Oct 16, 2023·edited Oct 16, 2023Liked by Don Surber
As my French Literature professor used to say, "what's the moral of this story?" The moral of the Israel-Palestinian story is that you can't appease evil. Evil will turn around and eat you alive. Unfortunately, in America as elsewhere, we call evil good and good evil. See Bible for details.
I don't believe this is about Trump at all. It's about all of US. We are the force that will protect America. Trump is just the vehicle we will use to do it.
Ha! The gall of China! They scolded Israel saying their actions are going beyond self defense. What hypocrites. Think the Uighurs and Nepaleses evil wicked Communists. You have killed thousands as you have invaded their communities/land. Both have tried to defend their lifestyles and/or land from your murderous atrocities. You have no moral standing to say anything to Israel! First, live out your scolding for multiple generations, change your evil form of government, be a shining light on a hill. Then, you may have standing! Standing and trust have to be earned cancerous goons!
Oct 16, 2023·edited Oct 16, 2023Liked by Don Surber
Turn Gaza, Judea and Samaria ( the erstwhile West Bank) into glass factories and then create a 25 mile DMZ in south Lebanon.
In my humble opinion, at the end of the day this is going to be about bringing Iran to heel.
I think it’s finally dawned on somebody either at State or the Military that having the Iranian goat-fr’s running around with ‘The’ bomb might not move civilization forward all that much.
But the US can’t be seen to be the prime mover. That’s why they’re supporting Israel. They’ll let Israel (and their brand spanking new F-35’s) do it… and I’m OK with that!
I like your use of Nike-the wokest of the woke. Excellent article by Clarise at American Thinker is an analysis of all the wokesters, including Hamas and Harvard.
Now is a good time for current and some former CIA, NSI, UN, WHO and some Marxist government leaders worldwide to hold a peace conference in Iran! Imagine the nifty effects of the Kabooms!!
Iran has a history of resisting outside influence. No amount of diplomacy is going to work with them. The current government there is the problem. If Israel wants to finish the job, they should go into Iran and eliminate their government and warn Iran that the replacements better not be more of the same. And WE need to back them up.
Oct 16, 2023·edited Oct 16, 2023Liked by Don Surber
The article said:
Oh, Putin is a villain. And he’s clever not wise. He’s evil. I will celebrate the day he dies. Ditto Chairman Xi, Kim Jong Un, and the entire government of Iran.
I say:
Why not blamed the thing most responsible--the child molester and very corrupt JOE BIDEN. When he dies as he should be quite soon, the world just may have a chance at normalcy. Anyone out there stupid enough to think any of this would have happened had Mr. Trump been president?
My sentiments too. Problem and fear I have is with (and now his puppet Biden) Barry Soetoro's 8 yrs. of hidden tyranny, advancing world-wide regime change. installation of socialist Marxist ideologs throughout the government and judiciary is the not-so-secret weapon of that Soetoro administration. That is our "fifth column".
The money changers who pull Xidens strings have many puppets. Zou is one of hundreds, as is Turdball and the deposed feminazi in New Zealand, and most of our congress and governors. Please note that the republican governors association didn't support the republican candidate in Louisiana because Trump endorsed him.
I have many times wrote some nasty notes to the RNC and I make it quite clear that I do not support RINO's. The days of "Go along to get along ARE OVER." Friggin' animals.
Don't forget the difference between real leadership and followers. Most of the GOP is in the latter category. But most will jump to the other side in a heartbeat when the favorable winds blow right. Until someone can prove me wrong, I see the GOP as tough talking followers.
Biden is just a corrupt puppet pout for himself and his family. There are many behind him pulling the strings. They are the one's always standing the shadows. They need to be spotlighted and shamed and their businesses crippled.
The Palestinians are a fake group of people created after 1967 to be used as human shields or human bombs to destroy Jews. If they needed a place to live, there is lots of land in the Middle East where they could have their own country. Saudi Arabia is creating a City called Noem out of the desert. No one wants them because they understand they contribute nothing to society, other than the ability to create destruction and death.
