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I'll pity the fact that you're yet to identify propaganda from reality, not because it's so difficult to tell the difference but because you've chosen the lie simply because it best fits your narrative about Palestinians. Despicable!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPYeZJtjUK9/?igsh=MTE3dnM3bHNib2VzNQ==

NothingDoMe:
The time it took you to post this was enough time to share the evidence of aid medicines and food on the flotilla. Quote me when you have evidence.

Haven't you noticed that throughout their live streaming they NEVER showed the goods on the boats?

My brother collect your contribution money back because you have been scammed.

It is people like you that the Israeli propaganda machine loves the most. Empty brains that will soak up anything as far as hatred for Palestinians aligns with it. Why didn't they make the video when they boarded the boats? Why did they damage all cameras on the boat? An IDF spokesperson made a video telling very obvious lies about the flotilla to align with what they published on the Israeli newspapers about members of the flotilla being funded by Hamas. Do you realize there are members of EU parliaments, EU politicians, European journalists, globally famous movie stars and artistes etc on that Flotilla? Why didn't either Cyprus, Tunisia, Spain, Turkey or Italy make the claim that the ships of the Flotilla are empty when these ships docked at their shores? In fact, are there no video evidences that these ships picked up more supplies and donations at these ports and they passed by?

Some Africans are indeed the sheep of the West and a threat to our collective hopes of completely destroying their hold on us. Well done on!

NothingDoMe:
Nothing concerning this Gaza war has shocked me as much as this!!!!

Imagine the scam of the century!!!!!

NATO receives most of its funding from USA. That's a fact. That's the basis of Trump beef with his NATO partners. Without NATO, Europe would have been up in flame long ago. There's barely been a decade of European peace on that small continent.thwy fight so much wars amidst growing economic and regional interests. Africa seemed to be the only place they had a shared vision until independence began and they returned to survival at the barrel of a gun. Without the US puttting them together and "feeding" them with security assurance and trade anchors, they'd collapse. Europe isn't one big family. They're heavily fragmented, just like Asians and South Americans and more than Africans. But US needs NATO's voting access to legitimize their own Imperialistic adventures into Asia, South America and Africa. They commit a crime and Europe turns a blind eye. When it comes to asking them for support against Iraq,Afghanistan and Libya, it's all part of the "I will carry you along so that you will support me where such is necessary like at the UN" strategy.

lhordspy:
I agree with you. Trump always put America first. BUT what I am trying to is that, over time US has stepped on alot of toes, they have rewarded themselves with lot of enemies. Opting out from NATO will be of major consequence. US feeds, works, grows on alliances both militarily and economically. Without alliances and groupies; US is powerless. US need NATO more than NATO need US.

You think war is like what you hear in a US black thug rap song? Lol. Your comment shows you know nothing about anything. Just what the media feeds you with. And that can't be helped. US overthrew a pro-Russian Ukrainian govt elected by the people in 2014. The Donbas people, who are more than 80% Russian-speaking, as a result wanted to secede. The new puppet govt loyal to the US started attacking them. They appealed to Russia for help. Putin avoided ooen confrontation but instead supplied them with arms to defend themselves while trying to find diplomatic solution to the issue. The Minsk accords was signed by Ukraine and Russia. But that didn't stop Ukrainian shelling of the Donbas region from time to time for years after that. We even had a new case earlier this year. This led to Russia leading am invasion to attempt to change the govt there. The US threw its weight to protect its strategic ally in Ukraine. Even when a peace deal was almost brokered by Turkey and both Zelensky and Putin agreed to meet in Moscow and sign discuss peace directly with each other (which included full Russian withdrawal in exchange for autonomy of the Donbas people as well as cessation of all provocations against them and guarantee never to join NATO), the US pressured Zelensky to abandon all peace talk. This isn't a land grab but a question of the right of the Donbas people to self-determination. They say Putin is trying to recreate the Soviet Union. That's a big lie. You need to read accounts from the freelance journalists on the ground to understand what's happening.

