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The Exploding Pagers

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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Words like 'preemptive' and 'unprovoked' should simply never be used in relation to the Middle East.

    MikM Away
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    Mik
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    @jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers:

    Words like 'preemptive' and 'unprovoked' should simply never be used in relation to the Middle East.

    Yep. Those trains left the station a thousand years ago.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      The only way it would be appropriate if heavily qualified, like “a preemptive strike on their nuclear program”. Which would be a reasonable question for them both.

      Only non-witches get due process.

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      • MikM Away
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        And a reasonable action, IMO. They have ballistic missiles and it's only a matter of time before they put a nuke on one.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • MikM Away
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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.

          https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-states-which-response-from-israel-to-iran-s-strike-us-will-not-approve/ar-AA1rBO77?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=b098a54595f6410880dbb48949228919&ei=28

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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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/

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                More deets:

                And the best picture:

                image.jpeg

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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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…

                  The Brad

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                    I mean, if Israel actually made money out of the deal, I might just have to emigrate…

                    The Brad

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                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                      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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                      @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.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        @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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                        @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.

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          @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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                          @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.

                          The Brad

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                            If u need help house hunting let me know. City? Suburbs? Maybe a rural area? Good schools around? Business opportunities? Just say the word.

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                              If u need help house hunting let me know. City? Suburbs? Maybe a rural area? Good schools around? Business opportunities? Just say the word.

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                              @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                              If u need help house hunting let me know. City? Suburbs? Maybe a rural area? Good schools around? Business opportunities? Just say the word.

                              Where’s the best cheeseburger joint?

                              The Brad

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                                https://www.fatcow.co.il/?env=true

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                                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  63?! I hope that’s in shekels, at least!

                                  The Brad

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                                    Shekels

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                                      bachophile
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                                      Divide by 4

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                                      • MikM Away
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                                        Mik
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                                        "Fake Cow" 😄

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          Ok, I can deal with $15

                                          The Brad

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