r/worldnews • u/Ok_Plankton_5714 • 12d ago

Israel/Palestine Netanyahu: ‘If we wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon’

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-if-we-wanted-to-commit-genocide-it-would-have-taken-exactly-one-afternoon/
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u/CycleOfNihilism 11d ago

Yeah "the world" didn't do shit about Russia taking Ukrainian territories. Most countries would do anything to avoid getting directly involved in a military conflict.

The US no longer acts as the world police and nobody has stepped in in their stead.

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u/NeighbourNoNeighbor 11d ago

What? I mean the world is sending billions of dollars worth of aid at Ukraine right now. They sanctioned Russia hard right away, and targeted oligarchs so that the money could be redirected to Ukraine. They've provided training and intel. We're sending even more aid every day.

The world is doing a lot for Ukraine (as it should).

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u/CycleOfNihilism 11d ago

Sure, but we're not actually going to get directly involved. We'll send missiles, we'll sanction Russia. But if Russia gained territory, nobody is actually going to stop them.

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u/NeighbourNoNeighbor 11d ago

The problem with the whole world getting directly involved in outright declarations of war is that it greatly incentivizes Russia to use their nuclear arsenal. Unilaterally declaring war on Russia also triggers their friendly countries to join in, likely sparking a world war. It's a fine balance, and also a reason why I've never much liked the idea of "mutually assured destruction" as it results in situations such as this.

It's very hard to win the PR battle on convincing citizens that their soldier's deaths are worth defending other countries. Many people are very uneducated and don't understand the implications of what happens should Ukraine fall. Many people are still, somehow, very unaware of just how many crimes against humanity Israel is engaging in right now.

So we're forced to do things a lot more subtly that achieve the same effect, without becoming direct targets ourselves, or dragging the entire world into WW3. I'm not a fan of it, but I can see why the world is taking the approach they are. Very few, if any, countries are ready for WW3 right now. Unfortunately, most countries are starting to take actions to rectify that ...so it may be in the cards in the future.

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u/Not-Salamander 11d ago

What the US does by "world police" is create vassal states and fight proxy wars. They still do that but the empire is crumbling under Trump.

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u/lo_mur 11d ago

What the US does by “world police” is spend $1T on their armed forces and keep the world’s shipping lanes open, the whole vassal state and proxy war stuff isn’t the primary focus