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Olmo. Yamal had some great chances in the final but he put them straight into Pickford's hands.

This is actually a good comeback for the French players. They could just say they are Spanish speaking Italians lol

One can undo that fault by unrecognizing Israel acknowledging it was wrong, like countries have taken back their recognition in many cases. But if one is not going to do that then it at least keep it consistent and recognize others too if they are more or less the same case as Israel. Why is China not really 'that' hated globally as much as say US ? one reason is China is 'amoral' in its conduct. They just don't care, they recognize Israel and don't give two fs what Muslim countries think and also recognize Taliban and don't care what West thinks, they just care business. That is more appreciateable than hypocrisy for many which is 'immoral'.

Brazil because of their pedigree Netherlands because of their kit Portugal because first international tournament I clearly remember is Euro 2004 Algeria because I respect their independence struggle Japan because of their disciplined fans at WC Senegal because of Mane and generally they are a decent team that play with intent Scotland because I like the Scottish Highlands

I've been seeing you make this point time to time that Germany has this responsibility towards Israel due to historical reasons i.e Holocaust. Genuine question if that is the 'only' reason of supporting Israel why doesn't the same support is given to Namibia by Germany where Germany also committed a genocide which is the first of its kind in the 20th century ? Germany only recognized it as a genocide in 2021 which begs to ask why that long ? and still hasn't agreed on any mechanism for compensating those communities which it has done in the case of Israel or there are other reasons involved as well ? https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/13/namibia-calls-for-reparations-talks-with-germany/

If you look at that verse it says don't take Jews and Christians as your allies because they are allies of each other. That doesn't make sense if you look at history, different Christians empires have historically persecuted Jews for 1000s of years as mentioned before in this thread. So it seems factually incorrect, it's like saying don't take US-Russia as friends as they are friends of each other. But the other part of your post suggests it may not be completely wrong. Why has West recognized one human right abuser state but not the other ? is it bcz one is their friend and other is not ?

You mentioned Saudi Arabia too. Explain to me how Israel is not comparable to Saudi ?

Moreover, there have been some cases of journalists or other folks including Westerners being taken captive by Taliban, but surprisingly they became quite pro-Taliban afterwards seeing some of the actual ground realities where Taliban were justified in their fight against foreign powers according to them, which the original post perfectly explains they have a far more legitimate claim to govern their lands than Israel even though both have taken through force. This Australian man is recently one of them, Yvonne Ridley was another prominent women who was taken captive by them but has not been that critical of them ever since even supporting them on some cases. Then you have some US marines who also had similar views after being deployed there. Why ? are they all propagandist or psychos ? if it happened once ok but there have been multiple cases ? or is it that Taliban while no doubt fanatics of their own are not that cartoonishly evil that Rucksack thinks is ridiculous to compare them to Israel that seems no less of a fanatic than them. On the contrary, many people who actually go see how Israel operates turn out to be virulently anti-Israel after seeing first hand what inhumane shit they do. Including this son of an IDF General who openly calls for ending Israel and Illan Pappe, Israeli historian, who got his hands over Israeli archives and wrote the most detailed book on Israeli atrocities in Nakba and he too calls for Israel to end

Speechless. Israel literally does insane inhumane shit which Dr. Gonzo has pointed out on a much bigger scale. Your post again confirms the original post about the double standards of the West and shows the deep rooted belief in the Western mind (long before 9/11) including common folks like you that the epitome of a cartoonish evil has to be a Muslim i.e Trump shooting is a case of 'political violence' but if a Muslim did it, it would've been 'terrorism'.

When are Western countries planning to formally recognize and establish relations with the Taliban ? apart from the succinct point made in the above post, countries already have either formally estb relations with them like China who is digging minerals out of there or are dealing with them indirectly through 'special representatives'. US is also channeling them millions of $$$ per week as per their agreement. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/afghanistan-taliban-tax-dollars-after-withdrawal/ UAE's president (pro-US ally) recently even invited one of the top wanted Taliban leaders and had a soiree with his team With all of this going on in the background then why countries are keeping this pretense ? just formally accept them. As Dr. Gonzo said, Israel has happened despite whatever one thinks of its creation 'undoing' it seems quite hard, then so are the Taliban they are here to stay and as the the original post said they have a more legitimate claim to govern then Israel. Or should another 20 years war be initiated to undo them ? Ah muh but they are tALiBan look what they are doing to women. Look what Israel is doing to women, children and pretty much anyone who's not a Zionist, has been doing since its creation.

officiating yes but security I don't think so since host country has a big role in managing that

This tweet by the guy who died in the Trump shooting has gained traction. He replied to Piers Morgan's tweet about the devastation in Palestine that 'they'll get over it' like the Japanese did (after the nuclear bombings). Says much about him as a person but think his family should be left alone at this time.

cold but warm water is preferable in winters

I don't think any civil war is happening but the complete polarising reactions over this incident does indicate partisan lines are getting stronger and stronger

*recent assassination attempts, an indication of a trend of increased violence in politics

Good second half. England played better than everyone thought. Spain are the biggest national team this century so far.

It's coming home !

It's not staged, there have been some political assassination attempts over the years Shinzo Abe, Imran Khan, that Slovak PM so I don't doubt it. As Dr. Gonzo said you can always make enemies that want to kill you in politics.

Boring half but yeah England are playing better than most thought

It's coming home !

Yes but it has happened far too many things around the world. That famous CNN headline U.S bombing a hospital in Afghanistan not a war crime. I get it there will always be some hegemon but these 'superpowers' (not just US) really need to change their course. World can't keep running like this much longer. The way I see it they have some overgrown entities like MIC, CIA etc which need to let out their aggression somewhere. They can either do that internally or externally outside their countries, obviously they pick the latter.

2016 followed by 2010 two most dud tournaments.