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.

So. The US is heading towards a cliff. And where's our focus? The PR firm of Taylor and Travis.

Let me say at the outset that I care about... and for... celebrities'... precisely as much as they care about and for me.

And the reader knows that none of them give damn one about me.

In the Bread and Circuses world we've become, almost the entirety of this country's attention is glued to Taylor and Travis. Those who have their attention elsewhere and , like me, suggest that out time is better spent outside of that well-panned and media-fostered black hole are accused of "attacking" (mostly) Taylor Swift for one reason and one reason only: She is a she.

We're told to shut up if we don't go along with this cleverly managed flavor of the week who has been elevated to the level of "God's Gift To Entertainment." As a male, I'm frequently attacked for my views concerning women's issues. Speaking your mind results in efforts to be silenced, ridiculed, misinterpreted and, at least on one occasion, local media's efforts to cancel me.

Well, I'm reminded of two of the hallmarks of this particular blog that I try to live by. They're on the right of this screen but they're also imprinted on my heart:

“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

George Orwell, author of 1984

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Dr. Martin Luther King

Our total inability to focus on things that matter, regardless of how unpleasant those things may be, results in this country being manipulated, being lied to and being put at risk.

The major issues confronting us are ignored. No one is ever held accountable for the damage inflicted and the deaths caused. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Homelessness is the worst it's ever been. Drug importation and use has literally wound up costing the deaths of 10's of thousands of lives. Crime rates continue to explode and murder rates set records. Public schools are a slow motion train wreck with mainly utterly horrific academic outcomes while schools focus on inculcating children with leftist tropes while they do all they can to mainstream the permanent sterilization, butchering and mutilation of children who can't get tattoos, can't enter in to contracts, can't own property and in many cases, can't even drive a car.

I refuse to respond to celebrity. I refuse to do anything because someone I've seen on a TV or movie screen tells me to do so.

Because here's the reality.

Americans do not WANT to think.

As a country, the people here are TOLD what and how to think and God Help those wise enough to throw off the shackles of societal expectations and political correctness to think for themselves.

Celebrities have an inordinate amount of power in forming/shaping opinion in this country, power I simply do not understand.

When a celebrity speaks? The entire world is required to listen.

How many times, for example, have we seen media on Bill Gates?

No so much for what he's done or doing, but instead for what he's saying?

I grant Gates' expertise in the field of computing. I freely acknowledge, unlike either Taylor or Travis, that Gates' company has built, perhaps, the single most impactful product the world has ever known: the Personal Computer.

But what knowledge or expertise is he imbued with beyond that?

How does that make him, or any other celebrity, an expert on anything?

I've frequently stated that my Spaniel knows more about politics than he does, yet, because of WHO HE IS, lack of qualifications or experience aside, we're expected to listen to him.

Or LeBron who knows how to play game but who knows nothing about the mechanics of government, or foreign policy, or law, or any number of things that make up the fabric of this country.

But because he's a celebrity, what he says frequently gets more attention than the president.

Who he hates, what he thinks, what he eats or drinks... all of those things are SUPPOSED to be important.

Why?

Meanwhile, as the title says, this country is beginning to sprint towards the edge of the cliff.

A $34 trillion debt. (Estimates are we'll be paying $700 billion in interest alone this year) All of the issues previously mentioned. A great many countries who seriously want us destroyed. A divide of leftist hate. A border that can't even really be called a border any more since it bears little resemblance to such a thing.

Our troops are getting killed. Countries around the world successfully play us for suckers. Terrorist supporters infest Congress. The dual tier of something called "justice" is screaming, Corruption at almost every level runs rampant. 

Post attack photo of of the Army post in Jordan

And where's the focus?

On a singer and a football player.

A few days ago after the attack on our forces in Jordan that killed 3 and maimed 40, I pointed out that neither of these people know the names of or care about any of them.

Our 3 soldiers killed in Jordan - Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Spc Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, and Spc Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia.

Neither of these people, Taylor or Travis, know the names of nor care about any of the men and women slaughtered in Kabul towards the end of the horrific and ignominious (and cowardly) withdrawal from Afghanistan.

America is blissfully (and deliberately, as it turns out) quite unaware of the world around them.

And the people of this country wouldn't have it any other way.

After all, there's celebrities to worship. And we can't let anything interfere with that, can we?

Why we need a military response to Iran immediately.

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Leftists and other Iran supporters are all about a "measured response." They want "sanctions" and other garbage like that to get Iran to behave on the nuclear issue... and, perhaps, others as well.

Can someone.... anyone... tell me when "sanctions" have EVER worked.... ANYWHERE?

What did "sanctions" do to Saddam and his policies? What did "sanctions" do against Japan? What have "sanctions" done against the NorK's?

The reason that Iran is ignoring the rest of the world, particularly now, is because they rightfully believe that the rest of the world lacks the will to DO anything to stop them.

Iran believes that they hold their foot on the oil hose in the middle east. They believe that the rest of the world is powerless and terrified because of the threat of cutting off our oil.

The simple idiot in the White House plays into that perfectly by refusing to open up every possible area in the United States for exploration and drilling. As a result, we've done NOTHING to gain energy independence... and ARE doing nothing to gain that independence... precisely as the Iranians and the rest of the oil producers KNOW we won't.

