DCFS

Moebius Infinity's avatar

Thanks for adding the sources

Benjamin's avatar

This should be required reading. We live in a false reality. Everything that we believe is based on false history and propaganda. There is no justice system. People at the bottom go to prison for a bag of pot and people at the top who commit genocide can’t be criticized.