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In reply to the discussion: Hamas says it's suspending the release of Israeli hostages [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)25. Under this premise, all you have to do to justify hostage taking,
and, by extension, any other atrocity including but not limited to nuclear annihilation, is to choose a supertior enemy to attack.
This military tactic used to be called suicidal and idiotic. But these days, it appears to have gained the status of a legitimate explanation for being suicidal and idiotic.
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Not surprising but so tragic for the hostages and their families. Any way you cut it, the killing will continue sadly
dutch777
Feb 2025
#3
I guess trump told netanyahu that jared is ready to start building those resorts.
Think. Again.
Feb 2025
#4
So who's at fault now? The IDF continued air strikes or Hamas' suspension of hostage release?
brush
Feb 2025
#5
Whether it's for resorts or plots for loyalists, I know the warmoner wants the Gazans gone.
brush
Feb 2025
#57
doesn't sound that way, but if they don't meet their commitments by the 15th, I bet it will be off then.
Native
Feb 2025
#9
Gaza Blow UP is coming with Donald Trump wanting Gaza and Hostages looking hungry
Oneear
Feb 2025
#10
Hi maxsolomon. Not much left to bomb. From space, Gaza looks like a wasteland.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#18
Hi Mike 03. Boy, did you say it. After the 2004 Battle of Fallujah, the US left Depleted Uranium (DU) residue.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#40
"who knows how much toxicity is baked into the Gaza environment now?" Close to none?
EX500rider
Feb 2025
#46
Hi EX500rider. Thanks. That was an example of post-war toxicity, like the radiation left in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#47
The IDF is much more powerful than Hamas and still holds thousands of Palestinians in security detention without trial.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#12
Hi Richard D. I'm just explaining what the adversary does and why. That was my job for 27 years vs Al Qaida, ISIS, GRU.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#17
But you DO know that NONE of the hostages have been through ANY legal process, don't you?
Beastly Boy
Feb 2025
#24
Ave! to a fellow Roman. Thank you for your comment and the links. Keep an eye on this femme fatale:
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#27
Hi Mosby, how are you? Let me bring you up to speed on Bibi's corruption trial.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#49
Hi Mosby. How are you? Thank you, I saw that report. Bibi has a mini-Watergate problem going.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#58
It's true that Israel holds alot of low level prisoners who deserve to be free. However, Hamas does not want those
LeftInTX
Feb 2025
#26
The overwhelming majority of prisoners that have been released so far have gone through due process.
Beastly Boy
Feb 2025
#29