Why I don’t believe the hamas agreement will work.

A few months back, Trump was pushing Putin on a peace deal that would have permanently partitioned Ukraine into two separate entities, one in the Western sphere of influence, and the other permanently into the Russian camp. (The three western districts of Ukraine now occupied by the Russians, along with the Crimea that Obama gave them) the nexus of a minerals-for-peace deal. Not unlike the Czechoslovakian partition. Not unlike the partition of Poland post German invasion. (Few are aware that the Soviets were, effectively, bought by the Germans by giving them about half of Poland to occupy.)

I knew then, and repeatedly stated, that Trump was getting played.

Was he?  How much of that agreement is now in force?

None.

Much like this so-called deal with hamas terrorists, LLC.

Even the left seems giddy at the prospect of ending the war those they so whole-heartedly support actually started some 2 years ago, killing 1200, maiming 3400 and kidnapping 250 or so. In one day.

Rape and murder were the order of the day, and Gazans celebrated much like Germans did when they invaded Poland some 11 months after then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the world he had achieved “peace in our time.”

Everyone seems focused on what we know of the “agreement.”

Some things are obvious:

1. Hamas exists to eradicate Israel. It’s a part of their charter as an organization.

“The original Charter identified Hamas as the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine and described its members to be god-fearing Muslims raising the banner of Jihad (armed struggle) in "the face of the oppressors". The 1988 charter defines the struggle to be against the Jews and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic Palestinian state in all of former Mandatory Palestine, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel.[4][5][6]”

2. Israel essentially gave up the Gaza strip, taken from Egypt in the 6 Day War of 1967. In 2005 in return for “peace.” Agreements were signed at that time that led Israel to engage in the forced removal of 10,000 Israeli settlers from the region.

“Palestinian Israeli withdrawal agreement 2005

The Palestinian-Israeli withdrawal agreement of 2005 involved Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of Israeli settlements. This agreement was part of a broader peace process aimed at reducing conflict and shifting governance to the Palestinian Authority. However, the disengagement plan was controversial and led to Hamas's takeover of Gaza, turning the region into a hub for terrorism. The agreement aimed to improve Palestinian freedom of movement and economic activity within the Palestinian territories and to open the Rafah Crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border. Wikipedia+4”

3.  Since the so-called “land for peace” deal went through, the allegedly “peaceful” area of gaza has been the source of over 18,000 rocket and mortar attacks against Israel. Estimates are the 12% of these attacks resulted in misfires where the rockets actually landed on their fellow gazans, resulting in between 100 to 300 Gazan casualties.

“Since 2005, when Israel withdrew from Gaza, Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations have fired more than 18,000 rockets and mortars at Israel. These rockets have a variety of ranges, but overall, many can now hit a majority of Israel’s central and southern population centers, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheba, and Rehovot. Hamas’ launches have been erratic, however. There have been as few as one rocket fired at a time, to up to thousands launched within hours or even days. 

4. On October 7, 2023, the worst massacre against Jews since World War Two took place from these same gazans.  Gazans and others in the Muslim world celebrated for days at spilling the blood of and frequently raping Israeli civilians, including children.

“The attacks began with a barrage of at least 4,300 rockets launched into Israel^[31][32][33] and vehicle-transported and powered paraglider incursions into Israel.^[34][35] Hamas militants breached the Gaza–Israel barrier, attacking military bases and massacring civilians in 21 communities, including Be'eri, Kfar Aza, Nir Oz, Netiv Haasara, and Alumim. According to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) report that revised the estimate on the number of attackers, 6,000 Gazans breached the border in 119 locations into Israel, including 3,800 from the elite Nukhba forces and 2,200 civilians and other militants.^[36][31][32] Additionally, the IDF report estimated 1,000 Gazans fired rockets from the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of participants on Hamas's side to 7,000.^[36][31][32]

In total, 1,195 people were killed by the attacks:^[24][h] 736 Israeli civilians (including 38 children),^[41][42] 79 foreign nationals, and 379 members of the security forces.^[43][i][44] While attending the Nova music festival, 364 civilians were killed and many more wounded.^[45][46] At least 14 Israeli civilians were killed by the IDF's use of the Hannibal Directive.^[47][48] About 250 Israeli civilians and soldiers were taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip.^{[33][49][50][51]} Dozens of cases of rape and sexual assault reportedly occurred, but Hamas officials denied the involvement of their fighters.
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Israel, rightfully, and finally, reoccupied the gaza strip, to seek out and destroy those involved in the planning and execution of the October 7 massacre.

It's clear they should have reoccupied the area the moment terrorists began implementing the 1988 hamas charter by firing missiles and mortars into Israel. Why they allowed the terrorist scum running gaza to fester to the point where their direct action would result in the spilling of blood on a massive scale is an as yet unanswered question.
Questions remain vis the issue of this massive intelligence failure of both Israel’s vaunted intelligence organs as well as the intel organizations of the United States.

Now, we find ourselves celebrating Trump’s efforts to implement peace in the region.

On the surface, this is a huge accomplishment. But the surface doesn’t concern me as much as the fine print.

ALL of those involved in the destruction of 2 years ago, from the planning to the logistics to the actual execution must be hunted down and removed. ALL of hamas must receive the same treatment they wished to impose on Israel, including hamas supporters.

Israel MUST reoccupy the entire area, permanently, and remove even the last vestiges of hamas control, not unlike the steps taken by the Allies at the end of World War Two.

ALL those involved with hamas need to be held accountable for both their actions and their associations, again, not unlike Allied actions at the end of World War Two.

And sadly, with hamas maintaining control over at least half of gaza, this agreement is doomed to failure.

