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Bernie, retweeted by A.O.C.

artappraiser — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:22:57 +0000

In reply to U.S., India Rapidly Expand

Bernie, retweeted by A.O.C. among others, supporting more application of the global imperial dictator thing:

The Netanyahu government, or hopefully a new Israeli government, must understand that not one penny will be coming to Israel from the U.S. unless there is a fundamental change in their military and political positions. Read my statement: pic.twitter.com/x3LlSRhuYO
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 18, 2023

U.S., India Rapidly Expand

artappraiser — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:17:05 +0000

In reply to 7 students arrested in occupied Kashmir for ‘anti-India sloganeering’ following World Cup defeat

U.S., India Rapidly Expand Their Military Cooperation

June 20, 2023 | By David Vergun, Dept.of Defense News

Go ahead and blame AIPAC all you want and hold your breath and swear to die; I still won't be buying that nonsense that AIPAC makes the U.S. government and Congress do anything they haven't already basically decided to do with another democracy.

And yes, those other democracies usually have major flaws, like say, occupying territories which they consider dangerous to their existence, sensible or not.

Unless of course we wanna play global imperial dictator.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.~ Winston Churchill

[....] Police charged the

artappraiser — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 03:53:39 +0000

In reply to 7 students arrested in occupied Kashmir for ‘anti-India sloganeering’ following World Cup defeat

[....] Police charged the seven students under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), a stringent anti-terrorism law, as well as other sections of the penal code.

Many people in occupied Kashmir support any cricket team playing against India — including arch-rival Pakistan — and fireworks were set off in the main city of Srinagar to celebrate Australia’s victory.

The arrests were criticised by Mehbooba Mufti, the former chief minister of occupied Kashmir.

“Why is there so much fear, restlessness and paranoia only because some students celebrated Australia’s victory?” Mufti told reporters on Tuesday.

“You […] want to destroy their lives for cheering the team of their choice and for expressing happiness when that team plays well. I condemn it,” she said.

India has used the vaguely worded UAPA legislation against thousands of Kashmiri residents, journalists and dissidents, according to activists. It allows people to be held for six months — often rolled over — without being charged, and bail is virtually impossible.

In 2021, police detained six residents and opened an investigation under UAPA against several hundred students in the occupied territory who celebrated when Pakistan defeated India in a high-octane T20 World Cup cricket match in Dubai.

Police in Ganderbal district on Tuesday issued a statement on X, formerly Twitter, to explain the context of the recent arrests, which they claimed were not about “airing personal preference of a particular sporting team” [....]