Another difference between the two wars is that apparently Xiden can send billion$ to Ukraine all on his own any time he feels like it, but we can’t send aid to Israel because we currently have no speaker to pass the proper legislation in the House. How does that work?
(I’m assuming that the difference is that Israel isn’t giving 10% to Joe and they don’t have all of the means to blackmail him the way Ukraine does. Too bad that Hunter never tried to cut any deals in Israel.)
Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shield and hostages. Some accept that role because like the spouses of domestic abusers they can't bear to admit the truth. Those who try to leave are prevented and even murdered by Hamas. Once the Israeli operation in Gaza gets underway the Leftist western pro-Palestinian press will have non-stop coverage of the toll the war takes on civilians. After maybe 3 or 4 weeks Western resolve will weaken and Western leaders, along with the Netanyahu hating Israeli Left will pressure Netanyahu to call an end to it. That has been the pattern in the past and sadly will be repeated. Palestinian terrorism will live to murder Israelis another day.
Unfortunately this is like watching a druggie's downward spiral. Until they actually want to help themselves, nothing you do to help will actually.... help.
They have gone too far many times before. This time is no different. Until we rid the world of militant Islam, the world will keep having this discussion.
That's been the script to date, yes, however As Don pointed out the shear proportional impact of the numbers slaughtered will be ever present with them. Question though is whether arms will continue to flow to Israel. Ukranian drawdown on weapon stockpiles is a real problem.
Netanyahu said we will finish it, as he should. If he doesn’t take Gaza, the problem will certainly continue. He MUST finish it come what may! I am 99% sure that he will at this point. Stand your ground Bibi!!!! You will have a majority of the world support. We are all tired of these evil people!
I chose arrests and trials for leaders because I don't think the terrorists are in Gaza at this point. They'll regroup and strike again. I'm in favor of leveling Gaza, but don't think it will impact Hamas.
I would rather see public trials and hangings of traitors and terrorists.
Thanks to FJB and his open door policy at the southern border, America probably has many Iranian sleeper cells waiting to be activated for similar destruction here. The goal is to start WWIII.
Most of the leaders may be gone, but it is the infrastructure that must also be destroyed. All of the tunnels, arms storage, launch sites within hospitals, etc.
Excellent post, sir. However, I think you are missing the biggest difference, Don. Israel is generally hated by the left because Jews: the Ukraine isn't. Anti-semitism is part and parcel of the left belief system these days. Hence watch as the US government starts walking back on support.
You're reading more and more posts from Jews who are starting to realize that the people they vote for and fund don't really care for them. Democrats will try to walk a very fine line here. Hopefully the Asians and Jews together realize that the Democrats only want their money and they don't like them much...
I tend to differentiate between secular Jews, on one side, and religious Jews and Zionists on the other. Secular Jews tend to be liberal and the kind of fools who put 'Coexist' bumper stickers on their cars. I hope you are right that the secular Jews are starting to figure out that the Marxist left could really care less about them...but I doubt it.
“This claim was rich coming from people who fixed the 2020 presidential election or aided and abetted the theft.”
Correct.
“Russia taking over Ukraine would suck for Ukrainians but it posed little if any threat to me or my country.”
Correct. Except for the U.S. politicians laundering money through Ukraine.
Very nice summary of the evils of Palestinians. Britain declared them in 1922. The UN ‘gave’ them a ‘state’ in 1948 which is Jordan. In 1964 the PLO was created to agitate against Jews.
It is all propaganda all the time as division is the goal. Trump brokered peace among the real People and they kicked him out of orifice.
There’s one other factor here that has to be mentioned besides the fact that every generation of Jews has to fend off genocide.
Much of the resurgence of Jew hatred comes from funding by Muslim groups of antisemitic organizations. It goes back to money. Qatar, Iran, other Arabs fund this garbage. It’s ubiquitous. They fund the mosques and the religious schools, which are starting to pop up in the United States, where this theofascist religion and its doctrine of hate get taught. Don’t be fooled. Money matters. It’s why 9/11 efforts never ended up going after the Saudis as was indicated and ndvesssary.
