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The difference is that Mossad is telling the truth, as was Hamas when they also said Iran was involved, while America is saying a lie that best serves America’s interests. I applaud the Biden Administration for it. This is some of the best crisis management the Biden Administration has done since getting to the White House.

The Biden Administration has told Lebanon, Syria, and Iran in no uncertain terms that if any of them attempt to stir the pot right now that we will kill them. We have put the Gerald R Ford carrier strike group right off the coast of Syria and are bringing the Dwight D Eisenhower carrier strike group into the region to make good on those threats.

The claims of not being able to find evidence that Iran was directly involved was to allow Iran space to back down without losing face. It is a lie but it is a lie in service of de-escalation. Any statements from Iranian officials denying foreknowledge of the Hamas attack is a signal that Iran is accepting America’s invitation for cooler heads to prevail.
So far, I’ve only found one major news outlet claiming direct involvement, the WSJ saying attack was approved in Beirut the Monday before the attack. I can’t find a way to read their report…actually, I see you can listen to a portion of the article…

 
It's just so odd how the same people that are extremely pro-war in Ukraine then Pro Palestine don't understand their sheer hypocrisy. I want no involvement whatsoever and I'm the bad guy while others are openly supporting Palestine for doing similar things to what Russia is doing. The ease of manipulation is scary ****. "We hate Putin the evil dictator but we loooooooove Hamas the terrorists organization". It...makes...no....sense...

Zelenskys words... Not mines

Zelenskiy made his first visit to NATO headquarters since Russia's invasion last year, at a time when turbulence in the U.S. Congress threatens to disrupt aid for Kyiv and the world's attention is drawn to another crisis unfolding in Israel.

He made explicit comparisons between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, and said Western military aid was crucial to put Moscow on the backfoot in the war.

"Terrorists like Putin or like Hamas seek to hold free and democratic nations as hostages and they want power," he said.

"(Russia) still has enough resources to incite conflicts and turn them into full-scale tragedies and this is happening in Sahel. And it can happen even more painfully in Israel and in the Middle East."


 
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Back on Jazzfanz for the first time in a minute, wanted to read some and let some thoughts flow too. No real order to them.

I'm not very interested in a 'who started it' discussion at this point, it goes back to at least WWI, and certainly nobody alive today was there making decisions, all need to focus on how to move forward.

The Israeli government and Hamas are imperfect representatives of their people, but they are representatives of them. Trump was our president and now Biden is, I expect other nations to treat their actions as our actions unless we are actively trying to remove them through revolutionary action.

For wars to end all parties have to want the war to end (or a big neutral party can stamp it out, but none of those exist or are interested). Hamas isn't even close to wanting the war to end, and Israel isn't either after recent events (they weren't that close prior either, but closer).

I've been happy with US efforts to keep the war from expanding. I'm happy Fatah and the West Bank doesn't seem to jumping all in on the situation. It gives me some hope on they and the Israelis continuing to be on speaking terms.

I find it unlikely Israel backs down from the current bombardments/siege into invasion plan until a serious percentage of hostages are accounted for. I am concerned Hamas will not turn them over under any circumstance, their goal seems to be becoming martyrs (well, not personally, leadership is abroad, but turning the Gazan people into martyrs).

I hope that boots on the ground leadership in Gaza prevails and does what is best for their people and negotiates those hostage returns, and that Israel responds with as much empathy as they can muster including ending the active siege, letting in any aid and ceasing bombardment.

Can't really see much past that at this point, but I hope that's what happens next.
 
The difference is that Mossad is telling the truth, as was Hamas when they also said Iran was involved, while America is saying a lie that best serves America’s interests. I applaud the Biden Administration for it. This is some of the best crisis management the Biden Administration has done since getting to the White House.

The Biden Administration has told Lebanon, Syria, and Iran in no uncertain terms that if any of them attempt to stir the pot right now that we will kill them. We have put the Gerald R Ford carrier strike group right off the coast of Syria and are bringing the Dwight D Eisenhower carrier strike group into the region to make good on those threats.

