Back in the days of South African Apartheid people didn't find moral clarity so difficult. Israel is a racist, shit country. — Benkei
I don't think that this powder keg will blow out in one huge fireball, it will just continue to rattle and fizz and produce a lot of smoke for a while. Why?One can only hope that this powder keg doesn't finally blow, but even so I don't think it's a matter of 'if' but a matter of 'when'. — Tzeentch
Just to give perspective, during the Yom Kippur war Israel lost 2800 dead, Egypt 5000 to 15000 and Syria about 3000 dead. That is a pale comparison to the war in Ukraine. But then again, Yom Kippur war went on for only two weeks and five days.A pale echo of a previous successful surprise attack on the eve of a Jewish religious holiday. The 1973 offensive began 50 years ago to the day (Yom Kippur instead of the end of Sukkot due to how the holidays float around). — Count Timothy von Icarus
I agree.The military situation is hopeless for the Palestinians. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Yes. It is interesting to see what is the reaction of a) The Palestinian authority in the West Bank, b) Hezbollah and Iran, c) The Arab states.Their leadership is far more fractured than in 1973. — Count Timothy von Icarus
The last Isreali-Lebanon war is a good example of this. Actually it didn't go so well for the Israelis as Hezbollah had finally trained it's forces with the emphasis on lower rank officers and NCO's taking the inititiative. This might really be the issue, to be the king of the rubble, as you said. The reason is that both side in the end are accustomed to fighting a limited war. As I stated earlier, there's no reasonable "final solution" type of course for Netanyahu to take (to end this conflict). Especially with Netanyahu being Netanyahu.I've long come to the conclusion that a lot of attacks on Israel are more about infighting between Palestinian groups, jockeying for position, then a pursuit of long term independence goals, a sort of focus on being king of the rubble. — Count Timothy von Icarus
If anything, this should underscore Israel's ability to make concessions because the balance of power is so far to their side, but I seriously doubt that's how it will be taken. It's a blunder by Hamas in terms of increasing the bargaining power of their side re independence and peace, but I've long come to the conclusion that a lot of attacks on Israel are more about infighting between Palestinian groups, jockeying for position, then a pursuit of long term independence goals, a sort of focus on being king of the rubble.
This is, of course, exactly what the extremists who rule Israel want. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Aparently an elder women of a family, being paraded in a golf cart. See video below, 2:48Another massacre... Hamas has hostages this time, I've read. — Manuel
David attacks Goliath. What other viable choice does David have but from time to time to bleed in order to remind Goliath that he is also mere flesh and blood. — 180 Proof
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