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    @the-cysko-kid said:

    None of what you said about Biden matters. We've seen this poor old man disintegrate on live television and the left would rather have an Alzheimer's patient as president than a competent Republican

    But the republicans can't back a competent person?‍♂️ It really is a shame if it has to comes down to Biden vs Trump again. Why can't we have two different candidates?

    @neo said:

    But the republicans can't back a competent person?‍♂️ It really is a shame if it has to comes down to Biden vs Trump again. Why can't we have two different candidates?

    well, it's because there are NONE in the dem party, and the ones who should run in the rep party don't run , like Sen. John Thune of S. Dakota.

       The great rep candidate do not want to put their family through fake accusations of ...rape or sex assault, don't want their kids attacked, their spouse ridiculed.

      I think it was harry reid that smiled about being caught LYING about Romney - he said he paid zero taxes... it was a deliberate manipulative lie. "it worked, didn;t it?"

  • Hamas just had a missile misfire that hit there hospital and are blaming the IDF.  They want Hezbolla to enter the war.  IDF should go ahead with the invasion.

    @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Hamas just had a missile misfire that hit there hospital and are blaming the IDF.  They want Hezbolla to enter the war.  IDF should go ahead with the invasion.

    Escalation

    Hospital was blown up. Palestine claiming 500 dead. Both sides are claiming the other did it. 

    In response,
    -the US embassy in Lebanon now has a massive angry crowd outside of it. Unfortunately for the Americans inside, the size of the crowds looks comparable to the 1979 crisis in Iran
    -The Israeli embassy in Jordan has a similar crowd outside of it. 
    -In Turkey, a very large and angry crowd has gathered outside of both the Israeli embassy and a US military base there. 

    -Turkey's leader Erdogan blames Israel for the attack
    -Israel reportedly calls for all Israelis in Turkey to leave immediately (dubious sources on this one)
    -Jordanian King Abdullah has cancelled planned visit by Biden
    -Egypt is blaming Israel for the hospital bombing

    Fog of war is really bad right now. Very difficult to verify sources. Take everything that is reported by anyone with a grain of salt. 
    Diplomacy appears to be running into a brick wall. The limits of US influence are starting to become obvious. 
    This hospital bombing might be the spark to a regional/global conflict.

    Thread theme:

    All credit to Phil Collins and Genesis (saw em play it live when they were here two years ago), but Disturbed's cover is great. 

  • @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Hamas just had a missile misfire that hit there hospital and are blaming the IDF.  They want Hezbolla to enter the war.  IDF should go ahead with the invasion.

    Escalation

    Hospital was blown up. Palestine claiming 500 dead. Both sides are claiming the other did it. 

    In response,
    -the US embassy in Lebanon now has a massive angry crowd outside of it. Unfortunately for the Americans inside, the size of the crowds looks comparable to the 1979 crisis in Iran
    -The Israeli embassy in Jordan has a similar crowd outside of it. 
    -In Turkey, a very large and angry crowd has gathered outside of both the Israeli embassy and a US military base there. 

    -Turkey's leader Erdogan blames Israel for the attack
    -Israel reportedly calls for all Israelis in Turkey to leave immediately (dubious sources on this one)
    -Jordanian King Abdullah has cancelled planned visit by Biden
    -Egypt is blaming Israel for the hospital bombing

    Fog of war is really bad right now. Very difficult to verify sources. Take everything that is reported by anyone with a grain of salt. 
    Diplomacy appears to be running into a brick wall. The limits of US influence are starting to become obvious. 
    This hospital bombing might be the spark to a regional/global conflict.

    Thread theme:

    All credit to Phil Collins and Genesis (saw em play it live when they were here two years ago), but Disturbed's cover is great. 

    @vaportrail said:

    Escalation

    Hospital was blown up. Palestine claiming 500 dead. Both sides are claiming the other did it. 

