First rule of Democracy: Everyone is equal and should be treated as such. Nobody is above the law!
Israel. The only country that doesn't get punished for violating international law and UN resolutions. The only country to not face sanctions for the blatant, cruel occupation of over 1 million people. The only country in the world allowed to secretly build nuclear weapons with no punishment or criticism from the media or politicians. Look what happened to Iran and North Korea for attempting to build nukes.
Ask yourselves, what kind of person are you if you think it's acceptable for there to be 1 rule for one person and another for everyone else. It's called favouritism, prejudice and utter hypocrisy! You people that think Israel should be allowed to act with absolute impunity are a disgrace to democracy and a threat to world peace!
If you are going to challenge me, please quote what I said, and then refute the bit you quoted! I'm tired of people making irrelevant arguments that have no importance to my statements!!!
Iran has never said it would nuke Israel. Iran wants the destruction of Israel. By that, they mean they want regime change. A bit like how Israel wants to destroy Iran. The media and Israeli politicians however, have indoctrinated everyone to believe that Iran literally wants to destroy Israel by force. That is a lie and propaganda spread by the media.
Also, Israel is illegally building nukes! I don't care if it is for deterrence, it's illegal! Does that mean Iraq should be allowed to build nukes because it got invaded once already? NO!
Well, if you studied the Cold War on an academic level you'd know there are a group of people called revisionists who blame Truman for a lot of things.
Truman was ignorant in foreign affairs. That is an established fact all historians agree on. His inner circle was purged of people that had left wing leanings and opposition to his views. His advisor's were all running on a single narrative as a result, such as George Keenan. It was full of people with a hostile view of the USSR which was naive and ignorant at the time as he misunderstood communism and the objectives of the Soviet Union.
As a result of this, Truman was very judgemental of the USSR and it's actions. He perceived the Soviet implementation of a sphere of influence as "hostile" and "aggressive" after WW2. This despite it being agreed by Churchill!
And lastly, all this made Truman irrational because he declared the Truman doctrine in 1947 which most historians agree was the first open declaration of the Cold War!
Now to answer your question, the Cold War could have been avoided if the US left aside it's economic objectives of "dollar imperialism" and work with the USSR. Roosevelt was able to but Truman could not because he had prejudices against the Soviet Union!
Now how about you go to school and f**king study the Cold War before insulting me and my opinion. I've studied the f**king Cold War and I know what I'm talking about! FFS.
You support only Israel to live in peace? And not the Palestinian people who also suffer from stabbings and rockets fired at them. Not to mention the fact that they have to live everyday as stateless, inferior people because of the occupation.
Like I said, you support inequality. So don't ever defend democracy nor promote it!
Haha! If you think North Korea are not breaking any laws then I think you should campaign for UN sanctions to be dropped and allow them to make nukes. Along with every other country not part of the NPT! That's fantastic logic there Collete!
The IAEA did not vote to say Israel's nuclear programme is legal. The reason the motion was proposed is because it is illegal! But thanks to Israeli lobbying the motion was rejected as usual!
You still haven't answered my question. Is it okay for North Korea do develop nuclear weapons and should sanctions be removed? According to what you say about Israel, it implies yes, sanctions against North Korea should be removed and every non-NPT nation can and should develop nukes right?
Well according to the NPT and IAEA it is illegal because Israel has not opened itself to international scrutiny. It does not allow any inspectors into its nuclear sites. That poses a threat to international security and the environment as there are no assurances and checks to suggest Israel's nuclear stockpiles are secure and safe!
By your understanding, the world should lift sanctions on North Korea because it's not part of the NPT right? And every country not part of the NPT should also be allowed to build nuked right?
Iran has never said it would nuke Israel. Iran wants the destruction of Israel. By that, they mean they want regime change. A bit like how Israel wants to destroy Iran. The media and Israeli politicians however, have indoctrinated everyone to believe that Iran literally wants to destroy Israel by force. That is a lie and propaganda spread by the media.
Also, Israel is illegally building nukes! I don't care if it is for deterrence, it's illegal! Does that mean Iraq should be allowed to build nukes because it got invaded once already? NO!
That's the thing with people like you. You are uncritical of Israel no matter what it does. Israel apologists is what I call you. You think Israel illegally developing nukes is better than North Korea and Iran doing the same. It's pathetic! How about we tolerate none of them and place Israel under sanctions so it can join North Korea and Iran in the sanctions list until it complies with international law? But no.. Israel should be allowed to do what it wants right!
