Israel/Hamas conflict

[navguy12]

Anatol Lieven, the author of that article, has some interesting views on both Israel and Ukraine. He's not particularly supportive of Ukraine's efforts to gain back territory if you read some of his other writings. Not someone I take particularly seriously. Here's one article he's written about support for Ukraine recently:

Sacrificing the health of Western Europe for the sake of Ukraine?

The longer the US helps to prolong the war, it risks the stability of its strategic transatlantic interests.

responsiblestatecraft.org

Putin’s Genocidal War Is Not About America or Israel

Calling the Russian invasion a counter-insurgency isn’t just inaccurate; it’s also immoral, as it suggests that the Russians were, alas, compelled to engage in atrocities.

www.19fortyfive.com

Thanks for the background.

Agreed; I won‘t take him seriously from this point forward either.

 

[Exscite]

Saved by his Tesla after being hit with 8 bullets by terrorists​

“I don’t believe that you are alive” said the paramedic: An Israeli driver was saved by his Tesla, after being hit by 8 bullets fired at him by multiple Hamas terrorists on the first hour of the Gaza war.
The incredible story of managing to save himself from murderer terrorists by driving his Tesla, wounded, at 200 km/h .

See the full story here: Tesla in Gaza war

 

[Tiger]

Good reflection:

 

[Skipdd]

More substantiation of Hamas using ambulances in Gaza. Nothing should surprise people wrt what Hamas will do - we’ve reached a point that any claim by Hamas supporters should be assumed false, until facts proving otherwise are available. I don’t mean to suggest that we shouldn’t seek substantiation for all claims, but the trust factor for Hamas claims is zero.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1720640691892617660

 

[SmokyPeat]

Using ambulances for transport has been the m.o. for Hamas for years.

 

[SmokyPeat]

Good reflection:

Sounds like a whine-fest that he can't use his Russian credit cards. Maybe it's time for him to move back to Russia.

 

[navguy12]

Yep, the sooner the commodity that fuels Iran and Russia becomes worthless, the better the whole world will be.

It’s frankly beyond absurd, a form of grand guignol farce, that Iran was graced with this two-day, talkingshop podium at the Social Forum. As Naftali Bennett, Israel’s former prime minister, put it: “This is like granting Bin Laden a Nobel Peace Prize.”

Toronto Star ePaper

Toronto Star ePaper

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[Tiger]

Sounds like a whine-fest that he can't use his Russian credit cards. Maybe it's time for him to move back to Russia.

No. He has a different video on that topic, instead of turning russian citizens agains the west, the west should brain drain Russia.

 

[SmokyPeat]

No. He has a different video on that topic, instead of turning russian citizens agains the west, the west should brain drain Russia.

I get the sense that he feels the world should orbit around him. His YouTube videos really aren't worth my time, honestly.

 

[Tiger]

I get the sense that he feels the world should orbit around him. His YouTube videos really aren't worth my time, honestly.

All youtubers are like that, nothing new. But he has a point, nevertheless. Instead of building a wall around russia, the west should drain all the good bits out. If you cannot win them, "join them" (in).

 

[SmokyPeat]

This is promising. According to this polling, it seems most Gazans support a two state solution, and are not supportive of Hamas.

 

[madodel]

This video claims that Israel special forces grabbed documents and maps showing HAMAS positions and tunnels and that the Israeli airforce took out the concentrations of Hamas forces as well as bunker buster missiles to take out the tunnels.

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1720988106092900556

 

[Buckminster]

No sources:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721073229140557991

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721084208230322613

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721080163037773864

 

[Tiger]

No sources:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721073229140557991

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721084208230322613

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721080163037773864

Is he by any chance of Russian descent? /s

PS. Ukraine could have used some of those explosives for its war against their intruder.

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721152252545552592

 

[SmokyPeat]

Amichai is a nutjob. There is zero chance that Israel would nuke Gaza. Also, it's very unlikely that Israel has dropped 25,000 tons of explosives on Gaza. And relating that to nuclear bombs is silly since nuclear bombs have a very wide spread of destructive yield.

 

[madodel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721152252545552592

Iranian leadership are lunatics. They see the great Satan behind everything. These freaks started this by pulling the strings of their Hamas puppets.

 

[Buckminster]

And this is ignoring the ~20% likelihood of WW3 and/or a ~40% likelihood of a third gulf war. My pessimistic? percentages.

I said this a week ago. % are no longer pessimistic IMO.

EDIT - yeah, maybe I should choose my words more carefully like a Heritage Minister would...

 

[SmokyPeat]

So a greater likelihood of WW3 is somehow optimistic? Sheesh. Somebody must have their bunker fully stocked.