    In response,
    -the US embassy in Lebanon now has a massive angry crowd outside of it. Unfortunately for the Americans inside, the size of the crowds looks comparable to the 1979 crisis in Iran
    -The Israeli embassy in Jordan has a similar crowd outside of it. 
    -In Turkey, a very large and angry crowd has gathered outside of both the Israeli embassy and a US military base there. 

    -Turkey's leader Erdogan blames Israel for the attack
    -Israel reportedly calls for all Israelis in Turkey to leave immediately (dubious sources on this one)
    -Jordanian King Abdullah has cancelled planned visit by Biden
    -Egypt is blaming Israel for the hospital bombing

    Fog of war is really bad right now. Very difficult to verify sources. Take everything that is reported by anyone with a grain of salt. 
    Diplomacy appears to be running into a brick wall. The limits of US influence are starting to become obvious. 
    This hospital bombing might be the spark to a regional/global conflict.

    Thread theme:

    All credit to Phil Collins and Genesis (saw em play it live when they were here two years ago), but Disturbed's cover is great. 

    Of course they will blame Israel.  Do you ACTUALLY think that Israel would bomb a hospital now of all times?  But all Muslim countries will of course believe it, which will hasten the apocalypse.  

  • @vaportrail said:

    Escalation

    Hospital was blown up. Palestine claiming 500 dead. Both sides are claiming the other did it. 

    In response,
    -the US embassy in Lebanon now has a massive angry crowd outside of it. Unfortunately for the Americans inside, the size of the crowds looks comparable to the 1979 crisis in Iran
    -The Israeli embassy in Jordan has a similar crowd outside of it. 
    -In Turkey, a very large and angry crowd has gathered outside of both the Israeli embassy and a US military base there. 

    -Turkey's leader Erdogan blames Israel for the attack
    -Israel reportedly calls for all Israelis in Turkey to leave immediately (dubious sources on this one)
    -Jordanian King Abdullah has cancelled planned visit by Biden
    -Egypt is blaming Israel for the hospital bombing

    Fog of war is really bad right now. Very difficult to verify sources. Take everything that is reported by anyone with a grain of salt. 
    Diplomacy appears to be running into a brick wall. The limits of US influence are starting to become obvious. 
    This hospital bombing might be the spark to a regional/global conflict.

    Thread theme:

    All credit to Phil Collins and Genesis (saw em play it live when they were here two years ago), but Disturbed's cover is great. 

    Of course they will blame Israel.  Do you ACTUALLY think that Israel would bomb a hospital now of all times?  But all Muslim countries will of course believe it, which will hasten the apocalypse.  

    @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Of course they will blame Israel.  Do you ACTUALLY think that Israel would bomb a hospital now of all times?  But all Muslim countries will of course believe it, which will hasten the apocalypse.  

    Seeing as this guy who is part of Netanyahu's digital team, posted the tweet below shortly after the hospital was bombed, I don't think you can rule out IDF responsibility for it. He deleted it after he realized that you can't really spin bombing a hospital into a positive. Likewise, you can't rule out that the IDF may have destroyed a weapons depot that Hamas placed under a hospital. Nor can you rule out that it was a stray Hamas rocket. Whoever is responsible deserves to hang, but ultimately, it doesn't matter because it has set into motion the gears of war. 

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  • @vaportrail said:

    Escalation

    Hospital was blown up. Palestine claiming 500 dead. Both sides are claiming the other did it. 

    In response,
    -the US embassy in Lebanon now has a massive angry crowd outside of it. Unfortunately for the Americans inside, the size of the crowds looks comparable to the 1979 crisis in Iran
    -The Israeli embassy in Jordan has a similar crowd outside of it. 
    -In Turkey, a very large and angry crowd has gathered outside of both the Israeli embassy and a US military base there. 

