Orangeslice13
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Has audio recording of the PRCS coordinating with the IDF and receiving clearance ever been released?Did you read your own link?
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our MIC is out of control in the last 20 to 30 years. We should be demanding better of ourselves and others. We aren't going to be the world standard forever, and people tend to have long memories.Yes, even those not inclined to anti-semitism have incorporated a fictitious accounting of the founding of the state into their belief of what transpired, predominantly "Jews stole the land from poor Arabs" or similar nonsense. They know nothing of the history, that the Arab is far mored the colonizer here than the Jew, nothing of the 1800s land purchases, who actually owned the land, that the British unfairly advantaged the Arab in both ability to purchase land and immigrate to it. Even to the point of British overseers encouraging the Arabs to attack the Jews while they looked the other way, and following their assumed success, those British officers would recommend abandoning the Jewish Home, as the they referred to the potential Israeli state. I doubt many of them understand the post-WW ramifications of how the lands came under British mandate and how such things are handled at conflict's conclusion. 90% of people with an opinion have no clue, and half of the remaining 10% have an agenda. I find the creation of Israel much less controversial than many.
Let's make a distinction between purposeful military strategy of targeting civilians and incidental casualty, which given the close quarters I'm surprised isn't exponentially higher. Once the distinction is made and someone can demonstrate a strategy of targeting or taking no precaution to minimize civilian casualty, then I'm willing to talk. But my first question will be 'why make Israel a historical anomaly?' That is, since when does even Western society go to these lengths to avoid civilian casualty? Hell, the Allies purposely targeted German and Japanese cities to bring the war to an end.
And I'll state, justifiably so. If a people can elect a government who initiates war, why should they be exempt from those consequences? If they can simply sit back while the war is waging remotely, what compels their government to cease? At the very least, their own injury may cause them to pull support for their warring government and petition it. There is no moral reason to exempt or avoid civilian casualty beyond what Israel has done, and is far more than nations have done historically. There's a silly notion there has to be some fairness - an equivalency - in number of casualties, that the Jew must then cease. No one does war that way.
That's not me dancing. That's flatly stating the 'world community' has emboldened Israel's enemies with 2-state stupidity, and warfare limitations they'd never impose on themselves. The caring people created and prolonged this century old battle between Arab and Jew, when Israel should have had no restraint securing their nation more permanently, long ago. I'm saying Gaza put their life in Israel's hands Oct 7, and Israel has the moral standing here to secure themselves. I like that they've minimized civilian casualty, but who the hell am I to demand of them what we'd not impose upon ourselves?
(I do have a wicked Jesco White impression)
I think as a rule any group prosecuting war should aim for as close to the number zero as is possible. I too will not claim to know what number should be, I can only say I do not believe Israel is as close to that number as they could be.Well thought out reply. Thank you.
Do you think that there is an acceptable number of collateral deaths for military operations? Because I think we can both agree that zero is impossible when live rounds are flying. So there should be some way to determine when the number becomes unacceptable.
In the conflict which I have studied in depth the most; I would definitely say the civilian death tolls in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were too high as were also the fire bombing of Dresden and Tokyo.
Full disclosure, I don’t know what that percentage or number should be myself. I just feel that Israel has not surpassed it, especially because I believe the stated casualty number are greatly exaggerated
I see what you are saying now. I've heard this incident referenced multiple times.Because that’s the only way they can spin a Hamas massacre to look like Israel did it. The x95 Tavor, the M4 the Ar 15 all shoot at a rate from 700-1000 RPM.
The problem is that Hamas is using AR15s but there was still no 556 nato at the “crime scene “
Ya, Hamas has some guns that shoot at that rate too.
I see what you are saying now. I've heard this incident referenced multiple times.
Are you saying they found Kalishnakov rounds at the scene of the massacre but no NATO rounds? Can you link to this info? If true that it's very interesting and would strike me next to impossible for Israel to have been involved.
For a minute I thought this was a serious attempt at showing evidence......... LOL. I was seriously confused until I read the text.View attachment 763848
Remind me tonight when I’m not up to my elbows in installing a toilet
A country is made of up of numerous individuals. Individuals do wrong. Unlike Hamas, Israel typically punishes their citizens who intentionally harm Palestinian civilians.
Palestinian governments reward their citizens for harming Israelis
No disagreement there; nothing more plainly states it than when our own CIA attempts to smear a prez candidate, usurp a sitting one, and successfully installs their preferred candidate labeling a laptop a Russian psyops.our MIC is out of control in the last 20 to 30 years. We should be demanding better of ourselves and others. We aren't going to be the world standard forever, and people tend to have long memories.
I too think the they state solution can't work, I've never been more convinced. The only way is for these two groups of people to live together, no defacto separate states living in different settlements. Either Palestinians leave Israel or become full fledged and represented members of it.
It will double as a guest bathroom.well trained dog if he uses a toilet.
It's unbelievable that there are so many idiots that believe this and allow themselves to be manipulated.