Some people say that Israel’s fight is not their fight. They don’t care. That’s fine. That’s their prerogative. I think it displays a lack of compassion, but that’s my issue. But if you believe that yo are safe with the immigration policies and Leftist tendencies in America and the West, you are sticking your head in the sand. These creeps are here and they are coming for everybody. They murder Christians with impunity as well. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, atheists. They don’t care. Convert, be a slave or die. It’s in your self interest to support the fight against evil. It’s also morally correct. Just my two cents.
Thank you Don for your clear eyed discussion of world events every day. I always feel better when I read your stuff.
Two cheers for Putin here. On balance he has been good for Russia. When he first came to power in 2000, the communists had 50% popular support. Now it's 10%. There is no evidence he wants to occupy Ukraine. He invaded with 60,000 men, for very limited objectives, to save the Russian speaking people of the Donbass from being constantly bombed and shelled. Almost everybody in Crimea considers themselves to be Russian, and there were talks between U.S. and Ukraine about the US having a navy base there. How would we like to have a Chinese navy base in Mexico? The anti-Russian, anti-Putin hysteria drummed up by the Victoria Nulands are bizarre, irrational, and leading us to WWIII.
Ponder what is happening at this very moment. Israel has called up all of its reservists, and now has near a half-million men under arms. Most of Israel's political leaders have called for a ground war to eradicate all remnants of Hamas in Gaza. Most Israeli citizens support this. Yet so far, there has been no indication that the ground attack has commenced. Meanwhile, support for such an Israeli ground offensive is cooling among the leaders of other nations, especially among our own DC cabal. Biden is now asking China (!) to help mediate a resolution. Despite all the warlike rhetoric, the last thing the Biden cabal wants is for Israel to grind through northern Gaza, killing a lot of people, including "civilians." Why is this, you may ask? Look to the source of funding of the democrat party. (Yes, always follow the money, dear friends.) Over 50% of ALL contributions to the democrat party and its politicians comes from wealthy Jews, who are overwhelmingly in support of Israel and would thus favor a ground war of annihilation. However, contrast the polling! Over 50% of all American Jews (not just the high-rolling political contributors) look favorably upon the "Palestinians" and the same majority of ALL democrat voters polls likewise! So if Biden pleases his financial backers, the democrats may well lose in the next election cycle, but if he pleases the democrat voting base, the party may well lose its wealthy Jewish supporters. So Biden's puppeteers have to pay a double game, and very carefully navigate the waters between full support for Israeli military action and a fear of voter reaction against the party in the upcoming elections should they follow through on this. The democrat party is full of contradictions here, simply because it is a coalition of groups that hold opposite views and are united only in their hatred of Trump and Trump's MAGA supporters (i.e., traditional, normal Americans). Netanyahu also knows Israel can not prosecute a ground war without full and unequivocal American support. Despite majority republican sentiment for an Israeli annihilation of Hamas at any cost, it is the democrats who effectively control the American war machine and so it is the democrats who will decide what America will do. On account of this, I predict that we will see a gradual shrinking back from a ground offensive of any magnitude, and instead of a military victory, Israel may very well have to content itself with a rhetorical one, i.e., declare victory and go home, as we did in Iraq and Afghanistan, with its tail between its legs. Meanwhile, does anybody know or care what is going on in eastern Ukraine? Anybody? Buehler? Buehler? I shall conclude by reiterating what I have said on every occasion in which I have commented on either Ukraine or Israel/Hamas, viz., neither of these conflicts is one that involves American interests directly or vitally. Let the Russians sort things out with the Ukrainians and let the Israelis settle their hash with the islamists. We need to look after our own best interests by closing our borders, deporting all illegals, suspending profligate government spending and rooting out the traitors in our midst, by which I mean voting out all democrats, everywhere so that the American Republic can be reclaimed from its enemies.
All true. Netanyahu said this will be a long and nasty effort. Emphasis on the LONG.... They have to prep the battlefield first. They've been there before so probably are well aware of what they are up against. A large portion of the reservists will not go to Gaza but will be dedicated to protecting Israel from other neighboring nations/actors. They have to defend in all directions. I am particularly interested in how the IDF will neutralize the tunnel complex. They've had plenty of time to think about it and develop the necessary toolkits i.e. robots etc. Tunnels have long been a problem for soldiers. Tunnels can potentially be turned into mass graves as well.....
