I have been against US imperialism and warmongering since Vietnam. They are all based on lies, and wherever you see a US Marine outside the US, there is a good chance that there are some natural resources nearby that the US wants for itself.
War is indeed a racket, as Smedley Butler said.
As far as Israelis being masters at rape, I admit it was unartful. I should have said: "rape is a time tested and integral part of the Israeli occupation".
I refer here of course to the Israeli practice of raping Palestinian men and women while in detention, filming the rape, and then threatening to show that film to their families unless they agree to become an informant for Shin Bet.
How colonizers weaponize rape: reflections from the Palestinian case
'Systemic Failure': The Prison Sexual Abuse Scandal Shaking Israel
Freed Palestinian Prisoners Say They Faced Torture and Rape in Israeli Jails
As mentioned in the Mondoweiss article, what makes the Israeli situation unique is that they have been weaponising rape for 75 years. Raping Palestinians is by now a time-honoured, time-tested, generations-long tradition in the IDF.
And finally, I have nothing against Jews. I grew up with Jews, I have family members who are Jewish. This has nothing to do with Jews. I am an anti-Zionist, not an anti-Semite. The two have nothing to do with each other.
Judaism is a wonderful religion that has nothing to do with Zionism. As you probably know. the original Zionists - from Theodor Herzl to David Ben Gurion - were all ATHEISTS.
