Posted on 10/09/2023 3:23:16 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Yes. IDF has to move hard and fast and beg for forgiveness later. All of this against the backdrop of more global conflict is to their (Israeli) advantage, I think. Palestinians seem relatively insignificant relative to China’s threat to Taiwan or Russia escalating use of force in Ukraine and beyond. Regardless, it’s all a very volatile situation and events can end up controlling the men versus the men controlling the events.
I don’t agree with you about the other Islamic settlements. If they were minding their own business, why attack them? You don’t want a holy war, and don’t forget that Palestinians have attacked other Muslims. Jordan took a bunch of them in and the Palestinians rewarded the hospitality by attacking the monarchy and trying to overthrow the government!
“The Sampson Option” is still possible. At the moment, there is a grand total of one (1) nuclear power in the ME. Word has been discretely whispered that if a WMD goes off in Tel Aviv, the response will take out Mecca, Medina, and the capital cities of Muslim nations. This poem isn’t original, but it sort of sums up the possibilities:
The World will learn
Sooner or Later
If Muhammed will pray
To a glowing crater.
I’m wondering, though, what reaction of the dispensational Christians in the USA would be if Israel was erased off the map ...
“any Palestinian civilians who want to leave should be given the opportunity to do so”
Netanyahu already said 1-2 days ago for people to leave Gaza because he was gonna start retaliating.
Maybe they could retake part of Gaza, and push the population into the remainder. That could be done with a smalller force.
Israel needs to go scorched earth on Gaza. They won’t, but that’s what needs to happen.
“I think those hostages are already dead.”
Sadly you are most correct.
Why? Because they are not hostages they are war trophies for the folks back home and to spread the terror to as many Israeli families as possible. The American and European hostages are cherries on the topping.
The problem with letting “civilians” out of Gaza is the fakestinians will throw down their weapons and claim to be refugees. They get behind Israeli lines and half of them pull out hidden weapons and cause havoc. Then the IDF has to start all over again.
Better to scour the ground clean and take it for Israel.
Whatever Israel does someone isn’t going to like it. When you have to fight do it like you’re the last in line for the ark and sister, it’s raining.
Normally I would agree with your viewpoint, however, if those same areas are going to be part of any move on Israel if indeed Psalm 83 is interpreted correctly, then I’d rather take care of those areas also, now, instead of playing whack a mole in the coming weeks/months/years.
I’ve read speculations for years about Israel having nuclear weapons under wraps. Is there anything about the skies raining fire and melting the land?
The former Gazans go to anywhere but Europe/USA.
Our track record is not good (and western Europe’s worse) with keeping these types of a-holes out.
No it’s not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayyinb0UJlU
Lawrence Of Arabia
Exodus 17:14 Then YHVH said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
MbA
I need to dig into this. Various commentators indicate this was the war in 2 Chronicles 20.
Brother, it’s getting much closer now.
I don’t think this will fizzle out without major consequences this time.
Everything just keeps escalating.
Do you know who posted it?
I posted a couple that suggested something to that effect.
“I’m wondering, though, what reaction of the dispensational Christians in the USA would be if Israel was erased off the map ...”
That won’t happen completely. Israel is prophesied to score some major military victories in the future (perhaps very soon - even in this war), then get their faces clocked by a political deal that will be intended to destroy them (2 state solution?)
The Sampson Option could very well happen soon, multiple times in multiple countries.
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