Israel Under Attack

[Pb]

Yes... though I suspect that if the Indians had acted like the Palestinians, they would all be dead now.

[dogmush]

Yes... though I suspect that if the Indians had acted like the Palestinians, they would all be dead now.

You mean if American Indians had acted like Palestinians by fighting the US Military and attacking and killing civilian settlers in lands they perceived as their own?

[Pb]

I was thinking about when the Indians were moved onto the reservations. They pretty much gave up.  Which was a smart move.  If the Indians had kept up the murders and rapes, like the Palestinians seem intent on doing, I think the USA would have finished killing them all off. 

[dogmush]

Ah, I see.

Yeah you probably aren't wrong there.

IIRC there were some raids staged off of reservations,  but for the most part the tribes were so beat down by the time they got to reservations there wasn't much fighting left to do.

[Ben]

Wow. I'm shocked that pompous blowhard Cenk Uygur kept his mouth shut through this verbal beating he got. And all very good points made by this journalist who I have not heard of before.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1738091808310083587

[WLJ]

Wow. I'm shocked that pompous blowhard Cenk Uygur kept his mouth shut through this verbal beating he got. And all very good points made by this journalist who I have not heard of before.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1738091808310083587

Apparently getting completely owned made zero impression on Cenk Uygur

    Every genocide supporter is outing themselves right now as they look at Douglas Murray's insipid, fact-free, non-sensical defense of mass slaughter in Gaza and obvious disdain and hatred of Palestinians - and think he did a good job. Wow. That's telling on yourself.
    — Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) December 22, 2023

Douglas Murray has reentered the chat at https://twitchy.com/dougp/2023/12/23/take-the-loss-and-move-on-cenk-uygur-gets-advice-after-insisting-douglas-murray-didnt-wreck-him-n2391091

 

[Angel Eyes]

Apparently getting completely owned made zero impression on Cenk Uygur

Just trying to save face, like the drunk who claims the bouncer got in a lucky punch.

[Ron]

Some analysis of the current middle east situation. There are a lot of wheels inside of wheels going on over there, beyond my ability to really grasp what's happening. This article did inform me on a few things though.

 https://tomluongo.me/2023/12/21/no-one-grokked-suez-houthi-gambit/

[WLJ]

Just trying to save face, like the drunk who claims the bouncer got in a lucky punch.

The drunk at least has an excuse, Uygur had his fingers in his ears the whole time.

[WLJ]

Iran extending it's reach

The US has accused Iran of being behind a drone attack on a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean.

The attack on the Chem Pluto on Saturday resulted in a fire, though no casualties were reported. 

Though Iran has not commented on the attack, the US military said the 'one-way attack' was delivered by a 'drone fired from Iran.'

It is understood to be the first time the US has accused Iran of targeting a ship directly. It is also believed to be the furthest attack undertaken by Iran from its own soil.

Now it would be interesting to see how they think they could possibly do this

The accusations comes as Iran has threatened to close off the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea if Israel and its allies continue to commit 'crimes' in Gaza.

Yeah I know, it's Iran beating their chest but it would be interesting to hear what hair brain idea they could come up with short of maybe, MAYBE, being able to sneak a anti ship missile or two close enough but that wouldn't really be closing the Strait would it? Though maybe in their minds it would be enough to scare anyone from going through the strait afterwards.

Chemical tanker 'is hit by drone from Iran off the coast of India - as Tehran threatens to close Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean sea unless Israel stops bombing Gaza
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12898243/Chemical-tanker-hit-drone-Iran-coast-India-Tehran-threatens-close-Strait-Gibraltar-Mediterranean-sea-unless-Israel-stops-bombing-Gaza.html

[Ron]

Our chickens are coming home to roost.

[Ben]

Iran puffing its chest, vs funding and supplying in the background, coupled with everything else going on is slightly worrisome.

I also thought that the latest S2 Underground wire was interesting, as apparently our "partners" are bailing on us because they don't want to work in a coalition to protect shipping in which they take orders from America.

https://youtu.be/Qxo0pQO8MJk

[WLJ]

All they're doing is turning more people against them.