We need to find out what US responsibilities are in the region. How much this is going to cost the taxpayers, for example. Does this deal involve military commitments on our part?

Where, when and how much?

And ultimately, when this agreement fails, as it will inevitably fail, then what?

These actions must take place for there to be any chance of actual peace in the region.

Anything less merely puts off the inevitable violations of the agreement. What do we do then?

This group, their financiers (Iran) and their supporters (most gazans at the beginning of Israeli retaliation, now? Not so much…) will not stop on their sworn mission of the destruction of Israel. At best, it will merely be a pause.

There’s a reason the phrase “we do not negotiate with terrorists” actually exists.

This is one of those times. And I fear both the US and Israel will regret this agreement which will automatically handcuff both us… and Israel… when it’s inevitably violated.

Israel has been busy... and now terrorists in the region have a leadership vacuum.

 (I am surprised that they took this long to begin the process of hunting down terrorist leadership. After all, remove the head of the snakes and in the case of terrorists, that might not kill the snake but it will sure slow them down.)

Leftists, including Kackling Kamala, have been making demands on Israel to appease their terrorist base. And I get that, they need the terrorist-supporting and illegal votes in November.

Another one bites the dust.

Here's the problem: a cease-fire only benefits the terrorists. And when it comes to voting, who else are the terrorist-supporters going to vote for if not #roundheels?

The equation from Israel's side is simple.

To stop (or at least drastically reduce) terrorist attacks, they have to destroy terrorists in both gaza and the west bank. The only thing a cease fire would accomplish is a pause to allow the terrorists to resupply and rearm.

Part of that process includes the elimination of those in charge of these Iranian clients.

And since Iran is backing these terrorists, it likely will require the elimination of some Iranians as well.

Iran has to throw a fit for internal consumption; who can forget their last "revenge tour" that proved to be a debacle?

I support Israel. Period. They let terrorists fire thousands of rockets from gaza into their country. And they let that happen without retaliation, save for some air strikes.

Until October 7.

In warfare, there is no such thing as a "proportional response."

In World War Two, for example, the Japanese Killed 2,403 military personnel and 68 civilians.

Our (including allies) retaliation included as many as 2.3 million soldiers and as many as 800,000 civilians against Japan.

In Germany, 5.3 million soldiers and up to 3 million civilians. And it is of note that essentially, Germany did not attack us to kick off a war.

Israel is fighting for their existence, which a part of the hamas charter indicates they should not have. When you fight for your survival, you will no more be concerned about the niceties when it comes to your enemies than the enemies who raped and slaughtered 1400 mostly civilians, wounding/injuring 4600 more and kidnapping 240 more for hostages were concerned about the niceties for their victims.

Is there a risk of a, heaven forbid, wider war? Of course. Should Israel ignore the leadership of the organizations attempting to destroy them? Of course NOT.

Israel is a nuclear power. For now, at least, Iran appears not to have achieved that lofty perch/Obama/Biden's best efforts notwithstanding.

Would those whining about Israel's response prefer that form of retaliation? What does everyone sniveling believe Israel would do if their national survival was at stake?

The vast majority of gazans claim to support hamas. The vast majority of west bankers claim to support hezbollah.

Well, here's the deal using our past responses:

"All the gazans are guilty of the crimes of hamas, on the same level as the leadership of the hamas - because they chose and did not stop their power when they committed crimes against humanity."

Here's the reality:

The IDF incursion would end tomorrow.

All the gazans/west bankers have to do is turn over every member of hamas, every hamas supporter, all weapons and all monies/aid hamas has stolen to the IDF.

Return all hostages (and the bodies of those hamas has killed)

Turn over anyone involved in the Oct 7 slaughter, even peripherally.

Agree to frequent inspections to make sure gaza/west bank end their attacks on Israel.

And understand that Oct 7 means permanent occupation. And "permanent" means "forever."

Do this, and the military action would end.

The choices are stark. The choices are simple.

It's up to the people on the ground.

And their continued support of hamas makes them equally culpable.

Meanwhile, Israel rightfully will continue to do their work. And the leadership of hamas hiding out in the 5 star hotels in Qatar should probably update their life insurance policies.

Their play time appears to be over.

Ceasefire in gaza? Horrific mistake.

Have you noticed it?

The hypocrisy of leftists and their fake outrage over Israel responding to Gazan terrorism and 1400 dead, hundreds raped and thousands wounded... Ongoing silence by feminists everywhere. Outward antisemitism and hatred of Jews generally and of Israel specifically by the left en masse and their situational ethics on display for all.

College campuses, including Huskyville University of Washington are allowed and become hotbeds of hatred and demands for genocide of the Jews/Israelis supported by several college/university administrations.

More leftist bigotry on full display. Another shameful episode right up there with US policy towards Jews in World War 2. Similar bigotry displayed when US policy sent thousands of Jews to their deaths.

Himmler would be proud.

Leftists everywhere who hope for the destruction of Israel have been demanding a ceasefire since October 8th.

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of 22-year-old First Sergeant Moshe Naftali, who was killed in the attacks on southern Israel, Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

"Humanitarian reasons" is their cry.

But those with functioning brain synapses and even a vague geopolitical understanding of the region know better.

ANY "ceasefire" (which hamas is likely to completely ignore) will serve no one but the terrorists. How'd the "ceasefires" work out in Vietnam?

The "ceasefire" is allegedly to return hostages. How many depends on what you've read.... 50 to 150. This, by itself, sets a dangerous precedent.

Do leftists notice that hamas terrorists have hostages and Israel, despite having hundreds of terrorists locked up, do not?

That said, we can now fully expect hamas to engage in the science of taking... and killing... more hostages in the future.

