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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Former President Barack Obama said a way forward for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only possible if people acknowledge the “complexity” of the situation.

“If there’s any chance of us being able to act constructively to do something, it will require an admission of complexity and maintaining what on the surface may seem contradictory ideas that what Hamas did was horrific, and there’s no justification for it. And … that the occupation and what’s happening to Palestinians is unbearable,” Obama said in an interview on the podcast “Pod Save America.”

The former president’s comments come as the Israeli military focuses its offensive against Hamas in Gaza City and northern parts of the enclave.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 70 points 8 months ago

Could we have this guy back, please?

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago

Nah, he might seem reasonable here but his foreign policy scatterbrain pattern is part of why Ukraine is in such dire straights now. Man hesitated to stand up to Russia when they went into crimea, the point when they could have been stopped, and where Ukraine could have been swept into the EU orbit with far less bloodshed.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Obama standing up to Russia during the Crimea invasion would make for some interesting alt-history.

With Russia under stronger sanctions earlier, perhaps they would have less opportunity to feed and fund the alt-right to the same extent as it has been.

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Please, they've been stirring shit up on a shoestring budget for decades. It's almost impressive what they've been managing to do.

They should run a frugal youtube channel and teach the CIA how its done.

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