The Exploding Pagers
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Correction. One casualty. A Palestinian in the West Bank. ***=NSFW content*** click to show
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Again, I am astonished that the moderators on last night’s debate asked if the candidates would advise Israel against a preemptive strike against Iran. Preemptive? They’ve now had 2 separate strikes launched against them. 
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Again, I am astonished that the moderators on last night’s debate asked if the candidates would advise Israel against a preemptive strike against Iran. Preemptive? They’ve now had 2 separate strikes launched against them. @LuFins-Dad UNfortunately (at least from the transcript I read), neither was willing to answer with a yes or no. 
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@LuFins-Dad UNfortunately (at least from the transcript I read), neither was willing to answer with a yes or no. Watch. The transcript never reveals everything about human interaction. 
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Words like 'preemptive' and 'unprovoked' should simply never be used in relation to the Middle East. 
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Joe does not approve. I doubt Bibi cares. It could be just a show too. "Oh, I opposed that strike" wink wink. 
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Lots of fun detail, worth a read if you can get around the paywall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/05/israel-mossad-hezbollah-pagers-nasrallah/ 
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I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… 
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I mean, if Israel actually made money out of the deal, I might just have to emigrate… 
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I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers: I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… On that metric they probably made a profit but if you factor in planning and engineering (ie, all the Mossad time) they definitely did not, though that’s hardly relevant. This was a national security operation not a business pursuit. 
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@LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers: I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… On that metric they probably made a profit but if you factor in planning and engineering (ie, all the Mossad time) they definitely did not, though that’s hardly relevant. This was a national security operation not a business pursuit. @jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers: @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers: I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… On that metric they probably made a profit but if you factor in planning and engineering (ie, all the Mossad time) they definitely did not, though that’s hardly relevant. This was a national security operation not a business pursuit. There's no way no one over there saw the potential irony, though. I mean just for starters you have terrorists paying to get taken out. 
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@LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers: I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… On that metric they probably made a profit but if you factor in planning and engineering (ie, all the Mossad time) they definitely did not, though that’s hardly relevant. This was a national security operation not a business pursuit. @jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers: @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers: I wonder what the cost of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing those pagers and walkie-talkies were vs how much Israel was actually paid by Hamas… On that metric they probably made a profit but if you factor in planning and engineering (ie, all the Mossad time) they definitely did not, though that’s hardly relevant. This was a national security operation not a business pursuit. The planning and engineering is a wash as those employees doing the planning and engineering would still have been paid sitting on their asses saying “drone strike” Dear god, I think I might need to move to Israel. 
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