But more importantly, this day pause is a huge strategic opportunity for hamas to reorganize and resupply. In fact, the draft agreement includes a requirement that Israel END DRONE SURVEILANCE OVER BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH GAZA FOR THE DURATION OF THE CEASEFIRE. And the result?

More people will likely be killed as a result of this kowtowing to leftist whiners than are being saved.

Imagine a 5 day ceasefire a month after D-Day in Normandy. Imagine what would have happened.

The outcome here is likely to be similar. IDF momentum stopped in its tracks. Zero strategic advantage to Israel which, due to its short logistical lines, has zero problem with resupply.

So, one can reasonably ask themselves: who will gain the most from this effort? And why?

Why do so many involved with BLM turn out to be flat out liars and crooks? Today's example, Shaun King, AKA "Talcum X."

In addition to lying about his color/race, the male version of Rachel Dolezal (The infamous Scandinavian white woman masquerading as being so black, she was president of the NAACP Chapter in Spokane before she was outed) aka "Talcum X" or Shaun King, has attempted to take credit for freeing 2 American hostages from his terrorist heroes, hamas.

Like most of the bigoted racists of the organizational money laundering operation euphemistically known as "Black Lives Matter," King for his part is a hamas cheerleader, delighted that 32 Americans were slaughtered along with 1368 others by his terrorist buds on October 7.

Always seeking attention in addition to his lies about race, King attempted to take credit for their release.

As it turns out, my Spaniel had more involvement in their release than he did:

It's a shame that so many involved in BLM are criminals and liars who took advantage for fund-raising purposes of well-meaning people who mistakenly took them at face value.

Most have known better now for quite some time.

Add to that psychopathic liars again attempting to benefit from the agony of others... agony that many in the BLM organization rabidly support, and you wind up with this kind of debacle.

The irony of BLM turning into a different version of the Klan can't really be overstated.

Is the Israeli War spinning out of control?

As this is written, we seemingly have two carrier strike groups (Eisenhower and Ford in the Eastern Med.) Combat Marines are available as part of a quick reaction force. You can bet that our units like the 25th ID, the 82nd Airborne and the 101 Airborne (Air Assault) are getting ready to go and taking steps to increase their readiness posture.

Units already in Europe are likely hamstrung due to Russian expansionism. Russia, of course, is doing everything they can to get a major war to break out in the Middle East to further dilute our badly crippled military as it is.

And how could anyone believe that China isn't watching all of this with MAJOR interest... since their calculus is likely one of... if they get more tangled up in the Middle East, then we'll never have a better chance to take out Taiwan... which they want so badly they can taste it.

Now many of these things have been on the table for a long time.... even before the hamas scum launched their terrorist attacks against Israel.

But I stumbled across a story that troubles me greatly, a story that broke a few hours ago.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, went to Saudi Arabia to have a chat with the Saudi Crown Prince, one Mohammed bin Salman, aka "MbS."

After forcing Blinken to wait for several hours, Salman then cancelled the meeting.

No notice. No warning.

Can you even remotely begin to ponder MbS taking such a step if the President's name was Trump?

That's neither here nor there, because it isn't Trump. It's Biden.

What does this insulting behavior mean, precisely?

Well, even in the diplomatic world that is a humongous "Fuck You" to the United States. It means they neither respect us nor fear us. I suppose, with an incompetently, indecisive and frequently cowardly foreign policy, I can understand why MbS would take such a step.

He gains a great deal of face in the process, ending the politically opportunistic idea on the part of his political opposition that he is America's puppet. The US loses a great deal of face in a region where that sort of thing matters.

But at the same time, he risks a great deal depending on American retaliation. We can cut off his parts and maintenance fort his almost entirely American mechanized armed forces, in everything from personnel carriers to F16's.

He can cut off oil to us (hey, face it: it's not like it hasn't been done before) because he knows that thanks to Biden, we've long since lost our energy independence. He also knows our strategic reserve is gutted.

For our part, we can end the security services we've provided that have kept Saudi from becoming an Iranian vassal state. We can withdraw all American personnel and equipment from not only Saudi, but from the entire region.

There's a great many things we can do... a great many things THEY can do... and the omnipresent reality that none of this would be happening if Trump has been in office.

To me, it seems increasingly likely that American combat troops are going to be committed. The army for its part, is what... 40,000 under strength dues to blown recruiting quotas? All of the other services save for the crayon eaters (slang for Marines) are similarly situated. Activating even the inactive reserve forces likely could shore up the numbers but for how long?

The rurality here is that clearly, it seems none of the players in the area give a damn what Biden thinks, or, for that matter, even does.

They've had it with Israel; Israel's had it with them. And Biden's (and per force, the United States') stature is the lowest of any president in this... or the last.... century.

Expect it to get worse before it gets better, particular with leftist hamas supporters infesting Congress.

As expected, the hamas-supporting democrat caucus in the House want their terrorist heroes off the hook.

The terrorist caucus of the democrats; consisting of the racist, bigoted, fringe-left scum of their organization, namely, the otherwise usual suspects: Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) (aka The Bartender) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and, among others (such as André Carson (Ind.), Summer L. Lee (Pa.) and Delia C. Ramirez (Ill.)) have responded to their terrorist masters with a resolution "...“call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Israel and occupied Palestine, to send humanitarian aid and assistance to Gaza, and to save as many lives as possible.”

Of course, the only lives they care about are terrorist lives, because, as you might expect, their pig shit includes nothing about holding their terrorist buddies accountable.

One of them, the one formerly married to her brother, the one who violated US Law to immigrate here, the one who, it would appear, despises this country the most; Ilhan Omar, retweeted this, effectively saying that it's perfectly OK for hamas to engage in the war crimes of THEIR choice, but Israel has no right to respond in kind.

