Instead: if even countries like China, Indonesia and Turkey can stand against the Gaza Genocide, what the fuckity fuck is stopping YOUR country for standing against it?
Like, remember when Al Qaeda condemned Isis as being too extreme? That really tells you something about Isis, doesn’t it?
Edit: disclosure, my own ancestors were butchered by the Turks.
China stands against it because it is geopoliticially helpful. They still carry out a cultural genocide against Tibetans and Uyghurs.
Turkey and Indonesia stand against it because that is popular with their population. They still suppress Kurds, Syrians, and Papuans.
And I know why my country is not publicly standing against it. Because they know that with the ties it has to Israel, there are better ways behind closed doors to pressure Israel. If we go publicly against them they will completely turn on us. Do I think that strategy is working? Not really. But trying it isn’t dumb.
China, Indonesia and Turkey in a group of countries standing against genocide is… not exactly optimal for the cause
That’s not the own you think it is.
Instead: if even countries like China, Indonesia and Turkey can stand against the Gaza Genocide, what the fuckity fuck is stopping YOUR country for standing against it?
Like, remember when Al Qaeda condemned Isis as being too extreme? That really tells you something about Isis, doesn’t it?
Edit: disclosure, my own ancestors were butchered by the Turks.
China stands against it because it is geopoliticially helpful. They still carry out a cultural genocide against Tibetans and Uyghurs.
Turkey and Indonesia stand against it because that is popular with their population. They still suppress Kurds, Syrians, and Papuans.
And I know why my country is not publicly standing against it. Because they know that with the ties it has to Israel, there are better ways behind closed doors to pressure Israel. If we go publicly against them they will completely turn on us. Do I think that strategy is working? Not really. But trying it isn’t dumb.
Let’s acknowledge that that’s a framing that assigns bad faith to one group of countries and good faith to another, right?
Oh yeah absolutely