How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor?(thegrayzone.com)
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How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor?
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/media-saudi-arabia-yemen-khashoggi-war-nerd/
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I like the way this piece is written. A bit of gallows humour make reading about such horrific things just about bearable.
Is there a solution presented? It seems the "Iran Proxy" designation is exacerbating this travesty.
I think it lacks empathy because groups have to try to find support from somewhere. If they lack consensus with the west then of course they are going to try to get support from the not-west. Looking at that desperate support and then labelling the recipient a proxy is such a low standard. That would be analogous to calling Jewish Zionists a "Nazi proxy" because one group sought Nazi support in their campaign against Britain in the mandate of Palestine. It would be a very inaccurate and comical way to frame it now, but that group of people did not have any support in any country back then, so maybe its just business as usual. huh, to take that observation further, imagine a future where Shia peoples have museums and monuments everywhere to make sure nobody ignores them again.
I think it lacks empathy because groups have to try to find support from somewhere. If they lack consensus with the west then of course they are going to try to get support from the not-west. Looking at that desperate support and then labelling the recipient a proxy is such a low standard. That would be analogous to calling Jewish Zionists a "Nazi proxy" because one group sought Nazi support in their campaign against Britain in the mandate of Palestine. It would be a very inaccurate and comical way to frame it now, but that group of people did not have any support in any country back then, so maybe its just business as usual. huh, to take that observation further, imagine a future where Shia peoples have museums and monuments everywhere to make sure nobody ignores them again.
Perhaps this means some Saudi-funded University centers will be exposed and cancelled.
They are never equivalent because we don't consider them fully human.
I recommend anyone reading this who wants more to read Robert Fisk.
The lives of poor people in these countries literally don't matter to us. They don't make the news, their names never mentioned, our part in their deaths glossed over.
We're so self obsessed. So selfish. So racist.
I recommend anyone reading this who wants more to read Robert Fisk.
The lives of poor people in these countries literally don't matter to us. They don't make the news, their names never mentioned, our part in their deaths glossed over.
We're so self obsessed. So selfish. So racist.
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