Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Reading comprehension is not one of your strong points, is it?

"right after 1949 or so"

Only if you consider the early 70s to be "right after 1949 or so".

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"Is it accurate to describe "the introduction of a large Palestinian cohort in Southern Lebanon" as settler colonialism?"

No, on... Those Palestinians just dropped out of the sky.

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"You seem fine taking owed retribution back to the mid-20th century concerning Israel"

You brought up the subject of Beirut, not me. The dispossession of the Palestinians and the destabilization of the Middle East is not a thing of the past. It is ongoing and has been since day one. Israel's possession of the Golan Heights, the West Bank of the Jordan River, Jerusalem and Gaza, aren't things that "just kind of happened". It was the Zionist plan from decades before Israel was formed. The fucking plans are in writing. They're being executed as we speak.

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Yes, the European conquest of South and Central America and the Caribbean were horrific chapters in human history. So were the Mongol destruction of the Islamic Empire and the Viking invasions of Europe. I think the key difference is the ongoing nature of your destruction... (which you swear you don't support at all). I'm surprised you haven't made a case for Israelis owning slaves. After all lots of other countries did it.

European powers do not own the places I frequent. The inhabitants are largely black and brown, descendants of Africans and natives.

When Palestinians are full citizens of the lands you've conquered, let me know.
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It's cooling off. Time to fire up the bike.