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What do you guys figure, another month before Israel can wrap up the invasion and switch to the occuption/security phase?
IDF has been going out of their way to limit collateral damage at great cost in munitions, I wonder what the final financial cost of this military action will be at the end of the day? When our Congress debates about foreign aid I'm wondering whether they're carefully evaluating just how much Israel practically needs from the USA in terms of supplemental funding when they in already typically receive about $3 billion in aid yearly just from the USA. I'm sure Israel is requesting a very specific amount, but given the fiduciary duty to the U.S. tax payers I think it falls to Congress to do their homework and determine what is required to help Israel recover and maintain stability in the area after this is concluded. I wish Israel only the best, but I don't want this incident to be used by the insidious in our nation as an excuse to insanely enrich themselves by boosting the value value in companies like Raytheon. War profiteering is clearly an issue in the USA and we have to be careful not to let our passions blind us. The media bullshit is sooooo thick it's absurd though, this painting Israel as the "bad guy" in this conflict by western media would almost be hilarious if it didn't actually impact the opinions of idiots out in the world. The way I see it, Israel had ZERO choice here and had to conduct themselves exactly as they have and have conducted themselves in a reasonable fashion by any standard. I also think that so far Israel has executed a very logical campaign that appears to have clear goals that can be measured by actual metrics, something we in the West will hopefully learn from. |
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One thing that I find odd are the protests in the USA and Europe, which are being done largley by people who are NOT Palestinian and by many who are from nations that have outright refused to help Palestinian refugees in any way whatsoever.
How ironic is it that in Egypt and Jordan you have entire countries of Arabs who steadfastly refuse to help Palestinian refugees, but in those nations I don't see a single protest in objection to that fact? |
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OSINTdefender @sentdefender The Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant announced today that Special Forces are continuing to Operate within the Al-Shifa Medical Complex where Significant Discoveries have recently been made, but also that Israeli Ground Troops have now managed to Fully-Capture the West of Gaza City thus cutting off Hamas from the Mediterranean and any further Naval Operations. |
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Originally Posted By x248716x: i'd like to see these protesters storm the capitol when there's a vote going on about Israel funding. see if they get the J6 treatment. yeah, rhetorical question. we all know, double standard, weaponization of DoJ. FJB. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/giphy__3_-1051.gif View Quote I'd pay to watch that happen |
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It's not stupid, it's advanced!!
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Originally Posted By tnriverluver: Those look like Jr High students. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By tnriverluver: Originally Posted By texashomeserver: Tel Aviv, this morning - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_ET02AWMAAvPyK?format=jpg&name=900x900 Those look like Jr High students. I thought they looked too young to be in the IDF. What are they wearing? I thought they were in military uniforms but did not see any weapons. Do they have a JROTC or something like it? |
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If they herded Hamas & Company into Jordan where they belong...it wouldn't matter...
When they suggest herding them to America FTN |
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Originally Posted By lil_Sig: Shit, during the Summer of Love. People got pulled out of cars and got their head stomped, shot, stabbed, mass looting. Police cars, business were set a blaze. Those pussies. These Protests are mostly comatose. If they plan to get their protests upgraded to "MOSTLY PEACEFUL" they are going to have to step it way up. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By lil_Sig: Originally Posted By sierra-def: The dumb fuck Democrats coddled their rioters when the thought they worked for them, now their rioters are no longer in their control. Reep what you sow bitches. Shit, during the Summer of Love. People got pulled out of cars and got their head stomped, shot, stabbed, mass looting. Police cars, business were set a blaze. Those pussies. These Protests are mostly comatose. If they plan to get their protests upgraded to "MOSTLY PEACEFUL" they are going to have to step it way up. Originally Posted By amendment: Originally Posted By x248716x: i'd like to see these protesters storm the capitol when there's a vote going on about Israel funding. see if they get the J6 treatment. yeah, rhetorical question. we all know, double standard, weaponization of DoJ. FJB. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/giphy__3_-1051.gif I'd pay to watch that happen Yep two tear system |
