#how are the us uk and israel allowed to exist when they're the worst thing for world peace

[redvelvetwishtree]

[thessalian]

Thess vs Refugee Issues

So apparently they're going to be rounding up as many of the refugees in this country as they can find, in kind of blitz attacks, in preparation for sending them to Rwanda. Which ... I mean ... it feels like an exaggeration to say "this feels like some Nazi bullshit" in this day and age, but the scary thing is that it's not an exaggeration.

It's getting more complicated and worse, too, because of the whole thing with Ireland being in the EU and Northern Ireland ... not. Because some have taken the risk of trying to get around how shitty the UK is being about refugees in small boats by going a little further and going to Ireland. Ireland is now saying they're going to punt them over the border into Northern Ireland because "they're not our problem", and the UK is going, "Only on the understanding that they're getting sent right back to France; hey, why don't you send them right back to France, since you're both EU?" and ... it's all too fucking complicated but people are playing this massive game of NIMBY with people who just want to live somewhere that they speak the language and won't be persecuted.

Seeing the accommodations for refugees who are sent to Rwanda ... it worries me. On one hand, it sounds pretty sweet, but ... there are a couple of issues I'm having. One - where are they getting the money for this? From us, one would assume, given that it's the UK's stupid project, so why don't they build something similar here? So I don't entirely trust it. I also don't like what I see between the lines of "They can go wherever they like; we're not keeping them incarcerated or anything!" Yes, it sounsd good, but ... like ... I feel like given Rwanda's history? They seem to be setting the stage for refugees just ... disappearing and for them to be able to say, "Well, we haven't been keeping them prisoner or anything; we're not responsible!"

I think the worst part is that the whole set-up gives one of two options for how to proceed: "We will help you live in Rwanda, or we will help you go back to your home country". Neither of those options sounds very good. Rwanda is away from friends and family, and is a strange country where they're only welcome to a point because some other government gave that country money to be rid of them, might have to learn a new language (though English is one of the languages used in Rwanda, along with French, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda, so I guess it depends on how widely English is used). Alternatively ... why the fuck would they want to go back to their home country? They risked their lives to run from it because staying there was worse!

Meanwhile, more and more refugees are being created - Israel vs Pakistan, Iran vs Israel, gods know how many others (there's only so much news I can stomach, I admit) - and nobody seems to care beyond yelling "NOT IN MY BACK YARD!" every time these people who lost everything but their lives need a place to stay.

And this country? They're now talking about cutting down on the number of international students allowed to come here. They just ... really, really hate foreigners right now. And I know they probably don't mean me - not even so much because I'm white, because the Polish population of the UK got so much horrific shit thrown at them in the time around the Brexit referendum, but because I'm North American. People still ask "What part of the States are you from?" because I think they forgot Canada exists. Despite being part of their Commonwealth, which ... kind of grinds my gears, but anyway. Point is that none of that "They probably don't mean me" helps. First, I'm angry as hell that they mean anyone when they're talking about cruelty to people who were not born in this country. But also? When it's everyone who wasn't born here - the families of healthcare workers, university students, anyone who doesn't make enough money? It's hard to avoid the idea that they do mean me. Especially since I'm not cis, I'm not het, and I am not healthy and fully abled.

I try pretty hard to look on the bright side of things, or at least focus on the small joys of my life. The latter works better than the former. The "bright side of things" is getting smaller and smaller every day, and ... yeah.

[aphantpoet]

They Israeli businesses and people shipping there were warned that they'd be detained if they went through Yemeni waters. They chose to go that way, that's called a natural consequensce.

[cipher-of-the-round-table]

We need to dissolve the UK and Nuke England to the point of nonexistence.

[momiji-kitsune]

[Image Description: Five screenshots of twitter posts on the bombing of Yemen by the UK and US.

1st screenshot, tweet by Double Down News (@/DoubleDownNews), reads: US & UK bombing one of the poorest countries in the world, Yemen, for defending one of the most persecuted people in the world, Palestinians, undergoing a genocide supported by the US & UK.

2nd screenshot, tweet by Lauren Hasan (@/ldallan), reads: Yemen has killed no one. They have affected Israel's bottom line in support of Gaza. But two countries, who land does not touch the Red Sea, are bombing Yemen to protect Israel's ability to free trade. I just do not understand this response.

3rd screenshot, tweet by Dave DeCamp (@/DecampDave), reads: Biden has now bombed Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, all to ensure Israel can continue slaughtering Palestinian women and children.

4th screenshot, tweet by dan (@/bierkonceagain), reads: So Yemen isn't actually stopping shipping in the Red Sea as long as it isn't headed for Israel, insurers are. The largest/most famous insurance market is Lloyds of London. The UK is preparing to go to war on behalf of Lloyds of London.

5th screenshot, tweet by Craig Mokhiber (@/CraigMokhiber), reads: All states have a duty under international law to act to stop genocide. Yemen did so by blocking shipping to the offending regime. The US is now bombing them for daring to interfere with the US-supported genocide in Gaza. There is you "rules-based order."

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[rainbowgod666]

Rules are cringe anyway