So... why should Iran behave? Why should they end their military nuclear program, when they know we lack the will, if not the capacity, to FORCE them to do end it?

We have a gutless leader in the White House, incapable of taking the tough stand and equally incapable of making the case to the American people that we ALL need to sacrifice in the name of our security.

He doesn't want to be the bearer of bad news. He doesn't want to be the next George Bush.

And many of us are going to die as a result.

"Sanctions?" Iran treats such threats with the contempt they deserve. The Russians will say anything, but do nothing. The Chinese will foster Iranian intransigence under the "confusion to our enemies" rule... and Americans will continue to die.

Yeah.... sanctions. Sanction the hell out of these people, and watch them laugh out loud at our rank stupidity... while they continue to build their nukes.

The World has taken notice: The One's silence is deafening.

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As I may have mentioned here, The New Messiah's silence on that little tiff in the Middle East is blowing it.

As I've written, Mr. Obama has set the bar of expectations so high that all trouble, including wars, famine, pestilence and disease are supposed to end at about 12:02 p.m. on January 20, next.

Unfortunately, Mr. Obama has declined to let us share in the benefit of his wisdom. He steadfastly hides behind the "there's only one President at a time" shtick... and the situation in Gaza continues to spiral out of control, if you're a terrorist supporter; or well in hand but violent if you support the continued existence of Israel... as few terrorist supporters are wont to do.

Well, the world is mystified. They rabidly supported this empty suit; a man wholly unqualified to run an elevator, let alone this Nation. They expect a lot more, a lot faster, then he is willing to deliver.

Face it: so far, Mr. Obama's handling of the political landscape has been abysmal. Everything from his complete fumbling of the Blagoball to the Richardson debacle shows him to be utterly bereft of a political clue.

And now, the world wonders. The world that saw him as the Way, the Truth and the Light is beginning to wonder. And my fear is that Mr. Obama has no answer for this... or for anything else important to the world today.

H/T to Drudge.

Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in
The president-elect's silence on the Gaza crisis is undermining his reputation in the Middle East
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Simon Tisdall
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 January 2009 15.55 GMT
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Barack Obama's chances of making a fresh start in US relations with the Muslim world, and the Middle East in particular, appear to diminish with each new wave of Israeli attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza. That seems hardly fair, given the president-elect does not take office until January 20. But foreign wars don't wait for Washington inaugurations.

Obama has remained wholly silent during the Gaza crisis. His aides say he is following established protocol that the US has only one president at a time. Hillary Clinton, his designated secretary of state, and Joe Biden, the vice-president-elect and foreign policy expert, have also been uncharacteristically taciturn on the subject.

But evidence is mounting that Obama is already losing ground among key Arab and Muslim audiences that cannot understand why, given his promise of change, he has not spoken out. Arab commentators and editorialists say there is growing disappointment at Obama's detachment - and that his failure to distance himself from George Bush's strongly pro-Israeli stance is encouraging the belief that he either shares Bush's bias or simply does not care.

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So, Mr. Obama... as the World's Political Messiah, why are you so quiet on Gaza?

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OK, Mr. "Office of the President-Elect," the world wonders: where are you on the current events of the Middle East?

During the campaign, Mr. Obama occasionally displayed a remarkable knack for political tone deafness. Yet, now.... he remains silent.

Mr. Obama, you assume the highest office in the world in 3 weeks. You're The Agent of Change(copyright 2008, all rights reserved to Barack Obama, Incorporated) the "only one president at a time" thing is wearing kind of thin.

NOW would be a great time to let us all in on your thinking... and show us how your inauguration is going to solve every problem known to man.

I don't envy you, sir. You've set the bar so high... you've raised the level of expectation on nearly every issue confronting the known world today to unheard of levels.

The problem is that many of us suspect that you are the product of clever marketing... that's there's no there, there. Your silence as this conflagration threatens to spin out of hand down there only serves to reinforce the concerns of thoser who actually pay attention.

Mr. Obama, you have to fill your empty suit, and do it in a hurry. This is no longer a game... no longer some sort of academic exercise you play with your Bill Ayre-type buddies. We need to hear from you.... now.

Instead, you play golf. Man... THAT'S showing the world leadership. Gee, I bet the world is REALLY impressed.

Thanks for nothing.

(H/T Drudge)

Shhhh! As the world waits for Obama to voice his opinion on Gaza, America's president-in-waiting hits the golf course
By Mail Foreign ServiceLast updated at 3:54 PM on 30th December 2008
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Barack Obama remained silent over the violence in Gaza as Israel today threatened to continue its attacks for weeks.

Instead, the president-elect is continuing his 12-day Christmas holiday in Hawaii and was seen enjoying a round of golf.

He joined a group of friends at a private club near his £6million rented, beach-front holiday home in Hawaii yesterday.

Meanwhile, 9,000 miles away in the Middle East, Israel rejected any truce with Hamas today and said it was ready for 'long weeks of action' in the Gaza Strip.

Observers said that at least ten people were killed and another 40 injured as up to 16 bombs were dropped by Israeli warplanes during early morning attacks.

The targets included the offices of Hamas prime minister Ismael Haniyeh, police stations and Gaza’s treasury and foreign ministry buildings.

Shh: Mr Obama, who is staying silent on the Israeli attacks, asks the crowd to be quiet as he finishes his putt

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