‘Over 50% of all American Jews (not just the high-rolling political contributors) look favorably upon the "Palestinians",’…
Over 70% of all American Jews see themselves as ‘Reform’ or any one of the more permissive species (2 More, I think) to the left of them. These pussies are more interested in hiding their religious affiliation in case some one says Boo or Pogrom or Hey You Juden . They can reliably be expected to vote on the left and for the left no matter what the issue is, and the only Jews who vote for and with conservative convictions reside in the more and most observant congregations. Unfortunately they dress funny and have weird Haircuts!
As my French Literature professor used to say, "what's the moral of this story?" The moral of the Israel-Palestinian story is that you can't appease evil. Evil will turn around and eat you alive. Unfortunately, in America as elsewhere, we call evil good and good evil. See Bible for details.
Of course, You've heard Trump's story about the beautiful women and the snake?
Huma and HiLlARy? He's lucky he hasn't contracted Arkancide for mentioning that.
I love this comment!
HiLIARly! Great eponym for the LIAR in Chief!
I don't believe this is about Trump at all. It's about all of US. We are the force that will protect America. Trump is just the vehicle we will use to do it.
Haven’t heard the story but sounds like Al Wilson’s The Snake. That song hit the nail on the head for me when all this mass migration first started.
https://youtu.be/qSrOXvoNLwg?si=X7fe3UmeewRNQVKj
Ha! The gall of China! They scolded Israel saying their actions are going beyond self defense. What hypocrites. Think the Uighurs and Nepaleses evil wicked Communists. You have killed thousands as you have invaded their communities/land. Both have tried to defend their lifestyles and/or land from your murderous atrocities. You have no moral standing to say anything to Israel! First, live out your scolding for multiple generations, change your evil form of government, be a shining light on a hill. Then, you may have standing! Standing and trust have to be earned cancerous goons!
Perfection.
Excellent post and easy poll.
Yes indeed!!
"poverty forces reliance on the government for sustenance"
That's exactly what Biden and his cohorts in crime are doing to America.
And he's doing it at an incredible speed. FJB
Bingo. Winner of the day!
Turn Gaza, Judea and Samaria ( the erstwhile West Bank) into glass factories and then create a 25 mile DMZ in south Lebanon.
In my humble opinion, at the end of the day this is going to be about bringing Iran to heel.
I think it’s finally dawned on somebody either at State or the Military that having the Iranian goat-fr’s running around with ‘The’ bomb might not move civilization forward all that much.
But the US can’t be seen to be the prime mover. That’s why they’re supporting Israel. They’ll let Israel (and their brand spanking new F-35’s) do it… and I’m OK with that!
I too hope that the Iranian ayatollahs and their Nike program is destroyed as well.
Yes, prefer adidas :)
Oops. Nuke.
I like your use of Nike-the wokest of the woke. Excellent article by Clarise at American Thinker is an analysis of all the wokesters, including Hamas and Harvard.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/time_for_wokesters_to_stick_a_sock_in_it.html
I look forward to her excellent column every Sunday
Now is a good time for current and some former CIA, NSI, UN, WHO and some Marxist government leaders worldwide to hold a peace conference in Iran! Imagine the nifty effects of the Kabooms!!
Iran has a history of resisting outside influence. No amount of diplomacy is going to work with them. The current government there is the problem. If Israel wants to finish the job, they should go into Iran and eliminate their government and warn Iran that the replacements better not be more of the same. And WE need to back them up.
The article said:
Oh, Putin is a villain. And he’s clever not wise. He’s evil. I will celebrate the day he dies. Ditto Chairman Xi, Kim Jong Un, and the entire government of Iran.
I say:
Why not blamed the thing most responsible--the child molester and very corrupt JOE BIDEN. When he dies as he should be quite soon, the world just may have a chance at normalcy. Anyone out there stupid enough to think any of this would have happened had Mr. Trump been president?
