When you’re under indictment, that’s the perfect time to create political spectacle and distract everyone’s attention.

Did anyone day it is?

I like to hate on the rich as much as anyone but this feels like it was a simple misunderstanding. It’s not like he’s going to intentionally try to dodge paying taxes (peanuts for him) on a watch he was gifted and planned to sell at a charity auction.

“My life is at risk if I can’t spin this as a considerable win for Russia”

Behave like a civilized nation. Not collectively punishing an entire population for the actions of some. It’s incredible to have to explain that.

This is not good vs evil. This is evil vs evil. Fighting fire with fire is ridiculously stupid.

Obviously Israel can’t just exterminate the whole population. The world wouldn’t accept that. But making the region unliveable is a different story. They’ve been working on that for decades and this is the culmination of that plan.

If they were just hunting for"terrorists" they wouldn’t have to level entire blocks. Drive entire cities out of their homes.

I realize none of this will connect because Israel’s defenders will argue that for it’s security there’s no line it can’t cross. But for those of us on the sidelines the goal us pretty damn obvious. From “voluntary migration” to there’s “no such thing as a Palestinian people” (quotes from serving ministers) it’s pretty damning stuff.

Those babies in the hospitals didn’t vote for anyone. Besides, a war crime is a war crime even if the target “deserved” it.

A whole population doesn’t deserve to be punished for the crimes of some of them. It’s the kind of barbaric evil practised by dictators.

I can’t imagine what kind of rail system would come close to the capacity we’d need for it to make a significant dent in sea transport. Nothing beats a cargo ship for sheer capacity and efficiency (at the cost of speed of course)

But I’d be happy to stand corrected.

Their intent is only to target Israel bound shipping. A direct result of Israel’s destroying of civilian population centers. And our unconditional support for that is dragging us into another endless conflict.

Great let’s just start another war why not

Exactly. So why pretend? Trying hard to look like you’re playing fair when the other side’s whole production chain is subsidized and underpinned by a heavily manipulated currency. Not to mention slave labor.

It’s not about whether “we” are any better, but whether we should at least try to save what’s left of our manufacturing sector. You can’t run an economy on shady financial services alone.

It’s a bit let’s say naive to think you can have free trade competition with state sponsored foreign business.

China’s very own Cato. Ceterum censeo…