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And the people IN Gaza would benefit from all the Jobs the oil and gas pipelines, tank farms, and highways for goods and bulk.
Wonder why Judea/Samaria ("West Bank") under PA control is so quiet given everything happening in Gaza?
Especially relative to the protests of Leftists and Palestinians abroad?
And, the Iranians chime in with characteristic Middle Eastern swordrattlespeak. One thing is definite, their ultrasonic missiles penetrated all defenses and hit what was intended, even if it was theatrics and nobody was killed and a bunch of flak rockets and drones were disabled. Question is, what will they put on those missiles in the future.
No takers on why we call retaliatory strikes on Israel attacks, but unprovoked targeting of an embassy is explained away? You guys are losing the war for your mind...
Must be to many Muslims in positions of power in media.
No takers on why we call retaliatory strikes on Israel attacks, but unprovoked targeting of an embassy is explained away? You guys are losing the war for your mind...
Guessing this is sarcasm, but the patnetters creating the OP's aren't Jews or Muslims. Want you guys to really think about how you're stating things, and why?
RC2006 says
Must be to many Muslims in positions of power in media.
You don't think there aren't tons of anti-western Millennial Muslim Chicks writing articles? Go look at some bylines in the NYT and Vox and Guardian and such. And reporting from Fakestine and the Middle East? It's been heavily Muslim photographers and correspondants with a bias for decades.
Number one is this should not be a problem for the US. Personally I'm sick of my tax dollars being laundered through conflict.
I'm very sceptical about Israel being a ally. They tried to assassinate Truman, tried to sink our warship to get us into conflict, and who knows what else. They are a religious state and their people have a disproportionate amount of sway on our country. I'm tired of them being beyond criticism most of the time and constantly playing the victim card.
Either they can exist on their own or not, that's up to them not the US.
One has vocally and in writing stated they wish to eliminate the other.
WookieMan says
One has vocally and in writing stated they wish to eliminate the other.
You make claims like the above entirely unaware you are wrong..
Show the writing, liar.
https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/hamas_fto.html#:~:text=HAMAS%20emerged%20in%201987%20during,Palestinian%20state%20in%20Israel's%20place
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hamas
As early as March 2004 though (but possibly much sooner), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a strong factor in the pro-Israel lobby in the United States of America, had understood the Hamas charter as to be a religiously motivated call for the "destruction of the State of Israel".
Why are they anti-western, why are we in the middle east.
No takers on why we call retaliatory strikes on Israel attacks, but unprovoked targeting of an embassy is explained away? You guys are losing the war for your mind...
It was retaliatory. The strike killed an IRGC General behind the Oct 7th Terrorist Butchery of Civilians.
RC2006 says
Why are they anti-western, why are we in the middle east.
Oil is much cheaper from the Middle East than anywhere else. If we aren't the top customer somebody else will benefit.
We can debate if the effort is worth it, but there are rational economic and geopolitical reasons behind it.
True but then we picked the wrong side we should have nurtured and stayed allied with Iran. We should have never let the creation of Israel to happen it was a mistake.
True but then we picked the wrong side we should have nurtured and stayed allied with Iran. We should have never let the creation of Israel to happen it was a mistake.
We were allied to Iran, until the radical Shi'a Apocalyptics took over the country and took our people hostage. And, the Shah and Israel got along fine also.
There is no need to be fully isolationist and lose influence of a vital geographic and economically valuable part of the world.
Just because you don't want to get involved, doesn't mean a Libyan or Houthi Pirate Warlord won't try to sieze your shipping.
The party stresses that the “ square unit ” has become a list that is not removed by enemy arrogance, and that the unification of fronts from Gaza to the West Bank, southern Lebanon and the Golan has become a reality.
The party also calls on the Palestinian Authority to take a responsible position in front of the greatness of the scene, and to stop security coordination in a holistic and decisive manner with the occupation, and calls on all our Palestinian people to engage in confrontation، And immediately join the heroic epic of the resistance.
The party calls on the countries of the world to stand right in support of the Palestinian issue, and calls for stopping all recent normalization talks, and ending the agreements “ Ibrahimi ” signed in previous years،; Adopting a resistant act as the only option in dealing with an enemy that only understands the language of iron and fire.
The Syrian National Social Party declares its absolute readiness, and places the “ whirlwind factions ” on full readiness, and confirms that this is not the time to wait and wait, but the time for serious action to liberate Palestine and our entire occupied lands.
Finally, if you think I'm bullshitting about the SSNP's aims and goals, here is their endorsement of the Oct 7th attacks,
Finally, if you think I'm bullshitting about the SSNP's aims and goals, here is their endorsement of the Oct 7th attacks, a call to end the Abraham ("Ibrahim") normalization talks, reversing all agreements already made under them, a call for the PA to join in, and a call for all the Levant to be part of Syria:
Why should we be so afraid of Iran?
