Hamas attacks Israel

[Horace]

Like the blood draw person counting to three and sticking you on two.

[Mik]

@Horace They do that? How rude.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in Hamas attacks Israel:

@Horace They do that? How rude.

We had a particularly memorable one with my infant son, who was expecting a single shot, and then they got him in both legs simultaneously. The howls of outrage were really quite something.

[Mik]

We had that happen one time when she was a baby and really sick. It was traumatic for all.

[Renauda]

Reminiscent of the bed springs and frame the Red Army welded to their tank turrets to deflect and neutralize panzerfaust charges during the Battle for Berlin in ‘45:

https://legionmagazine.com/israel-defence-forces-take-lessons-from-ukraine-war/

[Mik]

The whole world is trying to stop IDF from going after the very people who brought this misery to Gaza. In my view, if you want to halt the ground invasion, the Gazans need to hand over all Hamas leadership and every other soldier they can find.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

I wonder what strategic purpose that announcement serves.

[Mik]

Motivation.

[jon-nyc]

I was thinking it was more motivated by domestic politics. There must be a faction that is worried that, by delaying so much, he's getting 'soft' and beginning to worry about outside voices.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:

by delaying so much

WSJ is saying that the delay is at the White House's request - so that the US can position assets to protect troops elsewhere.

[Copper]

@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:

to protect troops elsewhere

US troops?

[jon-nyc]

That's as of today. A couple days ago it was 'White House requests delay for negotiations over hostages and supplies'. Before that there was delay but no stated reason. Ever since 10/10 or so various reports said it was 'imminent'.

Obviously I have no idea what's going on, what's realistic and not, etc. But neither does the average Israeli citizen, Hence my thought that there must be some wondering if he's getting soft.

[Jolly]

It's the carrier groups, I think. One is tasked with making sure the Iranians are good lads. The other is going to keep an eye on Hezbollah. That's around 130 planes total on the carriers and who knows how many missiles on the other ships

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:

I wonder what strategic purpose that announcement serves.

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/245061 :man-shrugging:

[jon-nyc]

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[Jolly]

Sadly, expendable. Time to go wreck Hamas. And I would do it while putting as few IDF at risk as possible.

[jon-nyc]

[89th]

I see the US has started bombing Iranian-back sites in Syria in retaliation/defense of the dozen attacks against US bases recently. Gonna head to bed soon, probably not WW3 until China enters the chat.

[Renauda]

@89th

Syria is one of Putin’s sandboxes.