The level of denial required to continue to support Israel is phenomenal.
Look at all the downvotes when I copy and paste MSM reporting that admits the injuring of thousands of innocent people in Lebanon by Israel!
Tovarishch, otgul i vozvrashcheniye s temi zhe oshibkami ne reshayut problemu. Vy portite nashu rabotu!
Funny how every time I yell at one of these serial LR trolls in Russian, he immediately stops posting for several hours! Like he has been caught! Why else would anyone do that? 🤔
I agree with this. I support Israel and their right to exist. This type of attack although frightening for the terror groups is going to indiscriminately kill or hurt people close to the phone/device. You know this is going to cause severe collateral death/maiming.
99% percent of those injured / died in the explosions were Hezbollah armed members, using these devices for for their communication for fighting Israel during this war. These pagers were ordered during this war, especially for the combatants of terrorist group Hezbollah who targets innocent civilians in Israel. And the news report of NY time you sent here says that directly "Pagers Explode Across Lebanon in Apparent Attack on Hezbollah". In fact, even Al Jazeera admits that:
You seem to think an attack on “Hezbollah armed members” is justified no matter what. Hezbollah is designated by the US as a terrorist organization but they are also a legitimate political party and win a nontrivial number of election seats in Lebanon and have been part of the ruling coalition multiple times. It is also true that Hezbollah originated in response to Israel’s attack on Lebanon and has always had in its charter the goal of eliminating the State of Israel (not the same as killing all Israelis). Different truths can coexist.
Israel has a right to exist and defend itself, but the pager/radio attack was not in retaliation to anything specific by Hezbollah. They detonated them simply because they feared Hezbollah were very close to uncovering this secret capability they had built over months and decided to just use it than lose it entirely. It’s a war crime.
they are a natural ally, in that they are a western facing, liberal democracy in the grander american vision of american liberal democratic tradition of popular representation in government, human rights and open markets and personal freedoms.
they are a strategic ally, in that they dovetail into our overall aims for limiting the ambitions of authoritarian local and global actors and have provided many tactical assistance in these aims many times over.
is that what you're looking for? maybe there is some engagement with ChatGPT you could pursue instead of asking obvious questions here.
Israel is going to invade Southern Lebanon. The device attack is probably more about disabling Hezbollah's communications and command structure than actually taking out Hezbollah fighters on any military scale. Hezbollah has about 20k active duty soldiers and another 20k in reserves. There are still plenty of soldiers ready to fight Israel.
The main problem Hezbollah poses for Israel is its rockets. Hezbollah has a significant arsenal of rockets and artillery. They have been peppering northern Israel with strikes, forcing residents to evacuate.
Israel is going to use buffer zones as the pretext to expand Israel's borders into enemy territory (S. Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank).
I agree with this. I support Israel and their right to exist. This type of attack although frightening for the terror groups is going to indiscriminately kill or hurt people close to the phone/device. You know this is going to cause severe collateral death/maiming.
Yet Gaza complains about collateral damage from an airstrike or missile. Isreal can't win the pr war so who cares what anyone says. Isreal must do what it needs to do to survive
they are a natural ally, in that they are a western facing, liberal democracy in the grander american vision of american liberal democratic tradition of popular representation in government, human rights and open markets and personal freedoms.
they are a strategic ally, in that they dovetail into our overall aims for limiting the ambitions of authoritarian local and global actors and have provided many tactical assistance in these aims many times over.
is that what you're looking for? maybe there is some engagement with ChatGPT you could pursue instead of asking obvious questions here.
So. No reason. Just a word salad.
They are not in NATO.
They have no signed obligations to us.
US gives them billions upon billions every year and protects them in UN and World courts.
We have fought several wars in the ME (for them) and they have not once contributed troops.
And, of course, there is the USS Liberty. And Jonathan Pollard. The Lavon Affair.
Almost forgot. The Dancing Israelis and Urban Moving Systems
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