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Sure, but I'm in the US, which is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. To my knowledge the US continues to recognize Lebanon as a sovereign c

by aduffy 5mo ago

Sure, but I'm in the US, which is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. To my knowledge the US continues to recognize Lebanon as a sovereign country.

DashAnimal 5mo ago
This isn't happening on Google Maps though is it? We're just talking about Apple Maps here.
cma 5mo ago
We had to build a very expensive and risky pier to get aid into to Gaza instead of just sending it through our ally Israel to be delivered over the ground. There's something different than a normal ally relationship.
- xg15 5mo ago
  A very expensive and risky pier that still just delivered the aid to an IDF base inside Gaza and not to Gazans (or aid orgs) directly. Based on a plan from an Israeli think tank...
- flyinglizard 5mo ago
  Blame the Israeli public for not wanting to feed their enemy.
  - xg15 5mo ago
    And not letting themselves or anyone else feed them either, huh?
    - cineticdaffodil 5mo ago
      It was so bad they had to post pictures of starving Syrians.
  - tpm 5mo ago
    absolutely do blame the Israeli public for their state murdering innocent civilians in other countries (Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Syria). It's their state, they should do something about it.
devin 5mo ago
Not a party to the conflict? Are you joking? Don’t focus on what the US says. Focus on what it does.
- pixl97 5mo ago
  Yea, that user made the most ridiculous statement. I think the Onion did a piece saying something like "Netanyahu dead, Trump must go back to being the only president of the United States", and while satire, is a bit enlightening of the actual situation here.
  - aduffy 5mo ago
    In the case of the "Gulf of America" thing there was a clear and open statement by the executive that they wanted the maps changed (note that even in the US the name is still legally "Gulf of Mexico"). Apple and Google both decided to acquiesce to curry favor. TMK there is no current government order to eliminate large swaths of Lebanon from maps. So the fact that Apple is doing this (seemingly on its own, despite all other mapping services reflecting the original place names) is the thing I'm explicitly calling out as being weird.
DANmode 5mo ago
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wqaatwt 5mo ago
So does Israel, it’s not even a war with Lebanon it’s just happening there but the Lebanese government and armed are not participating in it
- wolvoleo 5mo ago
  They hardly have electricity so there's nobody to fight back really. The international community left them to die after that big explosion and the country has been scraping by ever since.
  - cineticdaffodil 5mo ago
    It descended into the same malaise as every other islamic country without oil aka wealth transfer by the worlds economy?
- overfeed 5mo ago
  What's a little occupied, extra-territorial buffer zone between respectful neighbors? Nothing says "I respect your sovereignty" more leveling all buildings to the ground. Golan now, there's nothing to see here.
oompydoompy74 5mo ago
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by aduffy 5mo ago

Sure, but I'm in the US, which is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. To my knowledge the US continues to recognize Lebanon as a sovereign country.

DashAnimal 5mo ago

This isn't happening on Google Maps though is it? We're just talking about Apple Maps here.

cma 5mo ago

We had to build a very expensive and risky pier to get aid into to Gaza instead of just sending it through our ally Israel to be delivered over the ground. There's something different than a normal ally relationship.

xg15 5mo ago
A very expensive and risky pier that still just delivered the aid to an IDF base inside Gaza and not to Gazans (or aid orgs) directly. Based on a plan from an Israeli think tank...
flyinglizard 5mo ago
Blame the Israeli public for not wanting to feed their enemy.
- xg15 5mo ago
  And not letting themselves or anyone else feed them either, huh?
  - cineticdaffodil 5mo ago
    It was so bad they had to post pictures of starving Syrians.
- tpm 5mo ago
  absolutely do blame the Israeli public for their state murdering innocent civilians in other countries (Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Syria). It's their state, they should do something about it.

devin 5mo ago

Not a party to the conflict? Are you joking? Don’t focus on what the US says. Focus on what it does.

pixl97 5mo ago
Yea, that user made the most ridiculous statement. I think the Onion did a piece saying something like "Netanyahu dead, Trump must go back to being the only president of the United States", and while satire, is a bit enlightening of the actual situation here.
- aduffy 5mo ago
  In the case of the "Gulf of America" thing there was a clear and open statement by the executive that they wanted the maps changed (note that even in the US the name is still legally "Gulf of Mexico"). Apple and Google both decided to acquiesce to curry favor. TMK there is no current government order to eliminate large swaths of Lebanon from maps. So the fact that Apple is doing this (seemingly on its own, despite all other mapping services reflecting the original place names) is the thing I'm explicitly calling out as being weird.

DANmode 5mo ago

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wqaatwt 5mo ago

So does Israel, it’s not even a war with Lebanon it’s just happening there but the Lebanese government and armed are not participating in it

wolvoleo 5mo ago
They hardly have electricity so there's nobody to fight back really. The international community left them to die after that big explosion and the country has been scraping by ever since.
- cineticdaffodil 5mo ago
  It descended into the same malaise as every other islamic country without oil aka wealth transfer by the worlds economy?
overfeed 5mo ago
What's a little occupied, extra-territorial buffer zone between respectful neighbors? Nothing says "I respect your sovereignty" more leveling all buildings to the ground. Golan now, there's nothing to see here.

oompydoompy74 5mo ago

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