"Credit" to terrorist supporter Yanis Varoufakis

During World War Two, the Allies had zero difficulty in pounding the civilian populations of both Germany and Japan. They GOT pounded, because like the populations of those two countries, the Gazans support hamas.

Does it suck for them? Sure does.

Does hamas give a rat's ass about the civilian population of Gaza?

Sure don't.

Israel needs to eradicate hamas and their supporters. And if that means turning the entirety of Gaza into a parking lot, I'm down with that.

Terrorist-supporting scum in Congress or anywhere else notwithstanding.

The Washington Post

Democrats’ unity starts cracking on Israel-Gaza conflict

Story by Yasmeen Abutaleb, Theodoric Meyer •14h

As usual, the UN continues to show itself as worthless.

Worthless when Russia invade Georgia. Worthless when Russia invaded Ukraine. Worthless when hamas slaughtered Jews, beheaded babies, executed the elderly.

Wailing and gnashing of teeth doesn't resolve anything. And all of those running around claiming the sky is falling leave out one important element:

How to permanently resolve this situation without squeezing Gaza like a grape.

NO solution that guarantees Israel's absolute security has been offered. Israel has the complete right to defend itself against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Allowing the continuation of Gaza represents an omni-present threat to Israeli security that is undeniable... and increasingly unacceptable.

NO ONE has offered a solution that would stop these attacks from hamas terrorist scum. What other alternative is there that would provide Israel the right to its own security, besides wiping Gaza out?

Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss,’ UN warns as Gaza suffers and Israel prepares for offensive

"This what running for your life looks like in Gaza" I would imagine it looked much the same when hamas slaughtered the Jews in their attack.. a minor detail left out of this report. What would the United States do if Canadians started firing missiles at us across the northern US border?

How much more terrorism do we put up with from the Southern Border?

What did the United States do when WE were attacked on 9/11? Was OUR response "proportional?"

Of course not.

So, what's the difference except for Israel's survival both as a country AND as a people? Why are governments in the West whining about the hypocrisy of a so-called "proportional response?" What level of response will eliminate the threat? No. Israel must do what Israel must do. We may not like it. The WORLD may not like it. But WE have never had a situation like this. Imagine allowing Nazi Germany to have continued to exist instead of demanding and accomplishing their complete destruction? Or a so-called "political solution" to Japan, which would have allowed them to maintain their presence in conquered lands like China, Thailand, Korea and so on. Would that be acceptable? Particularly in Japan, would we have been held to a "proportional response" standard? Imagine a "proportional response" to Nazi Germany's declaration of war? After all, where had THEY attacked US? It's easy to demand "proportionality" when it isn't your infant son beheaded. There comes a time when enough is enough. And that time clearly has arrived for Israel.

Today's insanity: Gay support of Palestine.

Back in '77 or so, I was in Saudi Arabia as a crew-served weapons instructor. I was assigned to the Saudi Officer Ordinance School in Al-Taif.

I had occasion to visit the downtown area on a Friday, which is traditionally their version of the West's Sunday. I had heard there was going to be a triple-header at the main mosque: homosexuals were going to be executed by sword.

Taif Mosque, Saudi Arabia

Without going into any detail (I mean, it's not terribly difficult to imagine what happened) suffice it to say that, in addition to the multiple canings (alcohol, among other things, is prohibited and caning is usually the punishment) and the odd hand amputation for theft, it was a jam-packed day. Must have been 5000 or so on hand. Venders were there like at a US baseball game.

Since my final return to the US back in 86, I've been confused.

Why would the LGBT (aka "alphabet") community "stand with" a society who would cheerfully execute them in a heartbeat if their activities became known there?

I'm not going to suggest for a moment that ALL gays are that moronic. But it's not unlike concentration camp inmates cheering on their SS Guards.  I simply don't get it. Never have. 

This video shows, to the extent YouTube allows it to be shown, ISIS executing 10 for allegedly being homosexual. It was a lot more organized at the mosque, and the punishments were inflicted by what appeared to be a Saudi Army Captain.

Hamas, for their part, has certainly shown their brutality in their most recent attacks against Israel: after all, any organization supporting the beheading of infants and shooting the elderly in their beds (there are no pictures of the scenes where the elderly have been murdered available that Blogger would allow. Google it if you must) certainly would have no problem carrying out the muslim prohibitions against homosexuality.

Scene of child murders

I freely admit that I am confounded by alphabet support of terrorist scum. Is it a requirement if gay, to support any and all leftist tropes?

Gays at a terrorist-supporting rally yesterday in London.

If someone's got a clue, feel free to school me.

Israel has invaded Gaza... just like they said they would. But what about the civilians?

Indeed.  What about them?

As I have stated elsewhere, hamas, forgive me, fucked up. 

Had they stuck ENTIRELY too military targets and personnel; had they left the civilian population ENTIRELY alone, had they resisted the urge to behead babies... this would be a different situation.

But they did not.

Babies were slaughtered in the most heinous ways... ways that would make Himmler smile.

People of all ages, grandparents to infants, were brutally murdered in ways that would have sickened Jeff Dahmer. Women were raped repeatedly. Entire villages were destroyed, people and buildings.

And now, hamas apologists want a ceasefire. NOW, they want "peace."

Israel, for their part, has determined they are going to squeeze Gaza like a banana. They are going to kill anyone remotely related to hamas.

As they should.

Look, no one wants to kill civilians.

Except hamas.

No one wants to mutilate pregnant women.

Except hamas.

No one wants to behead infants.

Except hamas.

