I wonder what the US military would do if the current administration’s head was cut off quickly enough so no significant orders went out to the military from them. Marshal law then eventually an election?

Interesting theory. So who will ‘they’ put in power?

This ex-generals’s statement is about ‘injured and killed’ not just deaths.

Even when talking about completely different subjects?
And if so, how often? Do they need a precursor on every post?

‘Here’ is not the fediverse, but this thread and these comments.

It’s not meant to be a gotcha, it’s just to try and help people see things from different perspectives.
And sure: how about your version of the question? And extend it to sports coaches and players, movie producers, directors and actors? Store owners and employees?
It would be fully righteous to go hard core here, but probably too inconvenient for most. And many would say that such politics don’t have a place in … whatever they don’t want to deal with the repercussions of having politics have a place in.
There’s also a component of self preservation. It might be unsafe to publically go against one’s own government or it might at least be very bad for one’s career. So damned either way and better to stay apolitical.
At your job do you make a point of stating that you hate Trump and think he’s a moron. Or is that likely to get you unemployed so you keep quiet?

But not on unrelated topics. When talking about music, do you always state your political convictions?

Yes, but individuals don’t state their political affiliation regularly when talking about something non political. And besides, it’s a much bigger thing in real life when you’re not hiding behind your anonymity.

So do you check the political views of orchestra conductors of every concert you go to? The coaches of each game? The producers and directors of movies you watch? And by that I mean do you insist they definitively make public statements against Trump, not just that they don’t publicly support him?

So why aren’t the posts here full of such denials?

How often? I don’t see it on any posts here, and I suspect most are US citizens.

If you’re a U.S. citizen should you have to publicly denounce Trump’s fascism or else get banished from the sane parts of the world?

How long does that take?

Yes, I’d love that also. Anything to stop the killing. Of course we need security for all - if Israel completely withdraws, security would have to be provided by someone or else Hamas would just build up and attack like before.

I do condemn Israel in the strongest way. But I also condemn Hamas.

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But if you agree that Hamas is despicable, why not call for it to surrender? You don’t think it would stop Israel, but it could. No, you can’t bring yourself to do that. Why? Because you don’t want Israel to ‘win’? The chance of saving children isn’t worth that much to you?

You don’t know that. And I don’t believe it.

I think I was pretty clear that I don’t support Israel.
But your minimizing the atrocities of Hamas doesn’t help the situation. Israel has gone off the deep end, just like the U.S. is going. But to not recognize Hamas’ desire to wipe out the Jews in Israel shows a very poor understanding of the situation.

No, they’re shooting indiscriminately and not safeguarding civilians and if it’s not a war crime, it should be. All the more reason for the people of Gaza to surrender - just like France did under blitzkrieg. Not a great choice to have to make but it’s insane that Gaza doesn’t surrender.