Dave Smith

They have some degree of expectations of sovereignty.

Palestinians have none of that.

There's obviously a huge asymmetry between this in this conflict.

And what have the Palestinians gotten for that?

Have they gotten peace?

No, they've gotten subject subjugation in perpetuity.

And so, again, the question isn't what would happen in a thought experiment if the Palestinians disarmed or if the Israelis disarmed.

By the way, there's no evidence to suggest that if the Palestinians disarmed, they'd get a two state solution tomorrow.

I don't know.

Netanyahu isn't even saying that all of the people in control of the Israeli government are saying a two state solution is never going to happen.

But again, this is all just a distraction from the real question, which is, what Israel just did to Gaza justified?

Does Israel have a right to southern Lebanon?

Is Israel pulling the Americans into a war?

Is Israel trying to thwart the current negotiations?

These are questions that matter.

This dumb thought experiment is nothing.

And this is why you won't come debate it, because it's easy to tear this shit apart.

That is a very fair point, man.

No fair.

Yeah.