During World War Two, Axis Powers killed literally millions. Japan slaughtered millions of Chinese (Look up the Rape of Nanking, for example) Germany had entire SS battalions devoted to slaughtering Jews, both in concentration camps and on the Eastern Front (SS Einsatzgruppen)

The Allies, for their part, killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese and German civilians as a result, mainly, of bombing raids. Japan lost about 2.3 million civilians. Germany about 6.8 million. Only Italy's civilian casualty count did not exceed their military losses.

Those killed in those raids were killed in the vicinity of military targets for the most part.

But understand, Japan had no problem killing 150,000 Chinese POWs in roughly 3 days... while raping and frequently murdering 20,000 women in the process.

Most reading this are well aware that Germany murdered hundreds of thousands of Russian POW's, and they also engaged in rape of women in the countries they captured.

So, when we used bombers... and we used them... a lot.... it was with a "kill them all and let God sort them out" kind of attitude.

Hamas took over Gaza in 2007. They've controlled it like a fiefdom ever since. But the entire purpose of the gazan population of some 2.1 million is to provide raw material for Hamas, in terms of fighters, logistics and support. And the civilians did nothing about it. That, perhaps is their crime, a crime of indifference.

It is not fair that civilians are caught in the middle. It's not fair that people who had nothing to do with the attack a week ago will suffer for it.

And all of that is true.

But it wasn't fair for the Israeli men, women and children butchered by terrorist scum, either.

Historically, in any kind of fight, you've got two main sides. Half-hearted efforts have been made to actually promulgate the Rules of Land Warfare. The Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907) the Geneva Conventions (1929) UN Charter (1948) and so forth were attempts to civilize the uncivil.

There is, you see, only one rule in war, and that's to win.

Of all of these treaties and conventions, which ones DIDN'T hamas violate?

And now, many demand that Israel follow rules that hamas ignores constantly and consistently?

Nope, sorry.

Hamas butchered 1300 or so people in their attack. Unarmed, nonthreatening, people; many of whom happened to be American. 

In terms of population, this is an equivalent of roughly 60,829 dead in this country (334 million divided by the Jewish population of Israel, or 7.1 million times 1300 people dead) 

This is compounded by an unknown number of hostages, hostages hamas has threatened to behead in living color and broadcasted. So far, this has apparently not happened, but you can let your mind imagine what these scum HAVE done instead.

Israel has no choice, strategically, but to write the hostages off. They must do whatever it takes to destroy hamas and their adherents. 

Collateral damage will take place. But unlike hamas, that damage won't be deliberate. IDF troops will not rape or mutilate. They will not behead infants. They will not machine gun the elderly in their beds.

But Israel cannot realistically expect to continue without visiting a level of devastation on Gaza that will forever end even the idea of using that land as a base to again attack this country.

A lesson must be taught here like a lesson was just learned.

And THIS time, the phrase "never again" must be meant.

What do we do about the islamic terrorists and their supporters infesting this country? University of Washington support of Hamas.

Since the massive Hamas terrorist attack a week ago, we've seen hate on a massive scale across this country, and we've seen governments at all levels doing absolutely nothing about it. In fact, we've seen just the opposite. We've seen government entities such as the University of Washington both allow and enable hate speech on campus, where yesterday, terrorist supporting scum called for the eradication of Israel... on campus.

Leftists are increasingly fond of telling us that "no one is above the law." Well, we certainly know better by now, don't we?

Antifa scum are rife. Terrorist supporting scum have free rein to do whatever they feel like... say, whatever they feel like.

As a UW alum, I wasn't particularly surprised that the leftist administration joins with terrorist supporters and wannabes in their support of Hamas. Of course, finding out that a former UW student was killed by Hamas in their most recent efforts to slaughter Jews in Israel should have at least tempered a giddy, out-of-control, leftist-supporting Administration's efforts to support terrorism, but hey, in Seattle and surrounding areas, I suppose this sort of thing is to be expected.

Labeling this Hamas support rally as "pro-Palestine" is typical leftist media misleading: those supporting Hamas at this latter-day Klan rally want Israel and its Jewish inhabitants eradicated.

One wonders: would the UW Administration be this welcoming to a white supremacist rally on campus, in this case at the appropriately named "Red Square?"

Because there is no difference. As one Jewish woman student told an administrator yesterday, "These people want us dead."

Indeed. And it appears the Administration supports that effort.

And it's not just the Husky Administration. It's college administrations around the country. It's cities that allow these hate-filled demonstrations. It's a federal government that fosters this sort of thing and then when attacks happen, wonders why and or how such a thing could take place.

When you have members of Congress celebrating these attacks? Then perhaps it's time to reevaluate what we should be doing about them.

This is what the pro-terrorists were supporting with their demonstrations: Hamas slaughters 40 babies in one town with some beheaded.

And we shouldn't remove their supporters from this country?

HAMAS terrorists massacred at least 40 babies and kids in a sickening rampage in one town - with some found beheaded, Israel claimed.

Israeli soldiers discovered scenes of unimaginable horror in Kfar Aza - a village close to the Gaza border that was captured for two days by the Hamas militants. 

Video link here: https://twitter.com/i/status/1711718195025821976

It's pretty clear that Israel must engage in eradication. What did that guy in the movie say... something like "...if they put one of ours in the hospital, we put one of theirs in the morgue."

Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group on its way to Israel. What happens when they get there?

As I write this, a fleet is on its way to the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, presumably off the coast of Israel.

The question is... what are they going to do when they get there?

USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in Halifax on 28 October 22 (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

While that is and remains a question, there are a great many other questions to ponder: 

1. As thinly and undermanned as the US Military generally and US ground forces particularly are spread out, now, strategically, would be a golden opportunity for China to invade Taiwan.

