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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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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

The US regime is preparing for a holy war and removing anyone who isn't a true believer from the ranks.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

The people hated him because he told the truth.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Refreshingly factual

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

No lies told

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 32 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

This is how they control the narrative.

Either support Israel, or suffer the consequences.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An intelligence organization that fears intelligence

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Historically, not awesome.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Only because death cult has a kind of ethereal meaning

[–] [email protected] 15 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

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