Hndrrxxx:
They should stfu there ain’t no peace deal being offered aight’





You wait till you take a portion of my land $ now you want peace?? All those Ukrainians that died defending their land is all a joke to you??



Putin said he want smoke, we gon down him and fuxk his hoes(on NATO)

You don't sound very intelligent. Edward Snowden exposing the fact that the US Intelligence Network was spying on its own citizens secretly through the cooperation of big tech isn't a crime. Just like Julian Assange exposing US secret files showing massive human rights abuses and war crimes committed against the Middle East countries in the shady military campaigns of the US govt there.

NwaNimo1:
Next stop.....the front line!

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Traitor....more cannon fodder for Zelensky!

These self-proclaimed champions of feminism in Amwrica overstate their value. Dem no know say their mouth end for their national borders. Dem go slap am well if she try that nonsense for Eastern Europe and other parts of Western Europe. No player can ask for the coach's sack. The entitlement of some female footballers sha. Just like the USWNT wanted equal pay and derivatives to their USMNT despite playing fewer games, make less in revenue for the USFA and not getting much from FIFA

CheapHomes1:
Rapinone carry her amebo enter this matter

Mr Concerned Nigerian. TETFUND was created by Joanthan in 2011 as an offshoot of the Education Tax Act, after many parts of the 1993 Education Tax Act laid dormant. TETFUND projects received their largest support under Jonathan's govt. It has declined since. Also, the state of transparency and accountability in spending has worsened under Buhari's regime.

ThinkSmarter:
ASUU is selfishly inclined.
They are disguising to be fighting for the welfare of the students but in truth they are much after their own interests.
TetFund is doing wonders in our varsities.
Their building Projects are classy.
I am neither a govt official nor an APC member.
I a concerned Nigerian citizen

seunny4lif:
USA knew how nuke weapons destruction looks like , after they used on Japan, and that's reason they tried to stop USSR from getting nukes and have been working round the clock to stop Iran because if Iranians get their hand on Nukes, that if North Korea, or Russia haven't already supply Iran secreting just like USSR helped India.
Saudi will get nuclear weapon the year Iran got their own nukes

I'm surprised Turkey haven't get hold of Nukes esp when they have like a strong pact with Pak

Turkey doesn't need its own nuclear program. The US has a nuclear base with silos located in Turkey and based on mutual agreement has assured Turkey of nuclear deterrence when needed.

So, tell me something because I just read the same article you just did. If my brothers and I migrate from Akwa Ibom to Imo State with our wives and we settle down in a small territory and start breeding and growing our families into small community that maintains its Akwa Ibom heritage, would it be right if we come to Imo State government and tell them we want to be call "The Indigenous People of Ikot Nkanang Ibom" of Imo State? Why should I change the name of a village that's been that of the Igbos for years simply because my forefathers settled there? Why should the Igbos in that community da to reject that Akwa Ibom name given to that community when it does not share boundaries or historically belong to the Igbos? Settling in a business district for years doesn't make it yours. Maps have been drawn and historical documents point to Ukanafun people's ownership of that territory. Stop these lies of yours!
Make person go mount signpost make I see na.

obynzo:
Ahhhhh stop these lies. Please read this link below;

https://thesouthernexaminer.com/akwa-iboms-indigenous-igbo-p1668-197.htm

There are indigenous igbos in Akwa Ibom and they are in the minority.