What do we do if that happens?

2.  With the arrival of the fleet with the world's largest warship, (USS Ford happens to be that) what are they supposed to do once they get there?

What's the point of sending the Ford, a huge carrier, and sending a Ticonderoga class missile cruiser (USS Normandy) if we don't intend to fly combat missions and fire missiles?

3. Are we (quietly) preparing to send in some variation of the QRF: Marines, Airborne, and Airmobile?

If we're not going directly in a combat role, how can combat by these assets, presuming a limited role such as security for airports, how can combat be avoided given the fact that the hard corps Hamas/Hezbollah fanatics would cheerfully consider a death toll of ten of them to one of us as a victory?

4. What's our reaction supposed to be to the confirmed murder of at least 9 Americans?

This Kobayashi Maru-type scenario is one to consider: Do we risk the lives of our military to retaliate for the murder of nine Americans and the possible kidnapping of others?

Israel, for their part, is facing the possibility of the murder of upwards of 1000 or so hostages likely under Hamas control (allegedly, 750 or so are missing from the rave Hamas attacked. slaughtering 250 or so civilians) which, for obvious reasons, they cannot allow to deter them from a massive and effective response to Hamas terrorism.) as a result of these attacks.

There is a likelihood that at least some number of the postages hold American citizenship. If that is the case, what is our course of action?

5. It's been alleged that Egyptian Intelligence contacted Netanyahu directly and warned him of some unspecified horrific attack coming out of Gaza from Hamas... though they apparently did know when the attack was supposed to take place.

Netanyahu, for his part, apparently did nothing about this. That will all come out in the post-Gaza destruction autopsy. There will be plenty of blame to go around, since a large number bear responsibility for this disaster.

6. What happens if Hezbollah attacks from the north?

It's likely the Ford Strike Group is in range of Israel proper. Is their function in part to intimidate Hezbollah to behave? And what happens if they don't?

There are likely a great many other questions. But these rather intriguing efforts are just off the top of my brain dome.

Biden, the inevitable, and Iran's War on Israel.

By now, those paying attention are well aware that Israel has been attacked by Hamas, Iran's terrorist organization in the region.

This attack was inevitable. Biden's financing of the terrorist state of Iran, providing billions of dollars they used to buy arms and equipment made this outcome obvious.

That it shows yet another horrific intelligence outcome for the US Military (Afghanistan withdrawal, anyone?) is a given... although one does ponder: did we know about it and simply keep our collective intelligence mouth shut? Does anyone put that beyond a leftist Administration that despises Israel?

Not just us, of course, but also the vaunted, famed and fabled Israeli intelligence arm, Mossad, also bears the blame for this failure.  Heads, likely, will role there as well, after the autopsy.

But here's the reality: this blood is, in my opinion, on Biden's hands, much like the blood on his hands for his utter disregard of the massive human rights violations in Iran regarding the mandatory wear of the slavery rag by women, who have the status  of chattel in that prehistoric society. (Side note, ladies: next time you accuse American men of your euphemistic auto-response "misogyny," why don't you take a quick refresher course in what life in many primarily muslim countries is like for women... and, perhaps, reevaluate?)

This is a political nightmare. The Israeli Defense Force now has to go to work. Their retaliation must be immediate and horrifically effective, far beyond a measured response.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely finished politically. But for now, this experienced combat commander IS the guy to have in charge of what has to be done.

Which begs the question: what, exactly, has to be done?

The Israeli's obviously caught by surprise, know who's behind this directly (Iran) and indirectly (Biden).

For obvious reasons, there's nothing THEY can do about Biden. But there's a great deal they can do about Iran.

During the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran was the main supplier to insurgent forces. They provided the wherewithal which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Americans and the wounding/maiming of 10's of thousands more... and we let them.

We COULD have done a great deal more to end that supply chain, but we, as we so often do, did nothing. And a great deal of American blood was spilled as a result.

Israel is well aware that Iran is equally supplying, commanding and controlling Hamas. They run that organization and now, of course, strategically, is an idea time for this variety of attack... or series of attacks (And don't believe this is going to be the only attack) because our attention has been focused on Eastern Europe and Netanyahu/IDF is weakened/shattered by political upheaval in a divided Israel, much of which it must be said, is the product of Netanyahu's failure to understand his own people.

Typically, Israeli response to attacks has been anything BUT "commensurate."

In the "Untouchables" movie, one of the characters (Malone, played by Sean Connery if memory serves) is known for this philosophy:

"He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way"

This has been a variation on the theme for Israel. It's pretty much had to be.

What does that response look like and how much will Biden interfere when it comes to attacking his Iranian ally?

The problem for Israel isn't so much strategic as it is logistical.  Biden can cut off their supplies given their primary reliance on American equipment for their military, and he would not hesitate to do so, covertly if not overtly.

Strategically, Israel remains the strongest non-NATO force in the region. But not without parts for tanks and planes.

And while Biden likely would never commit the political suicide of publicly announcing such a cut-off with Israel's survival at stake (No matter how many men, women and children Hamas slaughters or turns into hostages) there is no doubt he's capable of taking this step covertly if he were so inclined.

For the US's part, the Administration will express outrage at this attack, call a United Nations meeting to provide a showcase for that outrage and then send strongly-worded letters. But Biden will also naturally disavow ANY responsibility for the attack he financed by giving billions to Iran.

Meanwhile, one can at least hope that Israel had SOME planning in place for such a possibility... just like we can hope that American military planners have plans in place for any surprise attack we will suffer at some point.

Massive retaliation against known Hamas targets is a given.  But does it stop there?

Does Israel expand their target package to include actual Iranian target's given the reality that without Iranian support and approval, this attack would never have taken place?

