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> It's a rhetorical question. I know why ... ;( Why?

by tpmx 5y ago

dotancohen 5y ago
I'm not the OP, but he is correct even if he expressed himself poorly. Israel has since its inception had every transgression, every poor decision, and every flaw magnified in international press far more than any nation, even before accounting for Israel's small landmass and population. Every country has issues, but none have them paraded about as blatantly as Israel does. When was the last time a country of less than 100,000 km^2, or less than 100M population, had a change of head of state as front-page news on HN? Why is this such an important event that every international news organization has it on the front page, when changes to other non-G8 nations' heads of state are not?
- sebmellen 5y ago
  Every country in Europe aside from Russia has a population smaller than 100 million. Israel is larger than Austria by population. Also, Israel is an ethnostate (of sorts) which has perennially been in some kind of armed conflict since its inception. If Austria had wars and territorial disputes with all its neighbors, and received tens of billions of dollars from the US in military aid, and was nuclear-capable, and had a Prime Minister who wielded strong influence over US politics through an organization like the “American Austrian Public Affairs Committee”, we’d probably hear a lot more about it.
  - joelbluminator 5y ago
    I kinda doubt it honestly. I'm not even positive a regime change in China / Russia would have made it to #1 on HN and they both have much more influence on the U.S (and the world's future) than Israel. And even if China's leader being replaced would have made it to #1, the fact we are actually making this comparison (that Israel is as important globally as China) is surreal to me.
    - sebmellen 5y ago
      One must be delusional to think the international press is giving Netanyahu’s departure more or equal attention than would be given to regime change in Russia or China.
      - dotancohen 5y ago
        Alright, then. Who is the premier of China? When was he inaugurated? Or who leads the ruling party of China? When was he inaugurated?

> It's a rhetorical question. I know why ... ;( Why?

by tpmx 5y ago

> It's a rhetorical question. I know why ... ;( Why?

I'm not the OP, but he is correct even if he expressed himself poorly. Israel has since its inception had every transgression, every poor decision, and every flaw magnified in international press far more than any nation, even before accounting for Israel's small landmass and population. Every country has issues, but none have them paraded about as blatantly as Israel does. When was the last time a country of less than 100,000 km^2, or less than 100M population, had a change of head of state as front-page news on HN? Why is this such an important event that every international news organization has it on the front page, when changes to other non-G8 nations' heads of state are not?

sebmellen 5y ago
Every country in Europe aside from Russia has a population smaller than 100 million. Israel is larger than Austria by population. Also, Israel is an ethnostate (of sorts) which has perennially been in some kind of armed conflict since its inception. If Austria had wars and territorial disputes with all its neighbors, and received tens of billions of dollars from the US in military aid, and was nuclear-capable, and had a Prime Minister who wielded strong influence over US politics through an organization like the “American Austrian Public Affairs Committee”, we’d probably hear a lot more about it.
- joelbluminator 5y ago
  I kinda doubt it honestly. I'm not even positive a regime change in China / Russia would have made it to #1 on HN and they both have much more influence on the U.S (and the world's future) than Israel. And even if China's leader being replaced would have made it to #1, the fact we are actually making this comparison (that Israel is as important globally as China) is surreal to me.
  - sebmellen 5y ago
    One must be delusional to think the international press is giving Netanyahu’s departure more or equal attention than would be given to regime change in Russia or China.
    - dotancohen 5y ago
      Alright, then. Who is the premier of China? When was he inaugurated? Or who leads the ruling party of China? When was he inaugurated?