    -Turkey's leader Erdogan blames Israel for the attack
    -Israel reportedly calls for all Israelis in Turkey to leave immediately (dubious sources on this one)
    -Jordanian King Abdullah has cancelled planned visit by Biden
    -Egypt is blaming Israel for the hospital bombing

    Fog of war is really bad right now. Very difficult to verify sources. Take everything that is reported by anyone with a grain of salt. 
    Diplomacy appears to be running into a brick wall. The limits of US influence are starting to become obvious. 
    This hospital bombing might be the spark to a regional/global conflict.

    Thread theme:

    All credit to Phil Collins and Genesis (saw em play it live when they were here two years ago), but Disturbed's cover is great. 

    Of course they will blame Israel.  Do you ACTUALLY think that Israel would bomb a hospital now of all times?  But all Muslim countries will of course believe it, which will hasten the apocalypse.  

    @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Of course they will blame Israel.  Do you ACTUALLY think that Israel would bomb a hospital now of all times?  But all Muslim countries will of course believe it, which will hasten the apocalypse.  

    Yes, I do. Plenty of history and recent comments / actions to say they might.

    "hamas was in the hospital. Trust me"

  • Israel out here committing war crimes and responses are anything from "that's a lie" to "it was a necessary evil" to straight up encouraging genocide 

  • Israel out here committing war crimes and responses are anything from "that's a lie" to "it was a necessary evil" to straight up encouraging genocide 

    @mld-woody said:

    Israel out here committing war crimes and responses are anything from "that's a lie" to "it was a necessary evil" to straight up encouraging genocide 

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

  • @mld-woody said:

    Israel out here committing war crimes and responses are anything from "that's a lie" to "it was a necessary evil" to straight up encouraging genocide 

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    @vaportrail said:

    The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious,

    yeah, Israel exists. That's the actions they HATE and want to DESTROY.

    but they think burning babies alive in their cribs, beheading them, raping/murdering women and children, shooting children in front of their parents, torturing them, kidnapping innocent people...

    is not "egrarious" ?

    tell us how that works, Mr. "I'm not taking a side in this war that hamas started brutally"

  • @mld-woody said:

    Israel out here committing war crimes and responses are anything from "that's a lie" to "it was a necessary evil" to straight up encouraging genocide 

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    @vaportrail said:

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    So just a simple answer my friend, you're the president; it's your call, you have both houses, exactly how do you handle the situation?

    WSS

  • @vaportrail said:

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    So just a simple answer my friend, you're the president; it's your call, you have both houses, exactly how do you handle the situation?

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    So just a simple answer my friend, you're the president; it's your call, you have both houses, exactly how do you handle the situation?

    WSS

    Immediately stop all financial/military aid to Israel/Palestine, tell them that financial aid will be withheld until hostilities end. Send some of said aid to East Palestine, Ohio and Texas border patrol to emphasize that my priority is Americans, not Middle Easterners. Recall both carrier task forces from the region and respectfully tell our "greatest ally" that the $3B in aid they've received from us every year for the last 10 years should be sufficient for them to defend themselves AND house all the Gazans they've displaced. 

    I'd be impeached immediately because Congress is full of neocons and neoliberals beholden to the military industrial complex who think that we can afford to fight proxy wars against Russia, Iran, and China at the same time. But hey, not my problem. 

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  • @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Of course they will blame Israel.  Do you ACTUALLY think that Israel would bomb a hospital now of all times?  But all Muslim countries will of course believe it, which will hasten the apocalypse.  

    Yes, I do. Plenty of history and recent comments / actions to say they might.

    "hamas was in the hospital. Trust me"

    @mld-woody said:

    Yes, I do. Plenty of history and recent comments / actions to say they might.

    "hamas was in the hospital. Trust me"

    Put on your arabian hat and carry a Palestinian flag grasshopper!

  • @mld-woody said:

    Yes, I do. Plenty of history and recent comments / actions to say they might.

    "hamas was in the hospital. Trust me"

    Put on your arabian hat and carry a Palestinian flag grasshopper!