Is this the time for Israel to take out Iranian leadership? What about Iranian nuclear sites?  Is this cover for that?

Oh, yeah.... BTW?



Somebody knew something like this was going to happen. Odd that Biden's people didn't seem to have a clue.

Or did they?

Benjamin Netanyahu's UN Speech (full text)

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This is the speech of a leader.

Unlike the cowering slime unfortunately leading the United States today, Mr. Netanyahu is extremely well qualified and experienced to lead the nation of Israel against all enemies, including the current occupant of the White House today.

Would that we as a nation could be led by someone with the vision, the strength, the knowledge... the understanding of the dark reality that surrounds us... a reality furthered by the cowardice of our Nation's leadership today.

I fear for our country. I fear for my neighbors. I fear for my children, because we are led by the arrogant, short-sighted, ignorant cowards who ignore lesson after lesson of history as if the old saw that tells us, accurately, that we MUST learn from that history or become doomed to repeat it, didn't exist.

In that respect, I envy the people of Israel. And in that same respect, I am ashamed that democracy could be so successfully perverted as it was here in the United States November last.

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Friday, September 25, 2009
Netanyahu's UN Speech (full text)

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland. I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people.

The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of such horrendous events. Nothing has undermined that central mission more than the systematic assault on the truth.

Yesterday the President of Iran stood at this very podium, spewing his latest anti-Semitic rants. Just a few days earlier, he again claimed that the Holocaust is a lie. Last month, I went to a villa in a suburb of Berlin called Wannsee. There, on January 20, 1942, after a hearty meal, senior Nazi officials met and decided how to exterminate the Jewish people. The detailed minutes of that meeting have been preserved by successive German governments. Here is a copy of those minutes, in which the Nazis issued precise instructions on how to carry out the extermination of the Jews. Is this a lie?

A day before I was in Wannsee, I was given in Berlin the original construction plans for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Those plans are signed by Hitler's deputy, Heinrich Himmler himself. Here is a copy of the plans for Auschwitz-Birkenau, where one million Jews were murdered. Is this too a lie?

This June, President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp. Did President Obama pay tribute to a lie? And what of the Auschwitz survivors whose arms still bear the tattooed numbers branded on them by the Nazis? Are those tattoos a lie? One-third of all Jews perished in the conflagration. Nearly every Jewish family was affected, including my own. My wife's grandparents, her father's two sisters and three brothers, and all the aunts, uncles and cousins were all murdered by the Nazis. Is that also a lie?

Yesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. To those who refused to come here and to those who left this room in protest, I commend you. You stood up for moral clarity and you brought honor to your countries. But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency? A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies that the murder of six million Jews took place and pledges to wipe out the Jewish state. What a disgrace! What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations!

Perhaps some of you think that this man and his odious regime threaten only the Jews. You're wrong. History has shown us time and again that what starts with attacks on the Jews eventually ends up engulfing many others. This Iranian regime is fueled by an extreme fundamentalism that burst onto the world scene three decades ago after lying dormant for centuries.

In the past thirty years, this fanaticism has swept the globe with a murderous violence and cold-blooded impartiality in its choice of victims. It has callously slaughtered Moslems and Christians, Jews and Hindus, and many others. Though it is comprised of different offshoots, the adherents of this unforgiving creed seek to return humanity to medieval times.

Wherever they can, they impose a backward regimented society where women, minorities, gays or anyone not deemed to be a true believer is brutally subjugated. The struggle against this fanaticism does not pit faith against faith nor civilization against civilization.

It pits civilization against barbarism, the 21st century against the 9th century, those who sanctify life against those who glorify death.

The primitivism of the 9th century ought to be no match for the progress of the 21st century. The allure of freedom, the power of technology, the reach of communications should surely win the day. Ultimately, the past cannot triumph over the future. And the future offers all nations magnificent bounties of hope. The pace of progress is growing exponentially.

It took us centuries to get from the printing press to the telephone, decades to get from the telephone to the personal computer, and only a few years to get from the personal computer to the internet.

What seemed impossible a few years ago is already outdated, and we can scarcely fathom the changes that are yet to come. We will crack the genetic code. We will cure the incurable. We will lengthen our lives. We will find a cheap alternative to fossil fuels and clean up the planet.

I am proud that my country Israel is at the forefront of these advances by leading innovations in science and technology, medicine and biology, agriculture and water, energy and the environment. These innovations the world over offer humanity a sunlit future of unimagined promise.

But if the most primitive fanaticism can acquire the most deadly weapons, the march of history could be reversed for a time. And like the belated victory over the Nazis, the forces of progress and freedom will prevail only after an horrific toll of blood and fortune has been exacted from mankind. That is why the greatest threat facing the world today is the marriage between religious fanaticism and the weapons of mass destruction.

The most urgent challenge facing this body is to prevent the tyrants of Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Are the member states of the United Nations up to that challenge? Will the international community confront a despotism that terrorizes its own people as they bravely stand up for freedom?

Will it take action against the dictators who stole an election in broad daylight and gunned down Iranian protesters who died in the streets choking in their own blood? Will the international community thwart the world's most pernicious sponsors and practitioners of terrorism?

Above all, will the international community stop the terrorist regime of Iran from developing atomic weapons, thereby endangering the peace of the entire world?

The people of Iran are courageously standing up to this regime. People of goodwill around the world stand with them, as do the thousands who have been protesting outside this hall. Will the United Nations stand by their side?

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The jury is still out on the United Nations, and recent signs are not encouraging. Rather than condemning the terrorists and their Iranian patrons, some here have condemned their victims. That is exactly what a recent UN report on Gaza did, falsely equating the terrorists with those they targeted.

