The uncle of Amal Clooney is arms dealer Ziad Takieddine, major supplier of weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah.

[milestogo]

She is Lebanese and a human rights lawyer. I wondered why there hasn't been any comment from her since the war started two months ago. I'm not sure what to make of it, if anything.

https://www.clooneysopenhouse.com/t6250-ziad-takieddine-uncle-of-amal-alamuddin

It may mean nothing. He wasn't at their wedding. But I thought it was interesting.

[Ocelot II]

1. A lot of people have shitty relatives.

[milestogo]

3. Arms dealer for Hamas is about as shitty as it gets.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

10. What is she supposed to do about it?

Maybe she'd rather stay away from the toxic environment.

[Takket]

2. Probably about as meaningful as the fact Mary Trump's uncle is the orange menace.

[TexasDem69]

4. Or Joe Biden

Has a criminal son

[Scrivener7]

6. His son is accused by imbeciles of criminal behavior. He is not a criminal.

[TexasDem69]

7. You really don't think that Hunter Biden broke the law?

Really? On edit, not clear what you are saying. Joe Biden is not a criminal, his son is.

[Deuxcents]

12. He's innocent until proven guilty.

[TexasDem69]

13. He ADMITTED the crimes

There’s no mystery here. This isn’t DB Cooper or Jack the Ripper. Hunter Biden did it and is a criminal.

[Scrivener7]

15. What crimes? I know that he checked the wrong box on a gun application years ago, and

I know he got way behind on his taxes and then paid them.

[TexasDem69]

16. I'm pretty sure you can do the Google research yourself

You aren’t really arguing for innocence are you?

On edit, here you go. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/12/08/politics/hunter-biden-charges-what-matters/index.html

[Scrivener7]

20. Yep. Your article pretty much agrees with what I said.

The rest is accusations from the republiQans.

Talk to me after a trial or a deal about his guilt or innocence. Or does the most fundamental basis of the American legal system not work for you?

[Scrivener7]

24. His admission was to two tax misdemeanors.

[Pisces]

11. Ok, he's an idiot

[Scrivener7]

21. Yes. Definitely an idiot.

[hlthe2b]

5. Well, I think of the (beyond horrible) Stephen Miller, whose Uncle disowned him long ago and

has written/been interviewed about him repeatedly. The Uncle can not explain how-- being the descendants of Holocaust survivors --his sister could have produced such a monster.

So... it happens.

[msongs]

8. "it may mean nothing" - sounds like a smear attempt does it not nt

[Lunabell]

9. so?

My father was a right wing christo-fascist orange blobfather supporter. So?

[choie]

14. And what?

Does that make her a de facto antisemite?

[marble falls]

17. May mean something. When do we start forming "committees" fur das safety auf der outsiders? I mean, it means ...

... nothing, right? Guilt by association. Really hate to see that stuff on a place called "DemocraticUnderground", let alone the work and resources the Clooneys have given for Democratic causes in this country.

I'm sure this wasn't your intent.

[marmar]

18. She's Lebanese and a human rights lawyer? And? .... What are you suggesting?

[UTUSN]

19. My K&R is for, "interesting" - nothing more (at this point).

[TheKentuckian]

23. With no other connection with the arms dealer than

being related to him it seems unsettling to throw such out there.

It feels like it can only act as guilt by association.

There is plenty of room for unrelenting fury at Hamas, Hezbollah, their supporters and funders without adding witch hunts to it.

Robespierre and Joe McCarthy can stay where they are.