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Originally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: What do you guys figure, another month before Israel can wrap up the invasion and switch to the occuption/security phase? IDF has been going out of their way to limit collateral damage at great cost in munitions, I wonder what the final financial cost of this military action will be at the end of the day? When our Congress debates about foreign aid I'm wondering whether they're carefully evaluating just how much Israel practically needs from the USA in terms of supplemental funding when they in already typically receive about $3 billion in aid yearly just from the USA. I'm sure Israel is requesting a very specific amount, but given the fiduciary duty to the U.S. tax payers I think it falls to Congress to do their homework and determine what is required to help Israel recover and maintain stability in the area after this is concluded. I wish Israel only the best, but I don't want this incident to be used by the insidious in our nation as an excuse to insanely enrich themselves by boosting the value value in companies like Raytheon. War profiteering is clearly an issue in the USA and we have to be careful not to let our passions blind us. The media bullshit is sooooo thick it's absurd though, this painting Israel as the "bad guy" in this conflict by western media would almost be hilarious if it didn't actually impact the opinions of idiots out in the world. The way I see it, Israel had ZERO choice here and had to conduct themselves exactly as they have and have conducted themselves in a reasonable fashion by any standard. I also think that so far Israel has executed a very logical campaign that appears to have clear goals that can be measured by actual metrics, something we in the West will hopefully learn from. View Quote At least another month, probably longer. They haven't even gone into the southern half of Gaza. Israel will look for $$$/to try and soften the blow to their economy that mobilizing that many reservists caused. The occupation promises to be another mess, with nobody stepping up to do it. Israel is going to have to invest in ground forces when this is all over. The idea that fancy sensors and automation can take the place of boots on the ground died on 7 Oct. That will not come cheap. |
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"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
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Originally Posted By 9divdoc: If they herded Hamas & Company into Jordan where they belong...it wouldn't matter... When they suggest herding them to America FTN View Quote You know who absolutely doesn't want Gazans in Jordan? Israel. Gazans need to stay in Gaza and learn to behave. We don't want them destabilizing countries that right now aren't threats to us or Israel. |
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"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
Robert A. Heinlein, Friday |
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 View Quote CA should consider ordering some of those modded D9s. |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 View Quote Splat! |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 View Quote Talk about a downward spiral of lost leverage. I’m a bit shocked that they have capitulated all the way down to “ceasefire”. It’s an ignorant semantics request that sets their side up for failure. Israel could agree to a “ceasefire” and provoke Hamas into breaking it in about 2 hours. |
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Originally Posted By fike: Talk about a downward spiral of lost leverage. I’m a bit shocked that they have capitulated all the way down to “ceasefire”. It’s an ignorant semantics request that sets their side up for failure. Israel could agree to a “ceasefire” and provoke Hamas into breaking it in about 2 hours. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 Talk about a downward spiral of lost leverage. I’m a bit shocked that they have capitulated all the way down to “ceasefire”. It’s an ignorant semantics request that sets their side up for failure. Israel could agree to a “ceasefire” and provoke Hamas into breaking it in about 2 hours. No quarter in this battle. |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 View Quote they are chained up, would be a shame if someone made them regret getting out of bed that morning |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 View Quote It's A-10 time again. You know it's the only thing that keeps us together! |
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The Israel Defense Force has released Footage showing a Major Operation conducted last week by the 89th "Oz" Brigade also known as the Commando Brigade with the Support of Armor, Engineering, and Attack Aircraft against the Al-Shati Refugee Camp, which is considered one of the most Densely Populated Areas in all of the Gaza Strip; the Operation resulted in the Total Capture of the Camp as well as the Destruction of several Hamas Outposts and Munitions Stockpiles
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver: Tel Aviv, this morning - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_ET02AWMAAvPyK?format=jpg&name=900x900 View Quote Maybe I'm just getting old but those girls look like they may still be in high school. Do they have a JROTC kind of thing over there? ETA: Two other folks are thinking the same thing. Or, it could be the three of us are just old. |
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Clown world with police standing there allowing a bridge to be shutdown.
