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Re: Red line? Crossed.
May 13, 2021, 7:19 PM
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Re: Red line? Crossed.
May 13, 2021, 8:08 PM
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What do you think Hamas was trying to get the IDF to do?
Now they've created a new generation of martyrs for the Cause. Which was the whole point of those rockets. Their military value was negligible. The whole point of them was, they're peace-breakers.
The IDF has duly over-reacted, and wrought massive wrath. And the Palestinians stay in the fight, which is exactly what Hamas wants. They don't want peace. They wanted the IDF splattering Palestinian civilians, destroying Palestinian buildings, inciting a new generation of Palestinian anger.
Job well done.
And on and on it goes, one generation to the next.
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good, Israel now knows the true enemy. destroy them***
May 13, 2021, 8:40 PM
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Re: good, Israel now knows the true enemy. destroy them***
May 13, 2021, 10:53 PM
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Yeah, because it's just that simple.
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Everything is simple in Crash's mind.***
May 14, 2021, 8:19 AM
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Re: Red line? Crossed.
May 14, 2021, 7:19 AM
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What is a proportionate reaction to thousands of missiles being shot at you?
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Re: Red line? Crossed.
May 14, 2021, 8:14 AM
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Well, that's the point. Hamas uses those rockets to goad Israel into a disproportionate response. Please tell me, though, that you've been paying attention to the news for the last 20-30 years, though, because the Palestinian militants have been doing this forever, to the point Israel developed a defense system called "Iron Dome" in 2011 designed to stop those kind of rocket attacks, with somewhat mixed results, obviously. (The Internetz says its intercept rate is about 80%, FWIW. Not sure what that average is after the last few days.)
The Israelis were aware there would be no peace without physical barriers, so they really worked to build them. To keep the conflict going - and the struggle alive - the militants (first Arafat's PLO, then Hamas, and other groups like Abu Nidal) have long looked for ways to get around the walls, DMZ's, and checkpoints of the Israelis, and these rockets - usually supplied via friendly Arabic intermediaries (often Saudis) through (cough) Russian arms merchants - have been one way they've kept kept stirred up forever.
They launch them from Gaza, the West Bank, even Lebanon, and when the Israelis respond, they use the resultant dead Arabs and spectacular shots of shattered buildings and neighborhoods to create more martyrs, which in turn is just more recruiting grist for the Cause. Vicious cycle.
The more heavy-handed the Israelis get, the easier it is to portray the Israelis as the aggressors, and paint the Palestinians as the victims.
Especially in this age of social media, I'm frankly tired, to think of the mileage Hamas is going to get out of this in the Arab world. I'm just like: crap, here we go again. It seemed like all this Islamic terror was starting to settle down, and I suspect we might be heading for yet another round of this sh!t, yet again. Even worse, apparently there's like open clashes between militant groups of right-wing Jews and militant Arabs in the cities at night in Israel right now...again, organized on social media.
I think we're being Facebooked to he!! in a handbasket, I really do.
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I really hope the elves finally wipe out the evil dwarves
May 14, 2021, 8:37 AM
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Wait... which make-believe side am I supposed to be pulling for again?
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Re: I really hope the elves finally wipe out the evil dwarves
May 14, 2021, 8:40 AM
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come on mean, you pull for the side that gets T3 triggered.
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Re: I really hope the elves finally wipe out the evil dwarves
May 14, 2021, 9:10 AM
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That's kind of petty...if occasionally entertaining.
Trying to find anybody to root for over there right now is...difficult. It's like: "Hello: looking for non-a$$holes?"...and crickets sorta chirp.
They're both working really hard at being a$$holes. Which is why the situation's on fire like it is.
If nobody's interested in peace, honestly, at this point, America just needs to walk away. I don't see how it's our problem anymore. We did our bit and then some, trying to get these folks to talk it out, anything more just drags us deeper into it.
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