My sentiments too. Problem and fear I have is with (and now his puppet Biden) Barry Soetoro's 8 yrs. of hidden tyranny, advancing world-wide regime change. installation of socialist Marxist ideologs throughout the government and judiciary is the not-so-secret weapon of that Soetoro administration. That is our "fifth column".
The money changers who pull Xidens strings have many puppets. Zou is one of hundreds, as is Turdball and the deposed feminazi in New Zealand, and most of our congress and governors. Please note that the republican governors association didn't support the republican candidate in Louisiana because Trump endorsed him.
I have many times wrote some nasty notes to the RNC and I make it quite clear that I do not support RINO's. The days of "Go along to get along ARE OVER." Friggin' animals.
Amen.
Don't forget the difference between real leadership and followers. Most of the GOP is in the latter category. But most will jump to the other side in a heartbeat when the favorable winds blow right. Until someone can prove me wrong, I see the GOP as tough talking followers.
Biden is just a corrupt puppet pout for himself and his family. There are many behind him pulling the strings. They are the one's always standing the shadows. They need to be spotlighted and shamed and their businesses crippled.
The Palestinians are a fake group of people created after 1967 to be used as human shields or human bombs to destroy Jews. If they needed a place to live, there is lots of land in the Middle East where they could have their own country. Saudi Arabia is creating a City called Noem out of the desert. No one wants them because they understand they contribute nothing to society, other than the ability to create destruction and death.
GMTA Mark!!!!
What is GMTA mark? I missed it when first written.
Great minds think alike
Thank you Mark!!!
Great minds think alike.
Hammassholes. Priceless.
Another difference between the two wars is that apparently Xiden can send billion$ to Ukraine all on his own any time he feels like it, but we can’t send aid to Israel because we currently have no speaker to pass the proper legislation in the House. How does that work?
(I’m assuming that the difference is that Israel isn’t giving 10% to Joe and they don’t have all of the means to blackmail him the way Ukraine does. Too bad that Hunter never tried to cut any deals in Israel.)
I'd say you are right here.
Aaah yes. Sharply made point, Plays with needles. Thanks.
Maybe he tried and was shown the door.
Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shield and hostages. Some accept that role because like the spouses of domestic abusers they can't bear to admit the truth. Those who try to leave are prevented and even murdered by Hamas. Once the Israeli operation in Gaza gets underway the Leftist western pro-Palestinian press will have non-stop coverage of the toll the war takes on civilians. After maybe 3 or 4 weeks Western resolve will weaken and Western leaders, along with the Netanyahu hating Israeli Left will pressure Netanyahu to call an end to it. That has been the pattern in the past and sadly will be repeated. Palestinian terrorism will live to murder Israelis another day.
People like their lives the way they are. If they don't they change them.
That applies to targets of domestic abuse and Gaza residents.
We need to accept that fact instead of showering with compassion people who have no intention of helping themselves.
Unfortunately this is like watching a druggie's downward spiral. Until they actually want to help themselves, nothing you do to help will actually.... help.
I hope (and pray) that this time, the cries of the left will fall on deaf ears.
I do too. Hamas has gone too far.
They have gone too far many times before. This time is no different. Until we rid the world of militant Islam, the world will keep having this discussion.
Amen, it needs to stop.
And right now!
That's been the script to date, yes, however As Don pointed out the shear proportional impact of the numbers slaughtered will be ever present with them. Question though is whether arms will continue to flow to Israel. Ukranian drawdown on weapon stockpiles is a real problem.
When a persons religion tells them it is okay to murder innocent babies and their families, that person has a culture with no religion at all.
Netanyahu said we will finish it, as he should. If he doesn’t take Gaza, the problem will certainly continue. He MUST finish it come what may! I am 99% sure that he will at this point. Stand your ground Bibi!!!! You will have a majority of the world support. We are all tired of these evil people!
I chose arrests and trials for leaders because I don't think the terrorists are in Gaza at this point. They'll regroup and strike again. I'm in favor of leveling Gaza, but don't think it will impact Hamas.
I would rather see public trials and hangings of traitors and terrorists.