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Originally Posted By planemaker: Maybe I'm just getting old but those girls look like they may still be in high school. Do they have a JROTC kind of thing over there? ETA: Two other folks are thinking the same thing. Or, it could be the three of us are just old. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By planemaker: Originally Posted By texashomeserver: Tel Aviv, this morning - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_ET02AWMAAvPyK?format=jpg&name=900x900 Maybe I'm just getting old but those girls look like they may still be in high school. Do they have a JROTC kind of thing over there? ETA: Two other folks are thinking the same thing. Or, it could be the three of us are just old. No idea, this is the crew of an Arrow missile site - |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver: No quarter in this battle. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By texashomeserver: Originally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By texashomeserver:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1725179046332649737 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaS_YaYAAAiAJ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EaXnqaMAA92KD?format=jpg&name=360x360 Talk about a downward spiral of lost leverage. I’m a bit shocked that they have capitulated all the way down to “ceasefire”. It’s an ignorant semantics request that sets their side up for failure. Israel could agree to a “ceasefire” and provoke Hamas into breaking it in about 2 hours. No quarter in this battle. I’m not advocating, just pointing out their “hand” is very publicly getting weaker and weaker. |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver: No idea, this is the crew of an Arrow missile site - https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/05/F140520AHFF02.jpg?_gl=1*132q7gj*_ga*MTY3MjcwNzM2NS4xNzAwMTU2NDI5*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTcwMDE1NjQyOS4xLjAuMTcwMDE1NjQyOS4wLjAuMA.. View Quote The one lucky dude through strategic hand placement is covering his boner. |
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Israel's warning: Ready to strike 'entire middle east' in declaration to Iran and Hezbollah
Israel''s warning: Ready to strike ''entire middle east'' in declaration to Iran and Hezbollah |
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Originally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: One thing that I find odd are the protests in the USA and Europe, which are being done largley by people who are NOT Palestinian and by many who are from nations that have outright refused to help Palestinian refugees in any way whatsoever. How ironic is it that in Egypt and Jordan you have entire countries of Arabs who steadfastly refuse to help Palestinian refugees, but in those nations I don't see a single protest in objection to that fact? View Quote Where were all of these dipshits when 500K muslims were killed in Syria? |
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Originally Posted By Undaunted: Where were all of these dipshits when 500K muslims were killed in Syria? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Undaunted: Originally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: One thing that I find odd are the protests in the USA and Europe, which are being done largley by people who are NOT Palestinian and by many who are from nations that have outright refused to help Palestinian refugees in any way whatsoever. How ironic is it that in Egypt and Jordan you have entire countries of Arabs who steadfastly refuse to help Palestinian refugees, but in those nations I don't see a single protest in objection to that fact? Where were all of these dipshits when 500K muslims were killed in Syria? LOL which tells me exactly what i need to know about these "dipshits." They are indeed dipshits but well trained and programmed dipshits who are part of other organizations which somehow got marching orders to care about this problem. |
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“Liberalism, the noble annihilator, has hollowed out every institution, every binding force, every social failsafe and backstop, and its agents feign surprise when the liberating infanticide it promotes is taken to its next logical step.”
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver: No idea, this is the crew of an Arrow missile site - https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/05/F140520AHFF02.jpg?_gl=1*132q7gj*_ga*MTY3MjcwNzM2NS4xNzAwMTU2NDI5*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTcwMDE1NjQyOS4xLjAuMTcwMDE1NjQyOS4wLjAuMA.. View Quote Love that they are wearing Tactical Tevas! |
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פעילות כוחות חטיבת הקומנדו ברצועת עזה (16.11.23) תיעוד ממצלמת הגוף של לוחמי חטיבת הקומנדו נלחמים ברצועת עזה (16.11.23) |
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Originally Posted By yodude: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/562719/IMG_6628_jpeg-3029566.JPG Do the numbers concern anyone? They're continuing to get bigger. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver: No idea, this is the crew of an Arrow missile site - https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/05/F140520AHFF02.jpg?_gl=1*132q7gj*_ga*MTY3MjcwNzM2NS4xNzAwMTU2NDI5*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTcwMDE1NjQyOS4xLjAuMTcwMDE1NjQyOS4wLjAuMA.. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By HiramRanger: Love that they are wearing Tactical Tevas! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By HiramRanger: Originally Posted By texashomeserver: No idea, this is the crew of an Arrow missile site - https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/05/F140520AHFF02.jpg?_gl=1*132q7gj*_ga*MTY3MjcwNzM2NS4xNzAwMTU2NDI5*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTcwMDE1NjQyOS4xLjAuMTcwMDE1NjQyOS4wLjAuMA.. Love that they are wearing Tactical Tevas! The sandals while on duty in uniform do not compute. ETA: That Israeli GO looks like he’s posing with his harem. |
