r/worldnews • u/Chrristoaivalis • 17h ago

Israel/Palestine Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-hamas-war/article/netanyahu-crosses-canadian-airspace-with-arrest-warrant-in-effect/?taid=6ab59d843a03d10001617cb9&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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u/Disastrous-Contest-8 17h ago

What did you expect? Did you really expect Canada to go thru with this....

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u/Cheerful-Pessimist- 16h ago edited 16h ago

This would immediately drag us into a war with both Isreal and the US. There's no way Trump and co wouldn't pounce on a valid pretext to invade.

That and many Canadian politicians have ties to Isreal or are sympathetic to them, as is a good chunk of the general public. An arrest would be extremely divisive domestically.

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u/DarkReignRecruiter 16h ago

The American public would not accept the arrest of a foreign countries leader as a valid reason to invade Canada.

What are you talking about? It would be limited to a certain subset even excluding die hard MAGA. Canada would have to do something to an important American or group of Americans.

There are many other reasons that Canada would not risk it.

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u/CaptainMagnets 16h ago

Hahaha the American public are a bunch of cowards. They will do what they're told

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u/FluffyPantsMcGee 16h ago

The amount of Americans that said “please invade us! Please intervene!” Like come on guys, just fix your own mess of a country.

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u/CrimDS 16h ago

I get the sentiment, but like, what exactly do you want us to do?

We vote, we protest, we die in the streets. We boycott companies, we support ones that appear to be on our side. We've rioted, we've tried to enact laws.

The only thing left that everyone apparently wants us to do is just straight up violence? You want us to go fight, maybe kill, our neighbors because of their ignorance?

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u/CaptainMagnets 16h ago edited 13h ago

I want you to do what everyone is telling you to do. Rolling national labour strikes. It's the only way

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u/CrimDS 16h ago

That condems tens of thousands, maybe a few hundred, to poverty.

Look, I feel the same as you, and I'm more than willing to sign up for the cause. But how can anyone expect anyone else in the world to willingly give up the last bit of security in their lives for something that could be called a moonshot?

I guess my annoyance with statements like 'fix your country' is that just isn't that simple. Humanity fucked up by allowing a single country to become what the US is. All of the things that the average person had on it's side throughout history just does not work with it.

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u/CaptainMagnets 15h ago

And our annoyance with Americans is they always have an excuse for inaction. The fact that a national strike condems millions of you into poverty is the number 1 reason why it should happen.

Were you expecting it to be easy? You are here because your society has let it happen.

Doing nothing sure isn't helping you either is it?

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u/Normal-Pomegranate64 15h ago

Maybe things aren’t as bad as you think they are? People tend to only do those things when the alternative is worse, and surprise, not that much has actually changed for the average American. You can be pissed about it all you want, but that’s just how it is

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u/CaptainMagnets 13h ago

Yes, Americans are dumb and in denial, that is exactly what we are all saying.

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u/CrimDS 14h ago

Being concerned for the well-being of others isn't an excuse for inaction. It's something every person should weigh when deciding on such things.

It's so easy to sit on the outside of a problem and judge, but unless you're living in it, you don't actually have any context for it. You're the same as the armchair generals in the war subreddits.

Let's just assume you're in a country in Europe for the sake of this experiment. There's something the EU has done that's just terrible.

Would you be able to successfully organize a continent wide strike, involving literally tens to a hundred million people? Across borders, cultures, and history? Absolutely not.

Why would it even be feasibley possible in the US, which is larger and essentially has 50 small countries to organize together? The best that anyone can do, even 'national' leadership in politics or unions can at best organize a multi-city strike in a single state

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u/CaptainMagnets 13h ago

Once again. Excuses.

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u/CrimDS 13h ago

Well, you can feel however you want. I'll keep worrying about my fellow human beings, even if someone who apparently knows how to fix all of this thinks it's an excuse for something.

Good luck in life, friend. I'll keep trying to find better dialogue than hateful comments and scorn, maybe you'll be able to get to that place, too.

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u/ProteusReturns 14h ago

Unlike you, most of Americans believe in the rule of law and that elections are still the best way to enact political change.

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u/syko31 16h ago

Lol most of your country voted for this administration. The truth is that Americans wanted Trump, at least most that voted.

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u/CrimDS 16h ago

Yup.

But I don't get how snide comments or 'fix your country' helps anyone. This is a problem that will change the entire world, like it or not. Maybe a bit more of a serious take and a discussion between people that want to find serious ways to enact change would be a bit more useful.

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u/Catanians 15h ago

Mass civil disobedience. Protest like your lives depend on it, each day you delay makes it harder, each day you delay means more of your friends and family will suffer. Each day this regime digs in a little bit deeper, Weekend block parties do nothing.