Illiterate Igbos are fond of claiming ethnic superiority over other ethnic groups south of the Niger, especially in the South South region. They claim the achievement of their smaller neighbours as theirs. When Vitalis Udoka emigrated to Portland and suffered, he wasn't Igbo. He never got help from the Igbo community because of course he was one of theirs. But as soon as his son achieved something hooge, he becomes Igbo. Vitalis Udoka, father of Ime Udoka, is an Akwa Ibom man, so that makes Ime Udoka and his sister Akwa Ibom people. Follow the link below for proof.

https://pimiso.com/vitalis-and-agnes-udok-ime-udoka-parents-age-gap-and-family-details

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There's nothing like indigenous Igbos in Akwa Ibom. We call them settlers. They own no claim to any of the ancestral heritage of the Akwa Ibom territories they squat in. So, stop this nonsense. Do they have their own laws and government that is recognized by the State? Let this your "Indigenous" rubbish end there. Post your sign post anywhere in Akwa Ibom, like you do all over the South East, and tell me what happens after.

obynzo:
Udoka is not Akwa Ibom it is an igbo name and you forget that there are indigenous igbos in Akwa Ibom

Since you've decided to play the ethnicity card, let me remind you that Ime Udoka is from of Etinan Heritage,
a son of Akwa Ibom State, in the South-South region of Nigeria. He's not an Igbo man from the South-East and Akwa Ibom is not part of South-East. Udoka is a name used majorly by both Ibibio and Annang tribes in Akwa Ibomites and some Igbo families. To separate them the Akwa Ibom people sometimes spell theirs as Udoaka. Know this and know peace!

vincentjk:
Behold the wise men of the blessed tribe from the east.

Islie:
Ukrainian sailor sinks Russian boss’s $7.7 million luxury superyacht



https://www.the-sun.com/news/4786508/ukrainian-sailor-sinks-russian-bosss-luxury-yacht-spain/

The same logic they used in Iron Man to vilify Tony Stark. He made the weaposn used to kill people. Okay. So, maybe we should vilify the Nobel Organizations that hands out awards of global excellence in areas of science and tech, medicine and humanitarian effort, planetary science and agriculture. After all, its founder, Alexander Nobel was a arms manufacturer and dealer.
Western mumu!!!

tillaman:
Trump has been gobbling on putin’s Balls since inception
He speaks so highly of Putin, probably the Russian hackers really played a important role in getting him into that whitehouse

Type with some sense please. The nonsense you've been feeding your kind with on CNN, BBC, CNBC,ANC, CBS,MSNBC, Aljazeera and other liberal media networks is now stale. The Russian lie concocted by Obama against Trump has lost all potency now that the actors behind it have been uncovered. Same Rrump that was trying to pressure European Nations to stop emboldening Putin through economic deals with his administration is now the one gobbling Putin's balls? Lol. That's pretty dumb and no wonder the western media play you like a ping pong

And you think it will not affect you if the whole of Europe, Asia and North America gets engulfed by a blood war? Lol. Lazy thinker!!!

kmaster007:
Make dem fight if dem won fight

Track record of what exactly? Owing debts to small business owners who rendered services and gave him products oncredit which he still hasn't paid up till date? A man who is unfaithful in what is the least will be unfaithful with much. Dude will mess up up State and reverse our growth a couple of years backwards. Mark my words!!!

densiks:
Umo Eno is a successful entrepreneur and business man of good standing covering several decades.His investment track record is visible in the state and has employed people for several years.

What track record does his "political opportunists" traducers have?

If it's a skit, then good for them. But I don't think it is. The dude is mad. He's lost his senses. No dignity, no self-esteem. You're with a woman and want to propose to her and haven't sampled her opinion on what she likes or doesn't like or if she'd even want to settle with you? What version of simp-ing is this? And it's very disrespectful to put her on the spot by taking her unawares with a marriage proposal in public like that, especially if she's got a history and is a private person about intimate areas of your relationship. Not to mention the social pressures she was now made to face with all those people shouting "Say Yes!" as if they'll help her marry him too. A generation of act first, think later. SMH!!!

latesthubs:
Lady Pours Water on Her Boyfriend for Embarrassing Her With Public Marriage Proposal

Watch Video Below....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TDYdFHypLg

sisisioge:
Little acts of responsibility....their mother is raising a responsible man, she's creating a bond between siblings and shes doing something good for herself. May God bless her family jare.

