Bombing started Saturday!
Posted on 10/09/2023 3:23:16 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
4. Take prominent Hamas and Pali leaders and families prisoner. When an Israeli is killed, force them to eat bacon and hang them on TV. To beat the foe, you must be meaner than the foe—More Savage, more cruel. Bomb Mosques (on Friday when they are full) Bomb Hospitals, schools and homes. Target women and children as well as all the out of work Young Men. War is Hell. Bring hell to their front door.
Yep. I think the region exploding is a very real possibility, perhaps even the likely one. Somethings can’t be contained and total war (if that’s what happens in Gaza) is a very messy business.
The fall of Saddam can be laid at the feet of the Bush’s, and yes, while he was in power he did a good job of keeping Iran in check. As you noted, after he was taken out the Middle East got significantly more dangerous.
bazillion Palestinian videos of their war crimes that they are so thoughtfully documenting for the relevant courts.
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How long before a cell phone’s battery gives out. If they cut the electricity into the city, not able to charge phones.
If they cut the internet connection, no uploads.
Even if they generators, no more fuel into the city the generators will give out.
Not saying they can not still get photos out, but it will be less then the bazillions you predict. :-)
Destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and re-build the Third Jewish Temple on the site. Expel all Islamic people from Jerusalem.
If anyone knows. Last week there was a thread that stated there was going to be several events that would change the world/USA(Paraphrased). this was prior to the Israel attack. I have looked all over FR and can’t find it. Does anyone recall,this@?
100%. The globalist Bush family and their neo-con PNAC nutjobs are squarely to blame. The Iraq War (2nd one especially) has been a horrible, terrible blunder and upended an imperfect, but in hindsight, workable ME power dynamic.
That is a fair point
It needs to be done. It's a breeding ground for Hamas terrorists.
Bombing started Saturday!
What other scenarios are possible?
Failure Theatre, unfortunately.
It is at the absolute limit of Israeli military capability to invade and retake Gaza.
Grozny in 1995 had ~400K population, and Gaza is over 2 million.
The Russians used 40-60K troops with massive bombing and a lot of losses, and it took two months.
Israel regular army is less than 200K, with 500K reservists.
It just doesn’t seem plausible.
Instead they will bomb until international pressure and threat of economic sanctions cause them to declare victory and stop.
I wish Israel had realistic options to prevent this for the future, but I don’t think they do.
Israel destroys Hamas, then occupies Gaza. The Palestinians will be better off living under Israeli rule than under their own.
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They’ve (Israel) been there and done that and had 2 Intifadas as a result. Just my opinion, but an Israeli occupation of a Gaza full of Palestinians isn’t an option at this juncture. Not saying that’s not what will happen, just saying it will invite more of the same and won’t end well.
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I just noticed that video is over a year old. I wonder what those two would say now if they discussed the same topic.
You make very good points. The math isn’t great for the IDF. Short of killing a million Pals via foreboding and thermobarics, etc. the IDF is very disadvantaged in sustained conflict. Their 2006 incursion into Lebanon was underwhelming. I also think urban combat tactics, which has all sorts of new elements honed in Ukraine, fall to the advantage of Hamas, not the IDF.
Psalm 83, Ezekiel 39-39.
Putin did better against Grozny in 1999. But there were a lot less people and fighters by then, and the Russians used tactics like you described - with all of the “international community” including the NeoCons shrieking and crying.
And that is another problem Israel faces. They are very dependent on the global economy (unlike Russia). They are going to get limited cover for only a short period from Biden.
What happens next?
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip as the Israel Defense Forces prepares for a major offensive in response to Hamas’s deadly surprise attack on Oct. 7, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
“There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel; everything is closed,” Gallant stated following an assessment at the IDF Southern Command in Beersheva.
“We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly,” added the defense minister.
In a separate announcement on Monday, Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz said that he instructed authorities to cut off water to the Strip.
Hamas has killed at least 800 Israelis and wounded more than 2,300 on Saturday in a massive offensive that included the launch of thousands of rockets at the Jewish state.
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