Thanks to FJB and his open door policy at the southern border, America probably has many Iranian sleeper cells waiting to be activated for similar destruction here. The goal is to start WWIII.
I believe by keeping Hamas out of Gaza, you are keeping them a further distance which is helpful given the shorter range weapons they've used.
They MUST take Gaza for greater security!
Gaza needs to be uninhabited like a DMZ. Cross it and you are dead.
Yes indeed!
Most of the leaders may be gone, but it is the infrastructure that must also be destroyed. All of the tunnels, arms storage, launch sites within hospitals, etc.
Excellent post, sir. However, I think you are missing the biggest difference, Don. Israel is generally hated by the left because Jews: the Ukraine isn't. Anti-semitism is part and parcel of the left belief system these days. Hence watch as the US government starts walking back on support.
You're reading more and more posts from Jews who are starting to realize that the people they vote for and fund don't really care for them. Democrats will try to walk a very fine line here. Hopefully the Asians and Jews together realize that the Democrats only want their money and they don't like them much...
I tend to differentiate between secular Jews, on one side, and religious Jews and Zionists on the other. Secular Jews tend to be liberal and the kind of fools who put 'Coexist' bumper stickers on their cars. I hope you are right that the secular Jews are starting to figure out that the Marxist left could really care less about them...but I doubt it.
We don’t have a legitimate government. Full steam ahead Israel!
“This claim was rich coming from people who fixed the 2020 presidential election or aided and abetted the theft.”
Correct.
“Russia taking over Ukraine would suck for Ukrainians but it posed little if any threat to me or my country.”
Correct. Except for the U.S. politicians laundering money through Ukraine.
Very nice summary of the evils of Palestinians. Britain declared them in 1922. The UN ‘gave’ them a ‘state’ in 1948 which is Jordan. In 1964 the PLO was created to agitate against Jews.
It is all propaganda all the time as division is the goal. Trump brokered peace among the real People and they kicked him out of orifice.
There’s one other factor here that has to be mentioned besides the fact that every generation of Jews has to fend off genocide.
Much of the resurgence of Jew hatred comes from funding by Muslim groups of antisemitic organizations. It goes back to money. Qatar, Iran, other Arabs fund this garbage. It’s ubiquitous. They fund the mosques and the religious schools, which are starting to pop up in the United States, where this theofascist religion and its doctrine of hate get taught. Don’t be fooled. Money matters. It’s why 9/11 efforts never ended up going after the Saudis as was indicated and ndvesssary.
Some people say that Israel’s fight is not their fight. They don’t care. That’s fine. That’s their prerogative. I think it displays a lack of compassion, but that’s my issue. But if you believe that yo are safe with the immigration policies and Leftist tendencies in America and the West, you are sticking your head in the sand. These creeps are here and they are coming for everybody. They murder Christians with impunity as well. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, atheists. They don’t care. Convert, be a slave or die. It’s in your self interest to support the fight against evil. It’s also morally correct. Just my two cents.
Thank you Don for your clear eyed discussion of world events every day. I always feel better when I read your stuff.
Well said, as usual.
Two cheers for Putin here. On balance he has been good for Russia. When he first came to power in 2000, the communists had 50% popular support. Now it's 10%. There is no evidence he wants to occupy Ukraine. He invaded with 60,000 men, for very limited objectives, to save the Russian speaking people of the Donbass from being constantly bombed and shelled. Almost everybody in Crimea considers themselves to be Russian, and there were talks between U.S. and Ukraine about the US having a navy base there. How would we like to have a Chinese navy base in Mexico? The anti-Russian, anti-Putin hysteria drummed up by the Victoria Nulands are bizarre, irrational, and leading us to WWIII.