I see what you did there. Killing three birds with one stone. Words on marble!

seunmsg:
He will not rest until the mission is accomplished. Nigeria need him now more than ever before. He’s experienced, competent, nationalistic, educated and influential enough to lead the country and set her on the path of greatness and shared prosperity.

With Tinubu as president, every region can go to sleep with their eyes closed because a nationalistic leader who will carry everybody along is on the throne. He will unite the country and give every region a sense of belonging. Even Kanu will drop Biafra agitation and accept a role in government once Tinubu strikes a deal with him. Tinubu’s presidency will be a win-win for all Nigerians.

@seunmsg True true, you na zombie messenger. How much that clown called Tinubu dey pay you? You're what is wrong with Nigeria. A stomach-infrastructure motivated, greedy, shortsighted nuisance to the general public is a threat to the aspirations of Nigerians. A little over 6 years ago, you clown were on the march for Buhari, making all sorts of noise. Look where it landed the nation because of thinking through the anus, instead of with one's brain. We will resist you and your ilk this time around. We will not let your greed mortgage the future of our unborn generation any longer.

Mangekyo:
Okay, let's be realistic.
Juventus reached the ucl final twice against Madrid and barca and lost. Reached the semis once and lost against Madrid.
The broke their bank and signed Mr champions league. The man who has won more ucl and is the king of ucl.
Mr UCL joined and assured them that now that they have him, they'll win it withing 2 years, just 2 year. In 3 years, they failed to reach the semis, not even once.
Mr ucl who they broke their bank for almost took them to Europa. Mr ucl said they were a shit team hence handed in a transfer request to leave after getting benched in the first game of the season

Juve sold him for a fee that is nowhere near the money they used in purchased him. Making a lose in the process. The Reason for the lose unfulfilled, promise unfulfilled. Is Ronaldo not a fraud?

If Ronaldo isn't a fraud, then what is a fraud.... Educate me

You obviously lack any understanding about how football works. Take this as my kind tutorial for your late understanding.
Firstly, Juventus recouped the money they paid to Real Madrid to sign Ronaldo in the first 48 hours. So, no financial losses of any kind there.
Secondly, his signing to the Italian gave that dying league world appeal again. Big players starting moving to Italian clubs easily again. So, he had an impact on the quality and viewership of the Serie A.
Thirdly, in hour mischievous attempt to misrepresent the facts, you forgot to mention that he's scored more than 50% of Juventus UCL goals and almost all their UCL knockout stage goals during his time there.
Also, you intentionally refused to highlight that a poor defence and disjointed midfield with no clear cut creative midfielder in play is why they didn't progress.
You lied that he promised Juventus a UCL trophy in 2 years. That's obviously pretty dumb. These were Ronaldo's own words at the time: "After winning what I won at Madrid I needed a change and new motivation. I still have the strength to keep winning. Juventus will win the Champions League. I don't know if it'll be this year or the next, but it's coming."

These are my submissions!

aminulive:
https://politicsnigeria.com/viral-video-of-rat-beast-rumoured-to-be-killed-in-benue-is-fake-army-photos/

Research Joseph Rob Cobasky. That werewolf video is his creation. Magnificent work of art.

First of all, I listened to that interview. Dailypost.ng have lied a lot about what the man said. The murderer's father made some inconsistent remarks he was called out on right there and he didn't boldly, unequivocally declared his allegiance to justice being served on his son.
Here is the link to the live interview. Listen for yourselves:

https://www.facebook.com/nsisong.frank/videos/4349308685081894/

Who will save Journalism in this country? Who will help restore public faith in the media?

All these talk just to avoid staring the real truth in the face. Only decongestion of Lagos port through activation of ports in the South South which has natural continental shelf for ships to come closer to shore thus reducing shipping and offloading costs and decongesting other ports. You all are afraid of the East and South South growing because that will automatically spell doom for the greedy control of the West and North over these areas.

