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Source: NPR
From the article: "President Trump and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday at the White House where Trump floated the idea of the U.S. taking ownership of the Gaza Strip and redeveloping the territory.
"During a press conference between the two leaders, Trump said they talked about relocating some 1.8 million Palestinians and leveling the Gaza Strip, which he suggested could become the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.
"We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site," Trump said as Netanyahu looked on. "Level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out, create an economic development."
#USPolitics #Oligarchy #Corruption #AbuseOfPower
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5287012/trump-netanyahu-ceasefire-gaza
DoD denies US military building a new ‘base’ in Syria
The Pentagon addressed questions regarding reports this week about the U.S. military moving construction materials into Kobani, a city in northeastern Syria close to Turkey's border, ostensibly to help its long time partners, the Kurdish-led Syrian D…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
After 170 years of armed attacks, #ForcedRelocations, #EthnicCleansing, and #genocide of #NativeAmericans, the #USMilitary wants to celebrate.
by Nick Turse
November 28 2024,
"'The Army was, bottom line, an instrument of a settler colonial empire that was determined to convert Native lands into private property for mostly white settlers,' said Jeffrey Ostler, professor of history emeritus at the University of Oregon and author of 'Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States From the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas.' 'That was its mission: to carry out a federal government policy that, in practice, often became a genocidal war.'"
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/28/army-native-american-heritage-month/
#SettlerColonialism #Colonialism #USArmy #LandBack #WoundedKnee #IndianWars
Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
After 170 years of armed attacks, forced relocations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Native Americans, the U.S. military wants to celebrate.Nick Turse (The Intercept)
In 2019 Hegseth, laughed on air [comment: Fox News, I presume 🤔🤦♀️] about not washing his hands for 10 years, saying,
“Germs are not a real thing. I can’t see them, therefore, they are not real.”
#PeteHegseth #FoxNews #DefenseSec #USmilitary #Trump2 #GOP
#LauraLoomer #Islamophobia #xenophobia #Christofascism #antiLGBT #antiDEI #racism
#fascism #authoritarianism #misogyny #paternalism #sexism
#ConspiracyTheorists #pseudoscience
https://newrepublic.com/post/188349/donald-trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-nightmare
* no women in combat, just white men in military
* Islamophobia
* ramblings about “woke” military leadership
* complained about Muslim birth rates in states such as MI
* supporter, “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer
* criticized elite universities
#PeteHegseth #FoxNews #DefenseSec #USmilitary #Trump2 #GOP
#LauraLoomer #Islamophobia #xenophobia #Christofascism
#fascism #authoritarianism #misogyny #paternalism #sexism
Trump’s New Defense Secretary Is a Total Nightmare
Here are some of the most outrageous things Pete Hegseth has said.The New Republic
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hegseth-defense-secretary-pentagon-2d8030921ecef933778cf92afd40ec72
* Trump stuns Pentagon/broader defence world in Hegseth as Sec. Defense
* Hegseth inexperienced/untested on global stage to run world's largest/most powerful military
* opposed to "woke" programs that promote equity &
* questioned role of women included in combat
#PeteHegseth #DefenseSec #USmilitary #Trump2 #GOP
#fascism #authoritarianism #misogyny #paternalism #sexism
Trump picks Fox host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and stuns Pentagon
President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.LOLITA C. BALDOR (AP News)
"Three #Iraq-i men were awarded $42 million in damages for injuries suffered at the hands of #USmilitary contractors (#CACI) in 2003/04. Abuse at #AbuGhraib prison became the symbol of US human rights abuses in the war on terror."
Iraqis abused at Abu Ghraib get $42 million in damages
https://www.dw.com/en/iraqis-abused-at-abu-ghraib-get-42-million-in-damages/a-70769927
Iraqis abused at Abu Ghraib get $42 million in damages
Three Iraqi men were awarded $42 million in damages for injuries suffered at the hands of US military contractors in 2003/04. Abuse at Abu Ghraib prison became the symbol of US human rights abuses in the war on terror.Deutsche Welle