Ponder what is happening at this very moment. Israel has called up all of its reservists, and now has near a half-million men under arms. Most of Israel's political leaders have called for a ground war to eradicate all remnants of Hamas in Gaza. Most Israeli citizens support this. Yet so far, there has been no indication that the ground attack has commenced. Meanwhile, support for such an Israeli ground offensive is cooling among the leaders of other nations, especially among our own DC cabal. Biden is now asking China (!) to help mediate a resolution. Despite all the warlike rhetoric, the last thing the Biden cabal wants is for Israel to grind through northern Gaza, killing a lot of people, including "civilians." Why is this, you may ask? Look to the source of funding of the democrat party. (Yes, always follow the money, dear friends.) Over 50% of ALL contributions to the democrat party and its politicians comes from wealthy Jews, who are overwhelmingly in support of Israel and would thus favor a ground war of annihilation. However, contrast the polling! Over 50% of all American Jews (not just the high-rolling political contributors) look favorably upon the "Palestinians" and the same majority of ALL democrat voters polls likewise! So if Biden pleases his financial backers, the democrats may well lose in the next election cycle, but if he pleases the democrat voting base, the party may well lose its wealthy Jewish supporters. So Biden's puppeteers have to pay a double game, and very carefully navigate the waters between full support for Israeli military action and a fear of voter reaction against the party in the upcoming elections should they follow through on this. The democrat party is full of contradictions here, simply because it is a coalition of groups that hold opposite views and are united only in their hatred of Trump and Trump's MAGA supporters (i.e., traditional, normal Americans). Netanyahu also knows Israel can not prosecute a ground war without full and unequivocal American support. Despite majority republican sentiment for an Israeli annihilation of Hamas at any cost, it is the democrats who effectively control the American war machine and so it is the democrats who will decide what America will do. On account of this, I predict that we will see a gradual shrinking back from a ground offensive of any magnitude, and instead of a military victory, Israel may very well have to content itself with a rhetorical one, i.e., declare victory and go home, as we did in Iraq and Afghanistan, with its tail between its legs. Meanwhile, does anybody know or care what is going on in eastern Ukraine? Anybody? Buehler? Buehler? I shall conclude by reiterating what I have said on every occasion in which I have commented on either Ukraine or Israel/Hamas, viz., neither of these conflicts is one that involves American interests directly or vitally. Let the Russians sort things out with the Ukrainians and let the Israelis settle their hash with the islamists. We need to look after our own best interests by closing our borders, deporting all illegals, suspending profligate government spending and rooting out the traitors in our midst, by which I mean voting out all democrats, everywhere so that the American Republic can be reclaimed from its enemies.
"Netanyahu also knows Israel can not prosecute a ground war without full and unequivocal American support."
Perhaps not, but perhaps it can. It has always had US support, but I'm not sure it is necessary for Israel to take care of its own business.
We'll see.
The length of the war matters a great deal for Israel. A long war and they need US support. Time will tell.
No argument, here - in any event, I'd like to see Israel make it a short one by obliterating as much of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, et al.
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind seeing Israel prevail without US support...
Agreed. At this point, we might be the one's who need their support! We have a hollow military totally dependent on nukes right now.
All true. Netanyahu said this will be a long and nasty effort. Emphasis on the LONG.... They have to prep the battlefield first. They've been there before so probably are well aware of what they are up against. A large portion of the reservists will not go to Gaza but will be dedicated to protecting Israel from other neighboring nations/actors. They have to defend in all directions. I am particularly interested in how the IDF will neutralize the tunnel complex. They've had plenty of time to think about it and develop the necessary toolkits i.e. robots etc. Tunnels have long been a problem for soldiers. Tunnels can potentially be turned into mass graves as well.....
It is time for Israel to ignore the Marxist American Marxadministration.
and execute a shock and awe attack post haste. Occupy Gaza and reclaim it as part of Israel. Period!
‘Over 50% of all American Jews (not just the high-rolling political contributors) look favorably upon the "Palestinians",’…
Over 70% of all American Jews see themselves as ‘Reform’ or any one of the more permissive species (2 More, I think) to the left of them. These pussies are more interested in hiding their religious affiliation in case some one says Boo or Pogrom or Hey You Juden . They can reliably be expected to vote on the left and for the left no matter what the issue is, and the only Jews who vote for and with conservative convictions reside in the more and most observant congregations. Unfortunately they dress funny and have weird Haircuts!
Pussies indeed.
Hamassholes. Brilliant, Don.