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David__77

(24,508 posts)
Thu May 22, 2025, 01:14 PM May 2025

GOP congressman calls for 'nuking' Gaza like US did to Japan

Freshman GOP Rep. Randy Fine calls for “nuking” Gaza in an interview on Fox News.

“The fact of the matter is the Palestinian cause is an evil one,” he says, following last night’s deadly shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers who were outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington where an American Jewish Committee event was being held.



“In world war two, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis. We did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender,” he says. “That needs to be the same here. There is something deeply, deeply wrong with this culture, and it needs to be defeated.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gop-congressman-calls-for-nuking-gaza-like-us-did-to-japan/

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GOP congressman calls for 'nuking' Gaza like US did to Japan (Original Post) David__77 May 2025 OP
In Jan 2025 America surrendered to the Nazis and not a shot was fired. Autumn May 2025 #1
Sickening malaise May 2025 #2
It is certainly genocidal incitement. David__77 May 2025 #4
Just your opinion man.. wcmagumba May 2025 #3
That's effin' crazy. Even Israel wouldn't go for that. patphil May 2025 #5
Yes, the melted radioactive beach sand could be turned into a line of Trump-themed jewelry . . . hatrack May 2025 #6
The mega tonnage is being doled out incrementally LuvLoogie May 2025 #7
He doesnt seem to be Mountainguy May 2025 #8
"We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here" David__77 May 2025 #11
Repukes are always vying to see who can be the biggest asshole Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #9
Shit for brains. spanone May 2025 #10
Pure insanity BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #12
Well, to be fair, the US really did nuke people. David__77 May 2025 #13
We were at war with Japan BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #14
Oh, I understand. David__77 May 2025 #15
Maybe BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #17
Congressman Fine should resign peggysue2 May 2025 #16
It's not the Palestinian cause, it's a HAMAs. Hizbollah, Iranian cause you fucking imbecile. MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #18
Crazy American gun-nut kills people so gop asshole wants mass murder of scapegoats struggle4progress May 2025 #19
Making Japan Great Again?..... see Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tokyo in 1945 to see examples of our concern. Ping Tung May 2025 #20
Well, that's a remarkably stupid suggestion, to say the least. MineralMan May 2025 #21
At least the morons have discovered air currents this time. When Donald Rumsfeld wanted to nuke the area travelingthrulife Jun 2025 #22

Autumn

(48,745 posts)
1. In Jan 2025 America surrendered to the Nazis and not a shot was fired.
Thu May 22, 2025, 01:17 PM
May 2025

Trump and many in Israel's government would go along with that.

patphil

(8,732 posts)
5. That's effin' crazy. Even Israel wouldn't go for that.
Thu May 22, 2025, 01:51 PM
May 2025

There's nobody left to kill there except old men, women, and children, and Israel is doing a pretty good job of that without any of the radioactive mess.
Randy Fine should be forced to live there for the rest of his term to see what real human misery looks like.
Anyone with his mentality shouldn't have a position in the US government.
But then fascists are taking over the country, so I guess you'd have to expect Republican Congressmen to have a desire to kill even more people even more quickly.
Gotta clear the land for that Trump resort for the super rich.

hatrack

(64,256 posts)
6. Yes, the melted radioactive beach sand could be turned into a line of Trump-themed jewelry . . .
Thu May 22, 2025, 01:55 PM
May 2025

Great idea, Rep. Shitkicker.

LuvLoogie

(8,519 posts)
7. The mega tonnage is being doled out incrementally
Thu May 22, 2025, 02:02 PM
May 2025

Bodies are still burning. Buildings are still turning to dust.



 

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)
8. He doesnt seem to be
Thu May 22, 2025, 02:19 PM
May 2025

Calling a literally dropping nuclear weapons. Hrs saying they need to be defeated, not negotiated with.

Very misleading headline.

I dont think anyone supporting Israel is interested in spreading nuclear fallout across most of Israel's agricultural land.

David__77

(24,508 posts)
11. "We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here"
Thu May 22, 2025, 02:50 PM
May 2025

Seems pretty literal.

BeerBarrelPolka

(2,173 posts)
12. Pure insanity
Thu May 22, 2025, 02:51 PM
May 2025

I just don't see how these types of comments could fly in any other previous time.

David__77

(24,508 posts)
15. Oh, I understand.
Thu May 22, 2025, 03:37 PM
May 2025

Just pointing it out because I think many US policymakers don’t consider using nukes to somehow be off limits.

I think it’s arguable that the US actually is a party to the events in Gaza given the extensive military, logistical and diplomatic support it has provided.

All that said, Randy Fine is uniquely murderous and genocidal in his statements and ideology.

Ping Tung

(4,141 posts)
20. Making Japan Great Again?..... see Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tokyo in 1945 to see examples of our concern.
Fri May 23, 2025, 12:14 PM
May 2025
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MineralMan

(150,641 posts)
21. Well, that's a remarkably stupid suggestion, to say the least.
Fri May 23, 2025, 12:31 PM
May 2025

Here's a map of that region:

Note that major cities in Israel, like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are pretty close to the Gaza strip. Nuclear weapons do not just affect the immediate area where they detonate. You'd think a smart person who got elected to Congress would know that. I guess not.



travelingthrulife

(4,463 posts)
22. At least the morons have discovered air currents this time. When Donald Rumsfeld wanted to nuke the area
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:13 AM
Jun 2025

he saw no issue with that. People had to remind him that air moves and thus the nuclear radiation would travel elsewhere.

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