Cutealexio:
The Lagos-Ibadan rail will start operations soon. This rail will link both Lagos ports, Ogun State and Ibadan dry port which will help decongest Lagos port. I'll also suggest that Ogun State (most industrialized State in Nigeria) should construct dry port which will be linked to the rail. Rail is the best way to move around logistics no doubt

I never thought I'd see this in Nigeria do soon. Along with every foreign Chinese government investment comes their Chinese cultural institutes to teach Chinese cultures to the people there. Have we forgotten how the colonialists began their venture? The United States having seen the degree of harm their granting Chinese governments freedom to interact directly with their local population has brought them have began moves to root out these Chinese institutes that work as a propaganda medium for the CCP party and a cover for stealing an intellectual property that comes from the people of that country. My advice would be for this University to censure that institute.

Anambralstson:
Chinese are everywhere in Anambra, our people gradual embracing their culture.

China Confucius institution Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

Some Nigerians are arrogantly foolish. There'sa big difference between a commander and a service chief.
A commander can take charge of a military operation or a take command of a military group within the armed forces. The service chief is in charge of an entire wing of the armed forces like the Navy, Army, Airforce, Space Force etc.

myboy2111:
Lie...
Collin Powell

Vixlot:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/501567-bush-romney-wont-support-trump-reelection-new-york-times

Don't take anything coming from NYT on the current American political landscape seriously. They have shown that they're incapable of objective and constructive point of view on issues that seem outside their dominant thought processes.

Did you present a medical report of current state of health before resuming duties at your current place of work, which would state your health limitations? If yes,
do you have a copy of that particular report? If yes, then serve the fucking retard.

PhenomenalAustin:
I'm sorry for bothering you all but please hear me out.

I'm posting this on behalf of my uncle.

I was working in a company, and was being paid 40,000 a month not including other allowances. A new company called me to work with them as an Officiator and we negotiated a salary of 60,000.

Both companies produce the same products.

They agreed to pay and I resigned from the other company. I started my new job in Oct. last year and was paid all through Oct., Nov. and Dec.

Earlier this year, January precisely, I had a little issue with my boss. The misunderstanding was that I complained to him that the chemicals we use during productions was adversely affecting me. In the previous company where I worked, I didn't work during the production of the products as I was allergic to the chemicals used.

On a working day, during the time for production, he asked me to join in the production but I politely reminded him about my allergies to the chemicals being used. He commanded me while shouting that I should go back and work. I normally have heart burns, dizziness and severe migraines when I'm exposed to these chemicals.
I left during production as the chemical adversely affected me.

The next day, he came and asked if I had finished the work he commanded me to do the previous day. I apologised to him that I didn't because of the chemicals rxns which he knew about. He didn't say anything but from his body language, I thought everything was alright.

I returned the following day, only to receive a 2-week suspension notice. I was surprised and asked about my offense which the General manager told me, the boss was really pissed and so mad at me which I also explained to the GM and he was really surprised as I did no wrong. Nonetheless, he advised I serve my suspension sentence.

After suspension, I was given a review of my salary and my salary was slashed by 20,000 to 40,000 because of the issue...

I was really confused and bewildered because out of the revised 40,000 I receive per month, the company takes 15,000 out of it for my rent loan...

I've been apologising while also pleading with my boss to reconsider his decision as I'm a family man and 25,000 realistically, will not be sufficient for I and my family. He hasn't yet changed his stance.

I'm so confused, please I need your opinions, suggestions and help whatsoever..

I'm sorry for bothering you.. Thanks

Please help me out please... My uncle is really down at the moment...


Thanks!

STARGREEN:
"I have saved enough to buy a land and I am not planning to include his name in the property."

This is obviously the reason for your lamentations.
Modified:
For those quoting me wrongly always bear in mind that family is blood however bad yours could be.
Helping family will never spot his progress unless he has no plan.

In spite of how you twist a wrong...it never make a right for Candle bears no cost Lighting Another.

