Finally, Netanyahu is like the sifaka lemur, which I got to observe in Madagascar. Sifakas are primates that use bipedal sideways hopping as a primary means of walking. They advance by moving sideways, waving their arms up and down, which makes them appear to be moving even more than they are. That’s Bibi, always shifting side to side to stay in power and avoiding going decisively backward or forward. This week he may have to.

Imagine writing an article and calling a Jew a shifty monkey being the least racist thing you said in it.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I refuse to believe this isn't an elaborate bit

You cannot convince me that is a sincere line of thought

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The U.S. is like an old lion. We are still the king of the Middle East jungle — more powerful than any single actor, but we have so many scars from so many fights that we just can’t just show up, roar loudly and expect that everyone will do what we want or scamper away. We are one tired lion, and that’s why other predators are no longer afraid to test us.

The animal kingdom consists of 4 animals, parasitic wasps, caterpillars, lions and lemurs

[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

We are still the king of the Middle East jungle — more powerful than any single actor

Oh, so that's why we have to constantly beg and plead to Iran that we aren't gonna bomb them, don't worry about it, please don't respond to our moves, we don't want to start a war with you? That's typically what you do if you're the greatest power in the region, sure.

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago

Thomas Friedman has been the ur-caricature of a ridiculous Lanyard type who still thinks it's 1997 and is constantly surprised history keeps happening for decades now

[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

It isn't meant sincerely they just feel they have to say SOMETHING before they do what they are going to do anyway

[–] IceWallowCum@hexbear.net 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is so incredibly stupid, half the posters in this site could come up with a better article in an hour if tasked to do so

[–] regul@hexbear.net 26 points 9 months ago

But not a funnier one.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago

Wait, this is an actual quote? Jesus Christ

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 20 points 9 months ago

And he just had to add that lowkey flex that he observed them in their native Madagascar and not in a zoo like the rest of us plebs.

[–] Xx_Aru_xX@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago

Bibi is a hog

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago

At least he's a mammal and not a bug