Former President Barack Obama cautioned against ignoring the complexities of the Israel-Hamas war, warning that “all of us are complicit.”

“If you want to solve the problem, then you have to take in the whole truth. And you then have to admit nobody’s hands are clean, that all of us are complicit to some degree,” he said in an excerpted interview with Pod Save America released Saturday.

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    1 year ago

    Are the cartels armies?

    If a cartel attacks Mexico, should Mexico just bomb their entire city?

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      Are the cartels armies?

      In some capacity yes.

      If a cartel attacks Mexico, should Mexico just bomb their entire city?

      That’s a different question entirety unrelated to if they’re armies or not. 1940s Japan certainly had an army, but did that justify nuking and firebombing cities?

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        1 year ago

        This is nothing like Japan. This is like Vietnam where America invades a country it isn’t supposed to be and “self defences” all over the place

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      That’s the wrong question. The right question is if the mexican cartels started launching rockets and slaughtering the U.S.bordering Mexico - then what do you think would happen?

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        That isn’t even a question, it’s a tautology given how the US is fully supporting whatever Israel is doing.