Your mentality is in contradiction to democratic principles. You are just pathetic. According to you all other democracies on the planet should be allowed to illegal build nukes right? The non-democratic countries should just sit in silence right while their neighbours get weapons capable of wiping them out right?
I've already told you, the fact that spheres of influence for the USSR in Eastern Europe posed a threat to neighbouring countries is irrelevant. I don't know why you brought that up since I was only discussing the US and Truman's irrational fear of the Soviet Union!
Next, the end goal for Germany was that it was to be united but in order to achieve that the allies would work together, as agreed at Potsdam. The Americans reneged on that agreement by setting up bizonia followed by trizonia. Then Truman installed a new currency for West Germany, again in violation of agreements made to work together. Stalin was as a result forced to install the blockade as the currency was driving East Berlin's currency into the ground! TA DAH!
Yes, I did provide evidence and I'm not going to regurgitate all of that for you again. There is a historical spectrum. On one side you have revisionists whose argument I just presented. I'm not getting into the nitty gritty of it all.
And can you honestly not read. The Soviet sphere of influence was NOT A THREAT TO THE USA! So why are you saying it was a threat to other countries. I don't care about other countries. They have no relevance in this discussion.
The Truman Doctrine was an open declaration of the Cold War! Nothing more nothing less.
Finally, Truman was irrational and ignorant because he was a proponent of bizonia followed by trizonia. The formation of a unified West Germany was in strict violation of agreements made at Potsdam. The introduction of a new currency was too. Truman caused the blockade. The allies agreed to work together on Germany. Truman did not. He excluded Stalin and began a hostile relationship with the USSR when there was no reason to.
So go back on revise your history because it has many flaws.
This historic debate is besides the point. You and everyone else are off on a tangent. The core message I gave at the beginning is that Truman and Trump are both alike. And I proved it with historical evidence. Whether you agree or disagree with that evidence is irrelevant since it is part of historical fact.
And to answer your first question, it was Truman that caused the blockade in the first place. So yes, he handled it ignorantly.
You just asked me to prove how Truman was the 3 things I stated earlier. The fact is. I didn't lie. What I said about Truman is agreed by many historians. But for some reason you demeaned me as though I was telling lies which I clearly wasn't as I the opinion I expressed has unequivocal historic backing.
All that aside. If you want a history debate we can have one. The core message of my very first post was that Truman and Trump are alike. And I think I've proved that with my historic evidence.
"He perceived the Soviet implementation of a sphere of influence as "hostile" and "aggressive" after WW2".
"And you wrote it as if the Soviet Union was not a hostile or aggressive regime".
Well, if you can read I was talking about a historic event, the agreement of spheres of influence agreed by the West and Stalin. Truman had no need to think that was aggressive and hostile as Stalin was abiding by treaties already made.
So how the f**k am I saying the Soviet Union was not aggressive or hostile . Of course it was. But this particular event in history had no need to draw such condemnation. Historians all agree on this.
So how about you cut the crap and shut up if you have nothing relevant and adequate to say!
That's the irony with you people. While all of that was ostensibly happening in the USSR, black people were literally getting terrorised in their millions. The judiciary was corrupt, the police force were just brutes. The local authority supported discrimination against non white people in the South. So yes, America was a very f**ked up country as well.
But people like you think what happened in America was less "bad" compared to what happened in the Soviet Union. You are just apologists for the cruel America.
Let's not forget the thousands of innocent people deported or placed in camps in America simply for looking Asian and apparently supporting communism. Let's not forget the thousands of lives ruined because they lost their jobs thanks to McCarthy and the US government!
How about you learn something about social history you bigot and apologist.
What exactly do you not agree with in my first statement huh? If you people have nothing relevant to say in response to my first statement please kindly piss off you unwanted bigots.
You have the audacity to lecture me about swearing yet hear you are exchanging crude insults like a juvenile!
Collete, you are just a troll spreading pro Israel propaganda.
Can you actually refute something I said or piss off. Quote, then talk! It's that f**king simple.
If you've got nothing relevant to say keep your mouth shut!
"Please list all these middle eastern democracies you think are better then Israel". Where did I state in my entire paragraphs that there are better Middle Eastern democracies than Israel huh? Just when and where?
Like I said, if you've got nothing relevant to post piss off.