What of his own fucking family that issued out of his loins and was crafted with the love of the woman he calls his wife? Dead brain commentator! �

Lawyers in Rivers State should dig the constitution of the Federal Republic and cone up with countermeasures against the excesses of this mad man.

Officialgarri:
I saw this video on the american chinese embassy official twitter handle yesterday. And it was a simple explanation of America's hypocrisy.

Only an asslicker and hypocrite will not agree with the narrative

I doubt you even know what the term Hypocrisy means.
Hypocrisy is the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. It is a claim, meaning it is unverified or against the facts. Now put that definition into this context and hear yourself sound stupid.

SOLEIMANI WAS NO ANTI-IMPERIALIST HERO, U.S. LIBERALS HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY IN PURSUIT OF SELFISH POLITICAL GAINS AND IRAQ HAS A VOICE THAT IS NOT ITS OWN

Immediately after news broke of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, some left-wing circles in the West proclaimed with great confidence - yet again - that World War III was around the corner. Previously, these same warnings of global doom were evoked when US President Donald Trump ordered rather toothless strikes on empty military targets in Syria and escalated his rhetoric against North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

And just as a world war did not break out on these previous occasions, it will not break out now either.

Much of the left in the West (the same ones who describe themselves as progressives) also viciously attacked people in the Middle East who celebrated the deaths of Soleimani and al-Muhandis. While it is wrong to praise Trump's decision to assassinate the two commanders as a "noble deed", framing what happened within the old, tired left-wing narrative of US imperialism erases the regional context and the suffering of millions of people in the Middle East at the hands of other powers.

Indeed, it is important to expose Trump's recklessness and political opportunism, but it is inexcusable to ignore the crimes of Soleimani and al-Muhandis and those whom they served.

Trump's motives
With an upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate, more Americans disapproving than approving of his presidency, and an election coming up, Trump is trying to cement his position in US politics and play to his base. His term has been marked by no clear domestic or foreign policy agendas, frequent golfing trips that prompt ethical questions about how federal dollars are being spent, and Twitter meltdowns that often do not have anything to do with reality. In short, when Trump ordered the assassinations, his presidency would not necessarily be described as successful.

While it is clear the US president was motivated by domestic considerations, in the aftermath of the attack, he claimed that he ordered it in the name of fighting global "terrorism" and that Soleimani's assassination meant his reign of "terror" was over.

This rhetoric might help him improve his ratings in advance of his re-election bid in November, but it is simply a lie that Soleimani's assassination will make the world a safer place. In fact, none of Trump's interventions in the Middle East has been of any consequence to the security of the region, contrary to what many on the right have claimed.

People in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere where Soleimani's Quds Force has been active will continue to suffer the consequences of Iran's foreign interference. Al-Muhandis' death and the limited attacks the United States has carried out on the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMFs) will not disband the militia, which is heavily entrenched in Iraq.

Similarly, the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group did not make the region any safer from "terrorism". ISIL attacks have continued, and Russia and the Syrian regime have also continued to use the excuse of "anti-terror operations" to step up their military campaigns against civilians opposed to Bashar al-Assad's rule, killing hundreds and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Trump's 2017 and 2018 air raids on Syrian regime targets did nothing to prevent the sustained campaign of extermination Damascus has led against its own population. They also did not result in World War III or war with Russia that some left-wing pundits were predicting on social media.

In fact, throughout his term, Trump has been playing both camps - the right-wing hawks and the left-wing "anti-war" crusaders - with his constant shift of rhetoric between withdrawal and disengagement from the Middle East and aggressive action.

He "pulled out" of Syria, but sent back troops to "guard the oil". He promised tough action on Iran after attacks in the Gulf but did not retaliate the way his allies wanted.

It is about time that both sides admit Trump makes domestic and foreign policy decisions based on his ego and what suits him, not based on standing up for "our people" or some diabolic imperialistic plot.

Regional reactions in context
The assassinations of Soleimani and al-Muhandis gave some Middle East residents a sense of relief that they have finally been rid of two militia commanders who have brought much suffering to their communities.

