Really beautiful thing my friend Aron made about our beloved Norm Macdonald. He directed a lot of Smiling Friends, so it’s no surprise the animation is gorgeous. You wouldn’t believe the amount of time and care that went into this
They say: Iran is not Arab. Iran is Shia. Iran has its own interests. Iran uses the Palestinian cause.
Fine.
Accept all of that for the sake of argument.
Accept that Iran's support for Palestine is partly strategic.
Accept that there are geopolitical calculations involved.
Accept every cynical interpretation of Iranian motives.
Now tell me: what is your excuse?
You are Arab.
You are Sunni.
You share language, culture, history, and in many cases a border with the Palestinians.
The people being killed are your people by every metric you claim matters.
Ethnicity. Sect. Language. Civilization.
And Iran, the Persian Shia country you're so concerned about, is doing more for those people than you are.
If Iran is using Palestine, what are you doing to Palestine?
You are using Palestine too.
Using it for speeches.
Using it for fundraising.
Using it to claim Islamic credentials with your own populations while conducting a completely different policy behind closed doors.
The difference is that Iran's use of Palestine comes with weapons, money, fighters, and the willingness to absorb American sanctions and Israeli bombs in defense of it.
Your use of Palestine comes with statements.
Deeply concerned statements.
Urgent statements.
Strongly worded statements.
The children in Gaza cannot eat your statements.
The Bear is so insanely American that instead of processing their grief, a dead guy’s fam and friends get under crippling debt to start a business because they think working their way through it is the only way and then every episode shows that it’s most definitely not
Woman opposite me is T9 texting on a flip phone at the speed of sound. To see a traditional skill, a near-lost art like that demonstrated with such virtuoso takes the breath away.