Laughable, if the inhumanity weren't present,....
One of the Aid trucks let into Gaza was found to be full of Covid tests. And yet this is still counted as "aid getting through".

Sick in the effing head.

I disengage, I turn the page.

Israel used to buy British stuff as they found it reliable and functional. They would have, for example, British tanks but refit them for their own use. I think it was basically The Cromwell in their previous wars.
I don't think they do anymore - pretty sure it's US systems now but could be wrong. They make stuff of their own but sometimes, if you dig a bit deeper, you find it's something else that they've bought, adapted and then manufactured themselves.

Red and Blue Army!

sick in the effing heads.
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"Landmarks across the UK have glowed purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Holocaust Memorial Day is an occasion to remember the millions of mostly Jewish people murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, as well as the victims of other genocides." (BBC website)

I disengage, I turn the page.

Sorry but I have to disagree.

I went to Auschwitz several years ago an experience I will never forget.

I have just got back from an Asian tour including the Killing Fields, 1 in 4 Cambodians were murdered by the Khmer Rouge.

I think it is important that our generation bear witness to what happened to tell the younger generations so hopefully this bestiality never happens again.

It is also important to confront the Holocaust deniers.

You don't have to participate that is the benefit of a free country but I will never forget.

I am still raw and emotional from Cambodia, I saw a tree where each night the KR would smash hundreds of babies against it and would play music to drown out the screams of the adults that they murdered.

Please god nothing like this happens again but we both know that somewhere in the world it will sometime.

One more point

People questioning accepted history is perfectly normal normally it only requires study upon the matter.

In science you can prove chemistry or physics by experiments, but even they get to argue over cause. All human thought needs to be open to examination, proof and testing.

With history, while you can have physical remains most of what you will have will be documentation or theory and its interpretation.

When it comes to someone doubting an event happened then surely what is far better is to discuss their objections and compare it to the evidence. I think there are certain aspects of strong proof that an attempted geocide of Jews in Europe happened....I looked into it and I regard the census data and statements of death squads as evidence enough.

However, if someone wants to argue then it's the strength of the rationale behind it that matters. For me personally from what time I spent on it, it's only ever a question of the numbers

But like I say, if someone wants to think they are Napoleon or that creationism is true and evolution isn't....or a man thinks they are a women I can only give them rational arguments against that.

Do I want to make it illegal for them to think that? Or pass a law saying that can't deny something I think is true? None of this attitude was what I was raised with.

No one should be compelled to believe something. Encouraged to via the evidence, but compulsion is rarely justifiable.

This basic freedom is what is at threat in Europe today....and this group think requirement adds to that....even if what that group think is happens to be something I personally agree with.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Nancy Pelosi tells CNN that protesters who advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza are spreading 'Putin’s message' and wants them investigated for possible links to Russia.

The tragicomedy continues.

Tucker Carlson calls Republicans implying war with Iran, 'fecking lunatics'....I have to say neo con, 'forever wars' were warned about regarding this incoming administration but that the Republicans are just as full of neo cons themselves.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)