The Exploding Pagers
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 14:08 last edited by
Correction. One casualty. A Palestinian in the West Bank.
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 14:31 last edited by
So... we now know where Baghdad Bob went after Iraq fell.
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 15:18 last edited by
From SCUD to THUD?
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 15:34 last edited by
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.
wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 15:48 last edited by@LuFins-Dad UNfortunately (at least from the transcript I read), neither was willing to answer with a yes or no.
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 15:49 last edited by
Words like 'preemptive' and 'unprovoked' should simply never be used in relation to the Middle East.
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@LuFins-Dad UNfortunately (at least from the transcript I read), neither was willing to answer with a yes or no.
wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 15:50 last edited byWatch. 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.
wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 15:58 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 16:07 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 17:02 last edited by
And a reasonable action, IMO. They have ballistic missiles and it's only a matter of time before they put a nuke on one.
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wrote on 2 Oct 2024, 22:46 last edited by
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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wrote on 6 Oct 2024, 21:19 last edited by
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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wrote on 16 Oct 2024, 23:20 last edited by
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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wrote on 16 Oct 2024, 23:21 last edited by
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…
wrote on 16 Oct 2024, 23:33 last edited by@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.
wrote on 16 Oct 2024, 23:51 last edited by@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.
wrote on 17 Oct 2024, 00:28 last edited by@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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wrote on 17 Oct 2024, 12:50 last edited by
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