What's the difference whether they talk face to face or through intermediaries? Probably more efficient to go direct. Plus Israel has been talking to and allowing for funding for Hamas since its inception so spare us the nonsense of "no one talks to terrorists". It's unproductive.
Other than increased quantity, I wonder what other weapons can be made available? Is there something in the US inventory that hasn't been provided/used at this point? Or maybe the Israelis themselves have something that the US has prohibited until now.
"Yours is the profession of arms, the will to win, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory, that if you lose, the Nation will be destroyed, that the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country."
Israel knows this and will practice it if no stopped by the spineless of the West.
Trump is a dealmaker, not a knee breaker and Hamas knows it. They're still alive after all his previous threats. At some point, the President has to pull a trigger or nobody will believe he has the balls to do it.
Unconditional surrender is a good option to require for Hamas. Let them die or surrender to be tried by military tribunals for their crimes against humanity. It is the only civilized way to treat this terrorist proxy army of Iran.
The problem is that Hamas is in tunnels directly below the Gazan civilians, no matter where those civilians are. Blow up the tunnels and you blow up civilians - warn the civilians to move away from above a particular set of tunnels and you have warned Hamas. Hamas is not the shield of civilians like every other army on the face of the earth, rather the civilians are shielding Hamas. Moreover, Hamas, though the elected government of Gaza, refuses to be responsible for the welfare of its citizens, rather it regards the welfare of its citizens as the responsibility of the Israeli government. This is as unusual as the Hamas miltary shielding itself behind its own civilians. The net is that where most governments, facing military defeat and economic collapse would surrender, Hamas, when defeated militarily and impotent economically, simply increases its demands on the israelis without surrendering. Defeating Hamas is a war crime.
Kaki- the theory was that the fakestinians voted for and wanted Hamas for their leadership. The theory was that if Israel forwards money to the fakestinians in general and Hamas in particular they would find material comfort and prosperity satisfying and would see that peace is more enjoyable than murdering innocent civilians. That they used the money instead for building, tunnels and rockets to more effectively murder people rather than building hotels, and swimming pools was not what they expected.
It used to be in Israel there was a significant number of people who felt that everyone wanted peace, Israel just had not offered enough. There was of course a significant portion that thought all that the Muslims want is murder. They’re no longer is any peace process. There is nearly not a single person, only the most extreme radical leftists, The is prepared to give them anything. Again, except for only the most radicalized leftists everyone acknowledges that giving them land will be nothing more than territory for freedom of movement for them to murder Jews.
And it is not like anyone believes that Hamas is the source of this. Most of the people who breached the barrier and came into Israel to murder and rape were not Hamas. They were the normal everyday citizens. It is the normal every day citizens that volunteered their houses to store prisoners. It is the normal every day citizens that allowed their schools and houses and hospitals and mosques to be used for command and control centers. It is not a problem. It is all of the guys.
Freder Frederson said... Trump sounds like DeNiro as Al Capone in “The Untouchables” right before Capone took a baseball bat to their heads.
You sound like you think this is a good thing.
3/6/25, 7:31 AM … It is a good thing. Destroying evil is necessary for good to survive and thrive. I think it was Isaiah that said woe to he that calls evil good and good evil.
I guess when you have an intolerable situation and the antagonist refuses to change, you have to change the antagonist.
Trump made his outrageous Gaza proposal and Presto ! A week or two later the Arabs put theirs forward. More will come, but Hamas has to go. Their only support is clandestine and nefarious. Adios, Hamas. It'll take a few generations to reverse-brainwash the populace though.
Every Image of Hamas - and they are covered in masks. Why not be out there an proud? Lets see your proud Jew-hating faces - murdering a-holes. Hamas and American leftist Antifa thugs have that in common.
The theory was that if Israel forwards money to the fakestinians in general and Hamas in particular they would find material comfort and prosperity satisfying and would see that peace is more enjoyable than murdering innocent civilians.
Actually, no.
Most of the time, Israeli policy was to treat the Palestinian Authority as a burden and Hamas as an asset. Far-right MK Bezalel Smotrich, now the finance minister in the hardline government and leader of the Religious Zionism party, said so himself in 2015.
According to various reports, Netanyahu made a similar point at a Likud faction meeting in early 2019, when he was quoted as saying that those who oppose a Palestinian state should support the transfer of funds to Gaza, because maintaining the separation between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza would prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. -- The Times of Israel
AMDG said... And each and every death and destroyed building is 100% due to the satanic scum of Hamas.
Agreed, yet still tragic. Japanese leadership was responsible for the deaths of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just as Hamas is responsible for Gaza.
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Trump sounds like DeNiro as Al Capone in “The Untouchables” right before Capone took a baseball bat to their heads.
I realize Hamas started this to drag the US into a conflict, but it is time to end it.
What's the difference whether they talk face to face or through intermediaries? Probably more efficient to go direct. Plus Israel has been talking to and allowing for funding for Hamas since its inception so spare us the nonsense of "no one talks to terrorists". It's unproductive.
I would prefer to see Hamas killed, but unlike many people, I don't profess to know everything.
Shalom is like Aloha then
Love itg! Its about time!!!
i agree.
"Get the Hell out of Gaza now so I can build the Riviera of the Middle East, you fuckin' Dipshits!"
Other than increased quantity, I wonder what other weapons can be made available? Is there something in the US inventory that hasn't been provided/used at this point? Or maybe the Israelis themselves have something that the US has prohibited until now.
