Posted on 12/31/2023 5:26:24 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
And let’s be honest. No one gives a rat’s rear about the Palestinians (whatever a Palestinian is....) neither Jew nor Gentile nor even Arab. It’s all just an excuse for Jew-hatred and anti-Semitism.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that Western countries take in millions of Palestinian refugees who are fleeing Gaza.
And that, of course, more than exceeded this observer's limit of what can be accepted. From that moment on, Mister Netanyahu might as well have been any other evil person of history.
Whether the genocide claims have or have no merit, Netanyahu is now way outside the circle of trust, and should not be believed without extensive corroboration.
IOW israel can’t handle wider escalation yet but will be able to in the future!
It’s likely given the oil market has treated this as a non-event from day one until now that no regional war was or is expected.
Drill,drill,drill sends Iran and Russia back to harmless skid row.
“Whether the genocide claims have or have no merit,”
bibi needs extensive corroboration of no genocide-
said no one-besides the savages, the jew haters and assorted sycophants.
Words don’t have meanings anymore. Leftists just call anything they don’t like Genocide, anyone they don’t like Hitler, and whatever they can’t have a violation of their human rights, and an insurrection. And fascism.
The US is currently at record levels exporting oil so th market hasn’t reacted because demand is down anyway because economies are slowing. Israel can’t handle wider escalation but apparently Netanyahu expects the US to pick up the slack. Well we can’t because we don’t have enough military assets in the region. Netanyahu is over estimating the capabilities of the Israeli military. China gets most of its oil from Iran and Russia is now cooperating militarily with Iran because of their assistance to them with drones for Ukraine. At the moment the only thing Israel has is air superiority and that will end as soon as Russia brings in their S-400 missile system.
Netanyahu is expecting more from the US than we can deliver, and I don’t see this ending well for Israel. If they strike Iran’s oil infrastructure, Hezbollah takes out Israel’s Tamar gas field which supplies 70% of their electricity. It’s not a pretty picture for anyone.
I am in Israel during this incredibly difficult moment for this nation and for the entire world. As Secretary of State, as a Jew, as a husband and a father, I understand on a personal level the harrowing echoes Hamas's massacres carry. pic.twitter.com/aY7MrAdK62— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) October 12, 2023
Well said.
‘Death to Hamas. It’s not genocide, it’s justice.’
Exactly.
The US is still below demand adjusted output from pre-pandemic.
IOW with no pandemic or Biden and oil at half the price output today is below what was expected it to be in 2019.
The price has doubled-which raises expected output even higher.
Leaving the bottom line at we’re still paying climate juiced prices despite record output and global economic slowdown-
which doesn’t change that oil would much higher if regional war was expected.
China gets most of their oil fr Saudis and Putin.
Russia can barely afford one war.
At the moment Russia and Iran have abt 11months of US energy policy left to fund their wars. With Russian rates at 16% and the 50% drop in the ruble-Russia will be fortunate to survive.
The currency and commodity markets are the forward looking objective barometers. They’re unanimously disputing those forecasts.
Hamas does have the option to sue for peace or surrender unconditionally. Accept an imposed government, disarmament with oversight, etc. Or continued destruction. The ball is in their court, but trading momentary peace for hostages isn’t going to cut it.
Israel is withdrawing several brigades and deactivating reserves. They are transitioning to a lower level, sustainable conflict. They are in this for the long haul.
“the Israeli army isn’t big enough to fight on several fronts”
do you not have faith in God? they have fought on numerous fronts at time before, God can help them again.
Do you prefer the term ethnic cleansing then?
Israel has no plans to settle Jews in Gaza.
Everyone can see what’s going on over there, mark my words Netanyahu is leading Israel to ruin.
The vast majority of Israelis support the War Coalition which includes former opposition parties like Gantz's National Unity. Basically over 100 member of the Knesset support the war. But since you are a military and IR genius, what is your solution?
Has it occured to you that Biden doesn’t want Israel to go to war with Iran, because Biden still wants a deal with Iran? Biden is so desperate for one that he immediately undermined anti-Russian sanctions to keep Russia as a mediator with Iran.
You should learn to do basic research before accepting and posting lies.
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