For eight long years, Hamas fired from Gaza thousands of missiles, mortars and rockets on nearby Israeli cities. Year after year, as these missiles were deliberately hurled at our civilians, not a single UN resolution was passed condemning those criminal attacks. We heard nothing - absolutely nothing - from the UN Human Rights Council, a misnamed institution if there ever was one.

In 2005, hoping to advance peace, Israel unilaterally withdrew from every inch of Gaza. It dismantled 21 settlements and uprooted over 8,000 Israelis. We didn't get peace. Instead we got an Iranian backed terror base fifty miles from Tel Aviv. Life in Israeli towns and cities next to Gaza became a nightmare. You see, the Hamas rocket attacks not only continued, they increased tenfold. Again, the UN was silent.

Finally, after eight years of this unremitting assault, Israel was finally forced to respond. But how should we have responded? Well, there is only one example in history of thousands of rockets being fired on a country's civilian population. It happened when the Nazis rocketed British cities during World War II. During that war, the allies leveled German cities, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties. Israel chose to respond differently. Faced with an enemy committing a double war crime of firing on civilians while hiding behind civilians, Israel sought to conduct surgical strikes against the rocket launchers.

That was no easy task because the terrorists were firing missiles from homes and schools, using mosques as weapons depots and ferreting explosives in ambulances. Israel, by contrast, tried to minimize casualties by urging Palestinian civilians to vacate the targeted areas.

We dropped countless flyers over their homes, sent thousands of text messages and called thousands of cell phones asking people to leave. Never has a country gone to such extraordinary lengths to remove the enemy's civilian population from harm's way.

Yet faced with such a clear case of aggressor and victim, who did the UN Human Rights Council decide to condemn? Israel. A democracy legitimately defending itself against terror is morally hanged, drawn and quartered, and given an unfair trial to boot.

By these twisted standards, the UN Human Rights Council would have dragged Roosevelt and Churchill to the dock as war criminals. What a perversion of truth. What a perversion of justice.

Delegates of the United Nations,

Will you accept this farce?

Because if you do, the United Nations would revert to its darkest days, when the worst violators of human rights sat in judgment against the law-abiding democracies, when Zionism was equated with racism and when an automatic majority could declare that the earth is flat.

If this body does not reject this report, it would send a message to terrorists everywhere: Terror pays; if you launch your attacks from densely populated areas, you will win immunity. And in condemning Israel, this body would also deal a mortal blow to peace. Here's why.

When Israel left Gaza, many hoped that the missile attacks would stop. Others believed that at the very least, Israel would have international legitimacy to exercise its right of self-defense. What legitimacy? What self-defense?

The same UN that cheered Israel as it left Gaza and promised to back our right of self-defense now accuses us - my people, my country - of war crimes. And for what? For acting responsibly in self-defense. What a travesty!

Israel justly defended itself against terror. This biased and unjust report is a clear-cut test for all governments. Will you stand with Israel or will you stand with the terrorists?

We must know the answer to that question now. Now and not later. Because if Israel is again asked to take more risks for peace, we must know today that you will stand with us tomorrow. Only if we have the confidence that we can defend ourselves can we take further risks for peace.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

All of Israel wants peace.

Any time an Arab leader genuinely wanted peace with us, we made peace. We madeeace with Egypt led by Anwar Sadat. We made peace with Jordan led by King Hussein. And if the Palestinians truly want peace, I and my government, and the people of Israel, will make peace. But we want a genuine peace, a defensible peace, a permanent peace. In 1947, this body voted to establish two states for two peoples - a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jews accepted that resolution. The Arabs rejected it.

We ask the Palestinians to finally do what they have refused to do for 62 years: Say yes to a Jewish state. Just as we are asked to recognize a nation-state for the Palestinian people, the Palestinians must be asked to recognize the nation state of the Jewish people. The Jewish people are not foreign conquerors in the Land of Israel. This is the land of our forefathers.

Inscribed on the walls outside this building is the great Biblical vision of peace: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. They shall learn war no more." These words were spoken by the Jewish prophet Isaiah 2,800 years ago as he walked in my country, in my city, in the hills of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem.

We are not strangers to this land. It is our homeland. As deeply connected as we are to this land, we recognize that the Palestinians also live there and want a home of their own. We want to live side by side with them, two free peoples living in peace, prosperity and dignity.

But we must have security. The Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves except those handful of powers that could endanger Israel.

That is why a Palestinian state must be effectively demilitarized. We don't want another Gaza, another Iranian backed terror base abutting Jerusalem and perched on the hills a few kilometers from Tel Aviv.

We want peace. I believe such a peace can be achieved. But only if we roll back the forces of terror, led by Iran, that seek to destroy peace, eliminate Israel and overthrow the world order. The question facing the international community is whether it is prepared to confront those forces or accommodate them.

Over seventy years ago, Winston Churchill lamented what he called the "confirmed unteachability of mankind," the unfortunate habit of civilized societies to sleep until danger nearly overtakes them.

Churchill bemoaned what he called the "want of foresight, the unwillingness to act when action will be simple and effective, the lack of clear thinking, the confusion of counsel until emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong."

I speak here today in the hope that Churchill's assessment of the "unteachability of mankind" is for once proven wrong. I speak here today in the hope that we can learn from history -- that we can prevent danger in time. In the spirit of the timeless words spoken to Joshua over 3,000 years ago, let us be strong and of good courage. Let us confront this peril, secure our future and, God willing, forge an enduring peace for generations to come.

"Hashem Oz LeAmo Yiten, Hashem Yivarech et Amo Bashalom."

May G-d give strength to his people, may G-d bless his people with peace.
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