    @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Put on your arabian hat and carry a Palestinian flag grasshopper!

    He's right though. IDF posting their FLIR camera JDAM impacts on residential areas to twitter for the week leading up to the hospital bombing meant that no one was going to give them the benefit of the doubt. Information warfare has exponentially grown since Trump took office, I didn't think I'd see it rise to new heights in the Ukraine conflict, but there's going to be considerably more of it in this conflict. 

    However, this is a photo that people are claiming is the hospital in question. I've got some serious doubts that the explosion that caused this damage also caused 500 deaths. Looks like it set some cars in the parking lot on fire. Like I said before, the bombing of the hospital is irrelevant to the situation on the ground. Unfortunately, the fact that the building is standing might not be enough to reverse the course we were set on yesterday. 

    Remember to take everything you read in these developing situations with a large grain of salt. You do not have to choose a side! Fog of war affects everyone!!! 

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  • @westside-steve said:

    So just a simple answer my friend, you're the president; it's your call, you have both houses, exactly how do you handle the situation?

    WSS

    Immediately stop all financial/military aid to Israel/Palestine, tell them that financial aid will be withheld until hostilities end. Send some of said aid to East Palestine, Ohio and Texas border patrol to emphasize that my priority is Americans, not Middle Easterners. Recall both carrier task forces from the region and respectfully tell our "greatest ally" that the $3B in aid they've received from us every year for the last 10 years should be sufficient for them to defend themselves AND house all the Gazans they've displaced. 

    I'd be impeached immediately because Congress is full of neocons and neoliberals beholden to the military industrial complex who think that we can afford to fight proxy wars against Russia, Iran, and China at the same time. But hey, not my problem. 

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    @vaportrail said:

    Immediately stop all financial/military aid to Israel/Palestine, tell them that financial aid will be withheld until hostilities end. Send some of said aid to East Palestine, Ohio and Texas border patrol to emphasize that my priority is Americans, not Middle Easterners. Recall both carrier task forces from the region and respectfully tell our "greatest ally" that the $3B in aid they've received from us every year for the last 10 years should be sufficient for them to defend themselves AND house all the Gazans they've displaced. 

    I'd be impeached immediately because Congress is full of neocons and neoliberals beholden to the military industrial complex who think that we can afford to fight proxy wars against Russia, Iran, and China at the same time. But hey, not my problem. 

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    Fair enough, I appreciate a straight answer.

    WSS

  • @mld-woody said:

    Israel out here committing war crimes and responses are anything from "that's a lie" to "it was a necessary evil" to straight up encouraging genocide 

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    @vaportrail said:

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    I'm not even talking about just the hospital bombing. There are plenty of questionable to reprehensible actions committed by Israel over the last week and over the last handful of decades 

    And for are very simple minded posters that have a hard (impossible) time with nuance and grey areas... Pointing out these actions by Israel doesn't mean you support Hamas. 

  • @vaportrail said:

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    I'm not even talking about just the hospital bombing. There are plenty of questionable to reprehensible actions committed by Israel over the last week and over the last handful of decades 

    And for are very simple minded posters that have a hard (impossible) time with nuance and grey areas... Pointing out these actions by Israel doesn't mean you support Hamas. 

    @mld-woody said:

    I'm not even talking about just the hospital bombing. There are plenty of questionable to reprehensible actions committed by Israel over the last week and over the last handful of decades 

    And for are very simple minded posters that have a hard (impossible) time with nuance and grey areas... Pointing out these actions by Israel doesn't mean you support Hamas. 

    You're obviously antisemitic.  

  • @vaportrail said:

    Eh, who knows? There could very well have been a weapons depot under that hospital. Even if there was, it doesn't change the outcome. If your mind is already made up, no evidence that comes out is going to change your view. Who did it isn't nearly as important as the real-world consequences of it. 