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
Pro-Palestinian protesters have shut down the entrance to O'Hare Airport, causing chaos to travellers attempting to fly home to their families for Christmas.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1738935868142887417

Pro-Palestine Protesters (Hamas Simps) Remind Us They're the SUCKIEST, Block O'Hare Airport Entrance
https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/12/24/pro-palestine-protesters-hamas-simps-remind-us-theyre-the-suckiest-block-ohare-airport-entrance-n2391135

[WLJ]

NYT saying 20,000 people have died.
I'm sure the Hamas fact checkers can confirm that.
They go on to say that's the highest total of any Arab war in the past 40 years which completely ignores the 300,000+ killed in the Syrian war.

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/december-24-israel-hamas-war

[Pb]

How many people were killed in the recent Iraqi civil war?  It has got to much higher than 20,000.

[WLJ]

They weren't killed by Israelis so they don't matter

[WLJ]

All they're doing is turning more people against them.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1738935868142887417

Pro-Palestine Protesters (Hamas Simps) Remind Us They're the SUCKIEST, Block O'Hare Airport Entrance
https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/12/24/pro-palestine-protesters-hamas-simps-remind-us-theyre-the-suckiest-block-ohare-airport-entrance-n2391135

More of that

Pro-Palestinian protestors scale 83-tall Christmas tree in San Francisco's Union Square to demand 'no Christmas as usual'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12898411/Palestine-Protest-San-Francisco-Union-Square-arrest.html

Side note: Somewhat surprise that San Fran allowed a Christmas tree like that to be set up

[Ben]

Well, they're certainly on a roll  with the "making friends" thing today.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/pro-palestinians-disrupt-christmas-fundraiser-blind-children

[WLJ]

Clicked on a NSF twitter Merry Christmas thread and of course even in there someone had to drop a video about a Jesus display that is suppose to be a baby Jesus in the blown up rubble of a house in Gaza

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1739073888665915445

[Hawkmoon]

Clicked on a NSF twitter Merry Christmas thread and of course even in there someone had to drop a video about a Jesus display that is suppose to be a baby Jesus in the blown up rubble of a house in Gaza

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1739073888665915445

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NASA tracking Santa Claus?

[zxcvbob]

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NASA tracking Santa Claus?

Page down a couple of times.

[WLJ]

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NASA tracking Santa Claus?

Here's the direct link to the video
https://twitter.com/omar99HH/status/1739089048755425684`

Someone felt the need to drop that into a NASA Space Flight thread

[De Selby]

The few remaining Christians in Jesus birthplace can’t celebrate today because they are the wrong race and religion, which means the people with the most military strength in their lands don’t recognise their rights at all.

It’s completely wild that most of the west celebrates a holiday for his birthday while a state that declares indigenous Christians in Jesus’s homeland to be stateless and without rights goes about either killing or displacing all of them.

[K Frame]

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NASA tracking Santa Claus?

When I was a kid in Central Pennsylvania my Dad was a volunteer firefighter. He had a scanner. On Christmas Eve starting around 9 p.m. the dispatchers would give updates on Santa's location.

They did that for a number of years until the state made them stop because it was an improper use of emergency dispatch channels.

[WLJ]

The few remaining Christians in Jesus birthplace can’t celebrate today because they are the wrong race and religion, which means the people with the most military strength in their lands don’t recognise their rights at all.

It’s completely wild that most of the west celebrates a holiday for his birthday while a state that declares indigenous Christians in Jesus’s homeland to be stateless and without rights goes about either killing or displacing all of them.

Well the point of my post was only that someone felt the need to drop that story into a NASA Space Flight thread as just another example of them trying to make everyone as miserable as they keep making themselves

Anyhow

BTW:

After the Six-Day War of 1967, it was part of the Israeli-occupied territory of the West Bank. In 1995 Israel ceded control of Bethlehem to the newly established Palestinian Authority in preparation for a two-state solution

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Bethlehem++in+west+bank%3F

Also BTW: Here more on that video they posted

Jesus was born in this village. Now they've canceled Christmas. Are his followers no longer welcome?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesus-born-village-now-canceled-christmas-followers-longer-welcome