I converted my trash-posting @HamasSatire account to a personal one.
I'll stop posting on this one so if you follow me and still interested in my dumb takes, follow me there.
Trump saying he believes a Saudi peace deal is close, coupled with his mention to expect a West Bank annexation decision within four weeks, makes me think the Saudi peace deal will occur within that timeframe with annexation as the payoff, not an end to the war.
Israel is the only Western country with real men. Don't tell me the weak woke in NYC would fight back a stabbing terrorist the way they did in Tel Aviv today.
Can I just kidnap two random kids on the streets of NYC and expect the government to release 40 serial killers per kid, or is this something we only expect the Jews to do?
Any deal that entails Israel leaving Gaza would be catastrophic. Either Hamas or some other form of it would inevitably rebuild.
The hundreds of soldiers' lives lost, generational PR damage, and billions of dollars spent would all be for nothing.
The Abraham Accords are significant yet over-romanticized.
No country in the Middle East is truly at peace with Israel. It's their authoritarian governments that are.
Iran abducting a 'civilian' Chabad Rabbi in response to the killing of their top 'military' leaders further proves that they're both barbaric and incompetent at the same time.
Giving Saudi Arabia advanced weaponry such as F35s in exchange for a peace deal would be Israel's biggest strategic mistake. Ever.
Majority of the population still hates Israel and MBS won't always stay in power.
[What guarantees the next leader won't be a radical islamist with different aspirations? Him being assassinated or exiled are legitimate concerns given the demographics.]
Promising but we'll fail to see the impact this could've had as the laser-based system is limited to short & medium range rockets and the only ones shooting them are Hamas & Hezbollah.
Hamas is de facto history. Hezbollah's arsenal is at less than 20% and counting.
Imagine a Jew walking into an African American restaurant harassing random black faced people.
Imagine the uproar. This gets a few hundred likes and ZERO media attention.
We're at a tipping point. The coming 70 years will look very different from the past 70.
Iran 'had' 3 main assets:
1. Hamas 2. Hezbollah 3. Ballistic Missiles.
Hamas = Piece of history (as a military force)
Hezbollah = Crushed and actively being dismantled
Ballistic missiles = Production capability substantially crippled in today's attack
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They're working on a fourth asset that would outrank the other three: Nuclear capabilities
90% of their air defense batteries have been destroyed meaning, F35s won't be necessary to strike their bunkers and older-gen fighter jets will be able to operate freely.
Iran 'had' 3 main assets:
1. Hamas 2. Hezbollah 3. Ballistic Missiles.
Hamas = Piece of history (as a military force)
Hezbollah = Crushed and actively being dismantled
Ballistic missiles = Production capability substantially crippled in today's attack
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They're working on a fourth asset that would outrank the other three: Nuclear capabilities
90% of their air defense batteries have been destroyed meaning, F35s won't be necessary to strike their bunkers and older-gen fighter jets will be able to operate freely.