What a tragic waste of life and treasure.
"Yours is the profession of arms, the will to win, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory, that if you lose, the Nation will be destroyed, that the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country."
Israel knows this and will practice it if no stopped by the spineless of the West.
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2001/11/04/general-douglas-macarthurs-farewell-speech-to-west-point-1962/
Perhaps Trump will greenlight Israel targeting Hamas’ leadership anytime, anyplace.
Trump sounds like DeNiro as Al Capone in “The Untouchables” right before Capone took a baseball bat to their heads.
You sound like you think this is a good thing.
Trump is a dealmaker, not a knee breaker and Hamas knows it. They're still alive after all his previous threats. At some point, the President has to pull a trigger or nobody will believe he has the balls to do it.
Clint Eastwood version of The Donald.
Unconditional surrender is a good option to require for Hamas. Let them die or surrender to be tried by military tribunals for their crimes against humanity. It is the only civilized way to treat this terrorist proxy army of Iran.
mindnumbrobot said...
What a tragic waste of life and treasure.
3/6/25, 6:47 AM
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And each and every death and destroyed building is 100% due to the satanic scum of Hamas.
The left love Hamas.
Israel has been coddling Hamas from the beginning like a favorite tumor so it's hard to excise
Another protracted, stalemated conflict. No point in making it into a proxy war.
The problem is that Hamas is in tunnels directly below the Gazan civilians, no matter where those civilians are. Blow up the tunnels and you blow up civilians - warn the civilians to move away from above a particular set of tunnels and you have warned Hamas. Hamas is not the shield of civilians like every other army on the face of the earth, rather the civilians are shielding Hamas. Moreover, Hamas, though the elected government of Gaza, refuses to be responsible for the welfare of its citizens, rather it regards the welfare of its citizens as the responsibility of the Israeli government. This is as unusual as the Hamas miltary shielding itself behind its own civilians. The net is that where most governments, facing military defeat and economic collapse would surrender, Hamas, when defeated militarily and impotent economically, simply increases its demands on the israelis without surrendering. Defeating Hamas is a war crime.
Kaki- the theory was that the fakestinians voted for and wanted Hamas for their leadership. The theory was that if Israel forwards money to the fakestinians in general and Hamas in particular they would find material comfort and prosperity satisfying and would see that peace is more enjoyable than murdering innocent civilians. That they used the money instead for building, tunnels and rockets to more effectively murder people rather than building hotels, and swimming pools was not what they expected.
It used to be in Israel there was a significant number of people who felt that everyone wanted peace, Israel just had not offered enough. There was of course a significant portion that thought all that the Muslims want is murder. They’re no longer is any peace process. There is nearly not a single person, only the most extreme radical leftists, The is prepared to give them anything. Again, except for only the most radicalized leftists everyone acknowledges that giving them land will be nothing more than territory for freedom of movement for them to murder Jews.
And it is not like anyone believes that Hamas is the source of this. Most of the people who breached the barrier and came into Israel to murder and rape were not Hamas. They were the normal everyday citizens. It is the normal every day citizens that volunteered their houses to store prisoners. It is the normal every day citizens that allowed their schools and houses and hospitals and mosques to be used for command and control centers. It is not a problem. It is all of the guys.
Freder Frederson said...
Trump sounds like DeNiro as Al Capone in “The Untouchables” right before Capone took a baseball bat to their heads.
You sound like you think this is a good thing.
3/6/25, 7:31 AM
…
It is a good thing. Destroying evil is necessary for good to survive and thrive. I think it was Isaiah that said woe to he that calls evil good and good evil.
I guess when you have an intolerable situation and the antagonist refuses to change, you have to change the antagonist.
Trump made his outrageous Gaza proposal and Presto ! A week or two later the Arabs put theirs forward. More will come, but Hamas has to go. Their only support is clandestine and nefarious. Adios, Hamas. It'll take a few generations to reverse-brainwash the populace though.
Trump has to follow through and start killing the Hamas leaders in the countries where they are hiding. And seize their financial accounts.
Every Image of Hamas - and they are covered in masks. Why not be out there an proud? Lets see your proud Jew-hating faces - murdering a-holes.
Hamas and American leftist Antifa thugs have that in common.
"If these students were a bunch of Nazis blaring bullhorns and shouting into megaphones you can believe they would be rounded up within the hour. But because they are communists, they get an extended free pass."
Again - why the masks? Show your faces - leftist cowards.
The theory was that if Israel forwards money to the fakestinians in general and Hamas in particular they would find material comfort and prosperity satisfying and would see that peace is more enjoyable than murdering innocent civilians.
Actually, no.
Most of the time, Israeli policy was to treat the Palestinian Authority as a burden and Hamas as an asset. Far-right MK Bezalel Smotrich, now the finance minister in the hardline government and leader of the Religious Zionism party, said so himself in 2015.
According to various reports, Netanyahu made a similar point at a Likud faction meeting in early 2019, when he was quoted as saying that those who oppose a Palestinian state should support the transfer of funds to Gaza, because maintaining the separation between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza would prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. -- The Times of Israel
They're still alive after all his previous threats.
ISIS isn't.
AMDG said...
And each and every death and destroyed building is 100% due to the satanic scum of Hamas.
Agreed, yet still tragic. Japanese leadership was responsible for the deaths of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just as Hamas is responsible for Gaza.
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