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Interesting. The site affiliated with Joe Truzman is a good one. Googled to see if I could find anything else, only found something about a letter sent to Deif congratulating him on the great victory; the news outlet I where found it, al-Mayadeen, is run by Hezbollah. They used the "weaker than a spider's web metaphor again. Any Arabic/Farsi speakers--is this common? ETA--found letter on Iranian News Agency. Partial translation makes it seem letter was sent after 7 Oct. Tehran- IRNA- The Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps emphasized in a message to the commander of Al-Qassam Brigades. Brigadier General Ismail Qaani wrote in his message to the commander of Al-Qassam Battalions: . You created a great epic called Al-Aqsa Storm, which clearly showed the weakness and fragility of the Zionist usurper regime and showed that this regime It is weaker than a spider's web. (IRGC commander emphasizing that Palestine and the region will not be the same after the Al-Aqsa storm, he noted): Resistance attacks against the enemy's forces and armored vehicles proved that the.. (Some part of letter text included in the article) Your brothers are united with you in the axis of resistance and will not allow the enemy to reach their dirty goals in Gaza and Palestine. We stand by our fraternal oath that unites us, and we assure you that we will do whatever it takes in this historic battle resistance Attached File Attached File |
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"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
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Originally Posted By wgjhsafT: LOL which tells me exactly what i need to know about these "dipshits." They are indeed dipshits but well trained and programmed dipshits who are part of other organizations which somehow got marching orders to care about this problem. View Quote Exactly. A regime in the Russia/China/Iran sphere of influence kills hundreds of thousands. No sizable protests in the west. Another regime in that sphere of influence is attacked(rightfully, so). Then there's massive protests in the west. What a coincidence. |
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Originally Posted By brass: Is the Ashkenazi vs Rabbinic vs Hasidic vs Orthodox sects have anything to do with it? I know there's a huge range of people that are "Jewish" from being nearly atheists to ultra conservative groups and areas of towns. I don't know if that is a split for them becoming "white" though, maybe just "white" is used by them to be "Supports the US or is supported by the US" View Quote Oy vey. Ashkanazi is an ethnicity. (Most Jews in the US that have centuries of diaspora living in northern and Eastern Europe and Russia. Rabbinic, and Orthdoxy are a style of worship and are the same thing. (What the Christian world would know as the Pharisees. Jesus grew up in and was a Pharisee) Hasidic is a group of sects of Ashkanazi Orthodox Jews. They are the religiously the same as any other orthodox group. They just have some of their own customs they keep. They are also a fairly new sect having started about 400 years ago. Unlike most of the orthodox groups their leadership is dynastic. As an FYI, in the US, the orthodox are right leaning. Literally Republican voters. (When they have the choice) |
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Originally Posted By texashomeserver: No idea, this is the crew of an Arrow missile site - https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/05/F140520AHFF02.jpg?_gl=1*132q7gj*_ga*MTY3MjcwNzM2NS4xNzAwMTU2NDI5*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTcwMDE1NjQyOS4xLjAuMTcwMDE1NjQyOS4wLjAuMA.. View Quote Does anyone else think that is guy with his err class? Assuming she is legal, the little blond on the far right is very cute. I admit it, I am a dirty old man. |
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Originally Posted By realwar: IDF Elite Flotilla 13 Navy Unit in Action at Gaza Harbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqVsPbIm2eo Israeli demolition team blow up Hamas Parliamentary Building in Gaza City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5YCqvfOKNQ View Quote Palis are gunna get some sweet USA taxpayer cash to rebuild ! |
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Originally Posted By Drsalee: Palis are gunna get some sweet USA taxpayer cash to rebuild ! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Drsalee: Originally Posted By realwar: IDF Elite Flotilla 13 Navy Unit in Action at Gaza Harbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqVsPbIm2eo Israeli demolition team blow up Hamas Parliamentary Building in Gaza City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5YCqvfOKNQ Palis are gunna get some sweet USA taxpayer cash to rebuild ! I wonder which country is the bigger welfare state... |
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Originally Posted By TheStillestHour: I wonder which country is the bigger welfare state... https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/us_aid_palestine_israel_1.png View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TheStillestHour: Originally Posted By Drsalee: Originally Posted By realwar: IDF Elite Flotilla 13 Navy Unit in Action at Gaza Harbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqVsPbIm2eo Israeli demolition team blow up Hamas Parliamentary Building in Gaza City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5YCqvfOKNQ Palis are gunna get some sweet USA taxpayer cash to rebuild ! I wonder which country is the bigger welfare state... https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/us_aid_palestine_israel_1.png I’ll take the dollar/value ratio of Israel (knowing what that money provides in weapon systems development, etc.). Dollar value to the Palestinians is fuck all. |
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Originally Posted By Clockwork138: Exactly. A regime in the Russia/China/Iran sphere of influence kills hundreds of thousands. No sizable protests in the west. Another regime in that sphere of influence is attacked(rightfully, so). Then there's massive protests in the west. What a coincidence. View Quote Protests that support an ideology that opposes everything they "stand for". That kills homosexusls and is known to throw acid in the faces of women who wear makeup. That teaches children to desire death in combat and that they must kill the Jews/Americans/Westerners in general. The only thing I can think of is they hate Western Civilization and will use any and all issues to further their goal of destroying it. |
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"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
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