Hamas attacks Israel
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@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:
I've posted from this guy's feed before.
Think there's anything to it?
This guy may blame Russia, but even if Russia wants to create chaos, Hamas still has to actively participate to get to this point.
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@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:
Netanyahu will meet Biden and Macron tonight
Huh? Where? Surely he’s in Israel or urgently on his way.https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-762113
A phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden has been scheduled in light of the current attack on Israel, according to Israeli media.
Netanyahu is also scheduled to talk with French President Emmanuel Macron.They should say talk with, not meet with.
It’s always something.
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@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:
@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:
Netanyahu will meet Biden and Macron tonight
Huh? Where? Surely he’s in Israel or urgently on his way.https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-762113
A phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden has been scheduled in light of the current attack on Israel, according to Israeli media.
Netanyahu is also scheduled to talk with French President Emmanuel Macron.They should say talk with, not meet with.
That might be a lexical slide due to the pandemic. People started to use "meet" in quotes to describe video calls, and I've been noticing more and more people saying fuck it to the quotes and just saying meet.
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Thought for the day?
Look at what $6B will buy!
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:
I've posted from this guy's feed before.
Think there's anything to it?
It’s possible however I believe they could have been trained by other source just as easily. Don’t forget that in the turmoil of the Syrian civil war there were not only Russians but Muslim “volunteers” from all over who had received military training from abroad. However in the case of Hamas, the Chechens come immediately to mind since they are Sunnis and therefore closer to Hamas than say, Hezbollah which is Shi’ite.
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It’s always something.
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- It is $6B.
- Qatar is/has released it to Iran, if I understand correctly.
- It is supposedly for humanitarian aid. If you believe that, stand on your head and wiggle your ears.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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You understand incorrectly. It is held in restricted accounts in Qatar, spending is limited to humanitarian purposes and the international community, including the US, has oversight of how they get spent. None have been spent yet, so even the fungibility argument won’t work yet.
I’m afraid this war just might not be very useful as a domestic political cudgel. Heck, at some point you might just have to comment on the war itself.
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@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:
You understand incorrectly. It is held in restricted accounts in Qatar, spending is limited to humanitarian purposes and the international community, including the US, has oversight of how they get spent. None have been spent yet, so even the fungibility argument won’t work yet.
I’m afraid this war just might not be very useful as a domestic political cudgel. Heck, at some point you might just have to comment on the war itself.
I do believe this money will be going to a country who has run a banned nuclear program right under the international community's nose. I have much faith that they can shift and hide money to do whatever they wish with their $6B. Just because we do not agree with their world view or with their politics, does not mean they are stupid.
This attack on Israel wasn't planned last week. The number of rockets alone, is staggering. This has been in the works for quite some time. I don't know about HAMAS, but I'm pretty sure the Hezbollah folks have Iranian backing and would not act without Iran's input.
As for the attack being a domestic political cudgel, somebody once told me if an event happens during a Presidential term, that President must own it. The buck stops in the Oval Office. Therefore, wave the bloody flag and beat The Resident's ass to a pulp with it. He inherited a situation in the ME, that was as stable as it had been in several years and he's made several missteps. Maybe he can salvage something out of this mess, but I have my doubts...
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Jolly said in Hamas attacks Israel:
This attack on Israel wasn't planned last week. The number of rockets alone, is staggering. This has been in the works for quite some time.
All the more reason it’s silly to make a causal connection between the Qatari accounts and this.
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I said they weren't stupid. I didn't say they were always logical.
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I’ve been all day in the hospital. Just returned. Back again early tomorrow. No time to respond here. But things are tense.
All my family are all ok.
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@bachophile said in Hamas attacks Israel:
I’ve been all day in the hospital. Just returned. Back again early tomorrow. No time to respond here. But things are tense.
All my family are all ok.
Glad to hear from you and glad your family is okay. Stay safe.
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"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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Gosh bachophile, I can't imagine living in your world. Stay safe, our thoughts and prayers are with you, and I mean that. I've been tuned into this all morning. Israel is so very tiny on the map. And the Iranian Parliament jumps up and down in unison with their neanderthal group chants. Just sick.
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@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:
@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:
spending is limited to humanitarian purposes and the international community, including the US, has oversight of how they get spent
Someone, apparently, has a differing view of "oversight."
"Humanitarian" could easily mean "attack Israel" in that culture.
