ILuvRedWine

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[ILuvRedWine @MeetMeTomorrow8]

@dw_politics OMG, not casting vote to Germany is antisemitism.🥴

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

I have the deepest respect for the German people. I spent both winters and summers there growing up, and have tremendous admiration for the country.

But its foreign policy has been nothing short of an embarrassing disaster as of late.

From its support for the genocide in Gaza, ostensibly to "make up" for its conduct of another genocide (!?!), to its handling of the Iran file, to its recent direct and blatant attack and undermining of international law and the UN Charter.

As a result, I am not surprised in the least that Germany lost its bid for a UNSC elected seat, despite being the second-largest financial contributor to the UN and for its leadership role negotiating the Pact of the Future.

In fact, it is justice that Germany lost.

Hopefully, it will prompt some serious rethinking in Berlin. The world will be better off if Germany goes back to the country it was in 2003, when it rightfully stood up for international law and opposed the invasion of Iraq.

https://t.co/sjvNWWAhZg

[Stefan Talmon @StefanTalmon]

Germany's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council ends in crushing failure

After Germany's reactions to events in Gaza, Venezuela, Lebanon and Iran, no one could believe that "its utmost priority will be respect for the rules of international law", if elected

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@dw_politics @Kathleen_Tyson_ Excellent. Germany’s support to Israel’s genocide to Palestinians is disgusting, immoral.

[Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 @AngelicaOung]

Jeremiah, I believed the Uyghur genocide thing during COVID too. And that the CCP is terrible an the Chinese people are all oppressed etc etc.

But the year is 2026 and Xinjiang has been open for tourism for years. Adrian Zenz is somehow the most authoritative source. I don’t think he’s even been to Xinjiang. His ideological bias is clear. He works for a group that’s anti communism. Would you like it if the world took the word of a Russian person working at an anti-American organization as the Chief Expert for how terrible America is?

Gaza is what a genocide looks like and despite the fact that Gaza is the size of Las Vegas and under Israeli lockdown we have a never ending stream of horrors from there on our timelines. What about Xinjiang, an area 1/6 of China total and crawling with tourists and good internet? Zenz and friends are still waving around those COVID era satellite images.

There is a terrible bug with liberalism. By assuming that your values are universal, you assume everybody who disagrees with you must be evil instead of just have different beliefs or priorities or maybe just because they know different things. You stop looking for pragmatic solutions, compromises, diplomacy and mutual understanding. You don’t even try to see the other persons point of view.

We’ve met each other. I’ve been on your podcast. I’m just the same Angelica you’ve had beers with in DC and Taipei. Then and now, I’ve always just wanted to make the world a better place. Isn’t it interesting how your instinct isn’t to be curious about why I changed my mind…it is to declare me beyond the pale? Aren’t you at all puzzled that a woman you previously thought so highly of your organization flew me out to DC to attend your conference suddenly decided to be a handmaiden to genocide?

No country or system is perfect and I’m no longer a naive believer in one-size-fits all. I hope that somehow you can get some objectivity about the Chinese system. I can’t think of another political party anywhere in the world that is as meritocratic, nor one that has consistently delivered such improvements in life for the last 3-4 decades to its people. Moreover I believe that Xi Jinping actually cares a lot more about the people of China than Donald Trump about ordinary Americans.

Just one more thing I want you to think about…I would almost certainly not have the beliefs I have today if not for living in Taiwan, talking to local Taiwanese, listening to their pundits and influencers. Like it or not, the Taiwanese are not all plucky-little China-hating boba-libs. If you really respect Taiwanese voices, you shouldn’t just cherry pick those who agree with you while dismissing everyone else as propaganda.

[ILuvRedWine @MeetMeTomorrow8]

@Amelia181672271 賴清德的日本名是「無賴缺徳」🥴

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@mitchpresnick @AsiaPolicy congratulations. at least it is much better than the rumours based analysis by Economist / WSJ / Wash post.....😅

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@ABCChinese 绿蛙局面对岛内不满才恼羞成怒，才气急败坏地向菲日提出要求交涉，更面对中国行动保护国土，非常羞耻难堪。

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@FeiyanXie 感动

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@JeremiahDJohns Such a nonsense report from someone who has never been to Xinjiang.

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@mariocavolo @Michael7ucci Spot on. Lucci may need practicing more, if he persists fxcking himself.

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@KevinCastley @rkmtimes Me2

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@ArchVisionW China

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

I've been talking to a lot of press since I got banned from the UK. Media has been trained to believe the feelings of people who are pro-genocide are more important than lives of 23,000 Palestinian children. Their deaths are a minor problem, offending Zionists is a huge problem!

[ILuvRedWine @MeetMeTomorrow8]

@lukedepulford Your country is so authoritative that the government wants to suppress freedom of speeches.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

.@cenkuygur: when you accuse critics of Israel of antisemitism (as the UK govt has done by banning him from the UK), you're conflating Israel with all Jews, and that's antisemitic.

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@FreeforHKpeople 在聯合國沒有位置的政治組織🥴

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@MinMin89485072 AI

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@NikolaTesla2010 @kyo_0228 赖蛙認為可以啊🥴

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@ChinaSelect Why is US protecting Epstein pedo’s.