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A Promised Land
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I don't think I was paying enough attention when he was president, but his actions in the Middle East, specifically his drone wars in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen as well as his recent propaganda statements regarding the ongoing genocide have made me look at him entirely differently. Not to mention, I just learned of his nickname: Barack'll Bomba Ya
On December 23, 2016, under the Obama Administration, the United States abstained from United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law, effectively allowing it to pass.
Also — Obama’s actual record over his eight years in office makes him one of the most pro-Israeli American presidents since Harry S Truman. Obama gave Israel considerably more money and arms than any of his predecessors. He has fully lived up to America’s formal commitment to preserve Israel’s “qualitative military edge” by supplying his ally with ever more sophisticated weapons systems. His parting gift to Israel was a staggering military aid package of $38bn for the next 10 years. This represents an increase from the current $3.1 to $3.8bn per annum. It is also the largest military aid package from one country to another in the annals of human history.
(The Guardian, 2017)
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An interesting view from behind the scenes of many historic moments. A bit dry and excessively detailed at points, but there was still warmth.
“But you don’t choose the time. The time chooses you. Either you seize what may turn out to be the only chance you have, or you decide you’re willing to live with the knowledge that the chance passed you by.”
Whatever you do won't be enough — try anyway.
I don't think I was paying enough attention when he was president, but his actions in the Middle East, specifically his drone wars in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen as well as his recent propaganda statements regarding the ongoing genocide have made me look at him entirely differently. Not to mention, I just learned of his nickname: Barack'll Bomba Ya
On December 23, 2016, under the Obama Administration, the United States abstained from United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law, effectively allowing it to pass.
Also — Obama’s actual record over his eight years in office makes him one of the most pro-Israeli American presidents since Harry S Truman. Obama gave Israel considerably more money and arms than any of his predecessors. He has fully lived up to America’s formal commitment to preserve Israel’s “qualitative military edge” by supplying his ally with ever more sophisticated weapons systems. His parting gift to Israel was a staggering military aid package of $38bn for the next 10 years. This represents an increase from the current $3.1 to $3.8bn per annum. It is also the largest military aid package from one country to another in the annals of human history.
(The Guardian, 2017)
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An interesting view from behind the scenes of many historic moments. A bit dry and excessively detailed at points, but there was still warmth.
“But you don’t choose the time. The time chooses you. Either you seize what may turn out to be the only chance you have, or you decide you’re willing to live with the knowledge that the chance passed you by.”
Whatever you do won't be enough — try anyway.
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Reading Progress
December 4, 2020
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December 4, 2020
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December 16, 2020
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December 21, 2020
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December 21, 2020
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biography-autobiography
December 21, 2020
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history
December 21, 2020
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