The claims of not being able to find evidence that Iran was directly involved was to allow Iran space to back down without losing face. It is a lie but it is a lie in service of de-escalation. Any statements from Iranian officials denying foreknowledge of the Hamas attack is a signal that Iran is accepting America’s invitation for cooler heads to prevail.
In addition to WSJ claims, found these articles….


 
I understand that. My post was a response saying “media manufactured content at its finest”. It shows that Biden stated he saw/confirmed children be-headed.

The tweet had a community note attached showing the Israeli news saying that the White House could not confirm Biden’s statement.

It’s was ironic to me, that misinformation, coming from the president was debunked by Israeli media.
 
Last time I checked, ANC wasn't Hamas nor was their party platform built on driving white people into the sea or ending the very existence of Afrikaners as a nation.
I agree, but don't understand the relevance to what I said.
 
Israel is like South Africa. Except the small part where South Africa wasn't attacked by its neighbouring countries multiple times over it's 75-year existence. Nor were there any neighbours who declared war on SA and never signed a peace treaty, even 8 decades later. Nor did SA win that war whose sole aim was physical destruction of its people, only to find themselves facing all kinds of pressure to sign treaties with a state utterly unwilling to sign one. And might I add, a state that approaches the idea of negotiations as if they are the victor.
Are you saying the Israeli treatment of the Palestinian people is justified? If not, what is your point in listing differences from South Africa?

Countless treaties have been signed over the past couple of centuries where the attacker/loser was punished, but apparently that doesn't apply when Israel is involved.
Overall, would you say these punishments have been productive or counter-productive? If you think they are productive, what punishments do you think would be appropriate for the Palestinian people?
 
It's just so odd how the same people that are extremely pro-war in Ukraine then Pro Palestine don't understand their sheer hypocrisy. I want no involvement whatsoever and I'm the bad guy while others are openly supporting Palestine for doing similar things to what Russia is doing. The ease of manipulation is scary ****. "We hate Putin the evil dictator but we loooooooove Hamas the terrorists organization". It...makes...no....sense...

Zelenskys words... Not mines

Zelenskiy made his first visit to NATO headquarters since Russia's invasion last year, at a time when turbulence in the U.S. Congress threatens to disrupt aid for Kyiv and the world's attention is drawn to another crisis unfolding in Israel.

He made explicit comparisons between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, and said Western military aid was crucial to put Moscow on the backfoot in the war.

"Terrorists like Putin or like Hamas seek to hold free and democratic nations as hostages and they want power," he said.

"(Russia) still has enough resources to incite conflicts and turn them into full-scale tragedies and this is happening in Sahel. And it can happen even more painfully in Israel and in the Middle East."



Yeah, ok. Conservatives choice for president literally praised Hezbollah. You’re in a cult.



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Yeah, ok. Conservatives choice for president literally praised Hezbollah. You’re in a cult.



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Lol it's extremely clear what he meant. He never once praised them. You just intentionally take things out of context for faux outrage then call others cultist for your blatant propagated misunderstanding. It's crazy how Democrats can be so easily manipulated to take something so obvious out of context. This is like the "very good people on both sides" hoax. How easy it is to cut apart a sentence and manipulate some knowing they really don't care about the truth just spreading hateful messages calling others cultist. They are the real Trumps.

“And then two nights ago, I read all of Biden security people — can you imagine? National defense people and they said, ‘Gee, I hope Hezbollah doesn’t attack from the north because that’s the most vulnerable spot.’ I said, 'Wait a minute. You know, Hezbollah is very smart. They’re all very smart.'”

In a statement Thursday, the Trump campaign said, “President Trump was clearly pointing out how incompetent Biden and his administration were by telegraphing to the terrorists an area that is susceptible to an attack. Smart does not equal good. It just proves Biden is stupid.”

“They might not have been doing it, but if you listen to this jerk, you would attack from the north, because he said that’s our weak spot,” the former president went on. “Whoever heard of officials saying on television that they hope the enemy doesn’t attack in a certain area?”
 
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