    Escalation

    Iranian Foreign Minister and diplomatic envoy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic world views Israel's actions as so egregious, that these two countries are willing to stop a 50 year proxy war to meet. (What these two countries decide to do will be the biggest deciding factor for the direction the region goes.) 

    I'm not even talking about just the hospital bombing. There are plenty of questionable to reprehensible actions committed by Israel over the last week and over the last handful of decades 

    And for are very simple minded posters that have a hard (impossible) time with nuance and grey areas... Pointing out these actions by Israel doesn't mean you support Hamas. 

    @mld-woody said:

    I'm not even talking about just the hospital bombing. There are plenty of questionable to reprehensible actions committed by Israel over the last week and over the last handful of decades 

    And for are very simple minded posters that have a hard (impossible) time with nuance and grey areas... Pointing out these actions by Israel doesn't mean you support Hamas. 

    what actions ? links? historical facts?

  • @westside-steve said:

    So just a simple answer my friend, you're the president; it's your call, you have both houses, exactly how do you handle the situation?

    WSS

    Immediately stop all financial/military aid to Israel/Palestine, tell them that financial aid will be withheld until hostilities end. Send some of said aid to East Palestine, Ohio and Texas border patrol to emphasize that my priority is Americans, not Middle Easterners. Recall both carrier task forces from the region and respectfully tell our "greatest ally" that the $3B in aid they've received from us every year for the last 10 years should be sufficient for them to defend themselves AND house all the Gazans they've displaced. 

    I'd be impeached immediately because Congress is full of neocons and neoliberals beholden to the military industrial complex who think that we can afford to fight proxy wars against Russia, Iran, and China at the same time. But hey, not my problem. 

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    @vaportrail said:

    Immediately stop all financial/military aid to Israel/Palestine, tell them that financial aid will be withheld until hostilities end. Send some of said aid to East Palestine, Ohio and Texas border patrol to emphasize that my priority is Americans, not Middle Easterners. Recall both carrier task forces from the region and respectfully tell our "greatest ally" that the $3B in aid they've received from us every year for the last 10 years should be sufficient for them to defend themselves AND house all the Gazans they've displaced. 

    I'd be impeached immediately because Congress is full of neocons and neoliberals beholden to the military industrial complex who think that we can afford to fight proxy wars against Russia, Iran, and China at the same time. But hey, not my problem. 

    That is a fair answer, only superficially. 

    Dig deeper though, and you send Israel into flames, destruction, and millions of cruel deaths. I say that because iran has armed gazan terrorists (hamas, terrorist palestinians) for years, starting immediately after Israel gave up control of gaza FOR PEACE.

       So us not sending any more support to palestinians ...ok, but they win, and radical islam takes over the entire middle east, no going back. Can't undo the Holocaust -

       So, stopping all aid to Israel and palestinians would make iran laugh their asses off. With all of the middle east radicial terrorist based - we would have 9/11's right and left because there would be no stopping them over there.

       So, per your suggestion, the palestinians will be rolling in iran money, and Israel will suffer and die. Then control of the entire middle east would make the terrorists extremely wealthy, and the whole rest of the world would not be safe from terrorism. That is a pandora's box you would be opening, that can never be closed again, without a major WWIII of gigantic destructive proportions never seen on this earth.

    Not much of a solution when you think further on it.

  • How do you Biden voters like your boy now? He's got us funding not one but two indefinite wars while the American people get shit on. At least he hasn't had any scanda...uh, wait..  at least he hasn't said anything stu...um...at least he hasn't mocked a reporter?

  • @mld-woody said:

    I'm not even talking about just the hospital bombing. There are plenty of questionable to reprehensible actions committed by Israel over the last week and over the last handful of decades 

    And for are very simple minded posters that have a hard (impossible) time with nuance and grey areas... Pointing out these actions by Israel doesn't mean you support Hamas. 

    what actions ? links? historical facts?

    @calfoxwc said:

    what actions ? links? historical facts?

    woodpecker don't need no stinking historical facts or links.