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A senior officer at the Pentagon has come under scrutiny over a series of social media posts sharply critical of Israel, its leadership, and US foreign policy in the region.

Colonel Nathan McCormack, who leads the Levant and Egypt branch at the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate, has used a semi-anonymous account to post numerous comments targeting Israeli actions and US support.

The posts, reportedly written since the 7 October 2023, have sparked outrage among pro-Israel circles in Washington. Here’s what he said:

  • “Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies are determined to prolong the conflict for their own goals: either to remain in power or to annex the land.”
  • “Israel’s actions over decades have prompted the accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide.”
  • “The Western states go to great lengths to avoid criticism of Israel, much out of Holocaust guilt.”
  • “Our worst ‘ally.’ We get literally nothing out of the ‘partnership’ other than the enmity of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.”
  • “The US has not been an honest broker. We have overwhelmingly enabled Israel’s bad behavior.”
  • Responding to the idea of relocating Gaza’s population, McCormack wrote that Israel wants “to expel them and cleanse ‘Eretz Israel’ (Greater Israel) of ethnic Palestinians.”
  • Since June 2024 he also called Israel a “death cult”
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[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 50 points 1 week ago

I was expecting these statements to actually be controversial and not just the truth. The only one even remotely spicy is the last one.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When you run on deception, you are outraged by the truth.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

Only because death cult has a kind of ethereal meaning

[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 44 points 1 week ago

Person best placed to know what Israel is really like tells what Israel is really like

[–] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Except the part about "Holocaust guilt". In reality, they just want to see brown people get killed.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An intelligence organization that fears intelligence

[–] nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Historically, not awesome.

[–] pinkapple@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 week ago

"The posts have sparked outrage among pro-foreign nation circles in Washington." Can't think of any other US ally including the no. 1 lapdog UK that would ever receive this royal treatment.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago

The people hated him because he told the truth.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago

Making sure your advisors only tell you what you want to hear has always gone well for past dictatorships.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 week ago

when a high officer of a death cult as the US army tells you that Israel is a death cult, you gotta believe him, game recognizes game.

[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 20 points 1 week ago

This is how they control the narrative.

Either support Israel, or suffer the consequences.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

Refreshingly factual

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 week ago

I'll keep saying it: left unchecked, Israel will be the catalyst for WW3.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

No lies told