Let’s be honest: President Biden and the Democrats want you to be terrified of Iran. And it’s not just on the left. There are plenty of people on the right expressing the same sentiment, though maybe for slightly different reasons.
All we hear is “We don’t want war with Iran, no matter what.” Well, pardon me for asking, but why not? Why are we supposed to be so afraid of Iran?
Look, I’m not hoping for a war. But do you really think it would be all that difficult for the U.S. to defeat Iran?
If we fight the war the way we should — roll through, destroy their military as quickly as possible and chase their government into hiding or into the arms of the public they’ve oppressed, then leave — there’s no doubt we’d win.
Just as Russia is weaker than we were told, so is Iran. Recall how, when Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, we expected to see the world’s second-greatest military roll up Europe’s poorest country like it was a cheap carpet. But it turns out that Russia is so stupidly corrupt that it cannot wage war effectively. Everyone in the power structure is in on the scam, from the lowliest officers selling their military units’ fuel, rations and bullets, to the oligarchs looting the country’s public budget, to Putin himself. Russian military leaders themselves “have estimated that 20 percent to 40 percent of Russia’s military budget is stolen.” That implies a theft of as much as $34 billion per year, or more than the entire state budget of 29 U.S. states.
Iran is no different than Russia in one respect. It is judged as having a strong military based on what the intelligence community thinks the Iranians spend on it, and the fact that it fought Iraq to a stalemate four decades ago. But then, Iraq’s military was also supposedly formidable. It turned out not to be so — in fact, defeating Iraq’s military was the easiest part both times we invaded.
There is no reason to think we couldn’t neutralize Iran’s military just as easily, at least before it develops a nuclear weapon. I’m not saying we should invade, but we should be doing things that puts that fear into the back of Iranian leaders’ minds.
Ronald Reagan’s strategy of “peace through strength” worked not because of the peace part, but because of the strength part. The credible threat of severe consequences is one heck of a strong incentive to avoid bad behavior.
War is an inherently destructive activity. In principle, peace is always in everyone’s interest. But that ceases to be the case when peace requires turning a blind eye to so much aggression. Between its participation in the October 7 terrorist attacks, its nearly 200 attacks on our own bases in the time since, its attacks on Red Sea shipping and its massive aerial attack on Israel over the weekend, Iran has arguably already crossed the threshold of what we can afford to ignore.
The Biden administration seems content to protect Iran from consequences, even to the point of ridiculously denying Iranian involvement in October 7. Biden’s top priority, higher even than peace, seems to be a deal with Iran. But all of his denial is becoming unsustainable as Iran tests America’s limits.
Today, even a simple word of support for anti-regime protesters in the streets of Tehran would go a long way. We should really do more than that by actively supporting them.
Consider that Israel’s Islamic neighbors not only allowed Israel to use their airspace to defend itself from last weekend’s Iranian attack, but some of them actively participated in protecting the Holy City. That shows just how hated Iran’s regime has become in the region. It is making allies out of sworn enemies.
A strong president — one more concerned with the best interests of the country and world than his chances of winning Michigan — would by rallying opposition to Iran and squeezing its terrorist government from every conceivable angle. But we don’t have that president. Some other world leader will have to step up.
Until Iran develops a nuclear weapon, something Democrats seem desperate to make happen, it will be a paper tiger, only capable of inflicting damage through terrorist attacks by its own forces and the paramilitary groups it funds throughout the Middle East. Once Iran gets the bomb, that changes forever. So why are so many people helping the mullahs buy the time they need?
Derek Hunter is host of the Derek Hunter Podcast and a former staffer for the late Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.).
They are a religious state
US makes failed bid for Iran to allow 'symbolic strike' by Israel. An Iranian military security official has revealed exclusively to The Cradle that the US contacted the Islamic Republic, asking the nation to allow Israel "a symbolic strike to save face” following Iran's retaliatory drone and missile barrage this weekend. He added that Tehran “outright rejected” the proposal, delivered by mediators, and reiterated warnings that any Israeli attack on Iranian soil would be met with a decisive and immediate response. The reply was delivered directly to the Swiss envoy in Tehran by officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and not the foreign ministry.
WTF? Is the war all just theater?
WTF? Is the war all just theater?
So, what is the next 'planned' escalation?
WTF? Is the war all just theater?
I disagree.Zionism is not a religion, it's an extremist ideology leveraged by the people who normally gravitate to government to justify the atrocities they commit. Is Israel unique is this behavior? Only in that they hide behind religion as a pretense more than most.
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