But when Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis and other Arabs posted celebratory comments on the assassinations of two commanders they perceive as war criminals, Iran's defenders immediately criticised these people, resorting to insisting they didn't know anything about their own countries, claiming they are pro-imperialism.

In so doing, these self-identified leftists and "anti-war" activists once again downplayed the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the region. For them, the only civilian deaths that can be acknowledged are those caused by the military intervention of the US, Israel or their allies.

However, it is hard to cover up the crimes Iran and its regional proxies have committed over the past 10 years. Iran has backed and even advised on the brutal crackdown by the Syrian regime on opposition protests and later the mass killing of civilians through areal bombardment and merciless sieges; it has also sent Afghan refugee children to fight on its behalf in Syria. It has sent military equipment and personnel to the Houthis in Yemen, who just like their enemies, the Saudis and the Emiratis, have been accused of committing war crimes in the Yemeni conflict. In Iraq, they have supported and directed militias which have committed various crimes against Iraqi civilians.

In this sense, it is hardly surprising that Syrians who have gone through the trauma of losing friends and family in the siege of Aleppo and the insult of seeing images of Soleimani marching through their city (which they may never be able to return to) are celebrating his demise. It is also hardly surprising that Iraqi protesters, who have had to drag the bodies of friends shot in the head with Iranian military-grade gas grenades during attacks by Iranian-backed militias on their demonstrations, would now be cheering the demise of al-Muhandis who had been accused of directing the crackdown.

These same left-wing people who proclaim concern about foreign intervention, refuse to acknowledge the Iranian intervention in Syria, Yemen and Iraq when the people of those countries rebelled against authoritarianism, corruption, sectarianism, and socioeconomic collapse. When protests broke out in 2018 and 2019 in Iran against the Iranian authorities, they once again framed them in the foreign-sponsored regime-change narrative.

The constant need to defend the Iranian government, even against the protests of Iranian people who have suffered under this government, is an exercise in mental gymnastics. This is the same left-wing segment that equates criticism of Iran with being an ally of Israel, which is highly problematic given Iran and Israel are committing the same crimes in the Middle East.

Only US imperialism exists?
There has been much noise about US's breach of Iraqi sovereignty, but there has been little said of Iranian and Russian actions violating sovereignty in the region. The constant presence of Soleimani in Iraq to issue orders to Iraqi officials and forces is just one of many signs of Iran's lack of respect for Iraq's sovereignty. By the admission of these same leftists, Soleimani was intervening in Iraq to "fight" US intervention.

In Syria, what these self-proclaimed anti-war activists see as Iranian and Russian deployment at the invitation of a legitimate president, Syrians see as an occupation allowed by a dictator who they never elected in free and fair elections.

The debate around Soleimani and al-Muhandis' assassinations has served to illustrate, once again, the inconsistent perception by a segment of the "progressive" left of what constitutes "imperialism". They readily brand US and Israeli actions as imperialist; yet aggression by others - whether Russia, China, Iran or their allies - which causes equal damage and civilian deaths, is ignored, downplayed, or wrapped in "anti-terror" narratives (rather similar to the ones the US and Israel use).

Thus, US and Israeli attacks on the Iranian forces or the Assad regime have been decried as acts of imperialism while the mass killings of Syrian civilians by occupying powers Iran and Russia have been ignored, questioned or presented as "terrorist" deaths.

Criticising the US and Israel while ignoring the crimes of others, however, does no good for the people on the ground bearing the brunt of geopolitical battles between these global and regional powers. Crying "World War III is coming" every time the US engages in aggression also ignores the fact that millions of people in the Middle East and elsewhere, where US, Israeli and also Iranian, Russian and Chinese intervention have stirred conflict, are already living the realities of such a war.

Being truly anti-war would mean opposing aggression by all and condemning all those accused of war crimes - whether Qassem Soleimani or Eddie Gallagher.

Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/soleimani-anti-imperialist-hero-200105211451136.html