Not a party to the conflict? Are you joking? Don’t focus on what the US says. Focus on what it does.
replyYea, that user made the most ridiculous statement.
replyI 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.
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.
replyTMK 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.
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
replyWhat'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.
replyThey 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.
replyIt descended into the same malaise as every other islamic country without oil aka wealth transfer by the worlds economy?
replyThis isn't happening on Google Maps though is it? We're just talking about Apple Maps here.
reply> I'm in the US, which is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon.
replyOh honey…
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.
replyA 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...
replyBlame the Israeli public for not wanting to feed their enemy.
replyAnd not letting themselves or anyone else feed them either, huh?
replyIt was so bad they had to post pictures of starving Syrians.
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