Posted on 09/16/2025 3:20:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
US President Donald Trump published a post on Truth Social on Monday, in which he once again called on the Hamas terrorist organization to release all the hostages it is holding.
"I have just read a News Report that Hamas has moved the hostages above ground to use them as human shields against Israel’s ground offensive," Trump wrote.
He added, "I hope the Leaders of Hamas know what they’re getting into if they do such a thing. This is a human atrocity, the likes of which few people have ever seen before. Don’t let this happen or, ALL 'BETS' ARE OFF. RELEASE ALL HOSTAGES NOW!"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Trump’s post and said, “Thank you President Trump for your unflinching support for Israel's battle against Hamas and the release of all our hostages.”
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shared Trump’s post and wrote on X, “Let’s hope the monsters of Hamas listen to President Trump
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If?
I think all bets are off.
Where has he been? If? It is well known. I know he’s just talking.
He was making it US policy.
The idea of “bringing terrorists to justice” is a breathtaking mockery of any civilized understanding of justice. The feral psychopaths of Hamas and Hezbollah never display the civility required for Geneva Convention definitions for militia, armed force, or volunteer corps, but are so dissociated from country or culture, so committed to butchery that they best match Webster’s definition for a virus. They are not insurgents or freedom fighters, and when captured, certainly not prisoners of war. These killers are not members of an organized resistance movement carrying arms openly, and they have no distinctive identifier. The Geneva Conventions place terrorists beyond the pale, discuss no limits in dealing with their depredations. So, their eradication would come closest to achieving meaningful justice.
The Geneva Conventions, which attempt to grasp rational, moral threads to apply during wars’ barbarity formed the basis for our operations. For my Navy experience helping to pulverize a major enemy base in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, I especially liked the obvious reading of Articles 28 and 29 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The VC were responsible for any civilian deaths in the base our ship shelled. Those civilians qualified as Protected Persons within the enemy’s physical control and could not be used to render certain points and areas immune from military operations. The Convention articles are as follows:
ART. 28. — The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.
ART. 29. — The Party to the conflict in whose hands protected persons may be, is responsible for the treatment accorded to them by its agents, irrespective of any individual responsibility which may be incurred.
The passages furnished the basis for rules of engagement we followed when attacking a legitimate military target. The base the SEAL team identified in the U Minh Forest had been continuously used at least since the Vietnamese had fought the Japanese, so families of the VC would have been residents as well. Distance provided me with the blessing of avoiding the cleanup afterwards for the mess I helped create with our 445 rounds of 3”50cal. However, I am certain our task force was effective. We helped to permanently shatter the last intact VC main force unit, forcing it to surrender control the region.
The fact that Hamas took hostages and killed innocent civilians should mean that all bets are off. I hope Israel keeps going until every member of Hamas and every supporter of Hamas are dead.
The relatives of Israelis abducted, raped, beaten or taken away as hostages have chosen to suppress the videos.
That is terribly wrong.
It allowed leftist anti-semitic news media and politicians to falsely claim “no babies went into ovens” and “Israelis were taking the rights of Arabs anyway and both sides were fighting that day. It was a cry of desperation from Palestinians who were ignored by the world until that day.”
Where has he been? If? It is well known. I know he’s just talking.No he's not just talking...you are and you don't know what you're talking about...It's not our war.
Let us know when you're put in charge of that mess.
As terrorists, Hamas has no Geneva standing to start with.
Hamas started this war and they STILL dangle “hostages” over Israel’s head.
Hamas is holding the whole area hostage, unwilling Palestinians included.
Satan controls Hamas.
Israel needs to free all hostages dead or alive and eradicate Hamas.
There is no other way.
Yep. That is what the Geneva Conventions say. I didn’t list the articles, but instead all the ways in which they did not qualify. Therefore, only thing left is to treat them as a viral or bacterial infection.
Do you not know that Hamass and all Islamic terrorists have been using women and children as human shields?
How is the progress of the Israeli offensive, the news will never report it. I heard that they postponed some activity to allow the remaining people to get out.
I just posted this: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4341144/posts
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