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Excellento! Thank you. Have you seen the latest by Seymour Hersh? The war in Gaza is essentially won by Israel. It is so frustrating to read!

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The 'stalemate' has been a long time coming.

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Diesmal ZOGzwang. You’re welcome!

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Israel is the 51st State. I now go about my business assuming as such. I fought in Iraq as an infantryman, watch my friends widows posting photos of their killed husbands from my unit every year bro. America is finding ways to out source the military in different conflicts and this is a power play in the region. There is literally no opposition to this clear humanitarian disaster in Gaza. But not just that, they have found a unilateral consensus (Blue/Red) to enact the bipartisan government censorship they have been looking for all along, using a unified "front" for Israel. American politicians are trying to latch on to another country's 9/11 moment. It feels like a desperate move in a way. But honestly it's not sticking the way they want it to on the ground. Even the Ukraine flag folks haven't really gelled together for the Israel thing when they see their citizens live better lives than we do.

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Well dang. Its been a long week and I am about to go to bed... and you publish another great article. If you're articles weren't so good I'd consider you some kind of enemy.

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The total lunacy of the world today.

What is all this about? What should the outcome be?

It is about getting Israel to see and admit its errors and commit to mending its ways.

Hence what it should do, what the real, in human terms, by human pyschology, simple essence, purpose of this attack was intended to elicit, is say 'sorry' and 'let us sit down and see if we can do something together for the future.'

No one is ever going to suggest that.

No one is ever going to see it in those terms.

Essentially that's not even a question of Hamas and Israel govt. It is a question of people.

But that's today. As seen clearly in Ukraine. In Germany. In UK. Everywhere.

The people and 'people actions and reactions' just don't signify. Don't enter the discussion at all.

ALL the attention of everyone is on governments and military commands. Everyone.

No one gives a thought of turning to the people.

It is my hope that some new apps will suddenly appear and people will begin to join together and communicate and fix things all by themselves, together, via the web and their smartphones, miles away from these ludicrous and dangerously evil governments and the empty mouthings of our 'observers', 'intellectuals' or whatever.

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thanks for your always positive articles - they come late at night here where I live and its a perfect end

to a rather depressing day of looking at body parts lying around the hospital. Viva Hamas !!

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Im so sick of Israel and Israel politics i could shit . Im sick of crooked, bribe sucking money traps like Nicki Halley and Lindsay Graham.. Let THEM GO LIVE IN FING ISRAEL...ISRAEL GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY GOVERNMENT.

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As much as things are different, I think they are still the same

Israel can count on - and will get - unlimited US support for as long as it wishes. And meanwhile they will maintain an extreme level of cognitive dissonance in the process; demanding that the US "leave them alone to fight this fight". This in the face of simply absurd US military support, be it the armada in the Mediterranean or the air bridge of munitions and equipment that has been established since Oct 7.

While public support in the US may have dropped on a whole, it will take a long time before that materializes into policy changes. Jews in the US are kin to most Americans, especially in coastal areas, in ways that Arabs simply are not.

Hamas is a surrounded force, with no means of resupply, in the middle of a humanitarian catastrophe. They cannot win, they can only die slowly. Their parting shot may be changing the arc of perception of Israel in the worldview, but, I am old enough to remember this movie playing out multiple times over the years and nothing coming of it

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This is proving a strategic disaster for Israel and the USA. How to win a war and lose the peace. What is the end game here? How do Israel and the USA gain anything from this debacle?

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I have been boycotting anything from Israel and where possible any Israeli owned company since the mid 1970's and in 2014 I added Ukraine. Now I actively avoid anything Yankee made as well since kike owned communist Yankeeland is the No.1 enemy of humanity.

I am so happy to see people finally starting to wake up as to how they are manipulated, mindfucked and poisoned. Fluoride in water supplies is a proven method of inducing stupidity for a start.

Hopefully in the next few years we will collectively have a great global reset - Just not the one the globalist have planned.

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" The West’s patience has run out, given months of outrage over IDF’s genocide" . Never. The West was BUILT on Genocide. Thrives on Genocide. Maybe the Iranians are doing a 'slow boil' on Israel and USA but it ain't look'n good for the Gazans. The Arabs have basically walked away after much gesticulating-no threat of oil or gas weapon. Hezb are limp. Hamas shoulda come outa the ground like angry fire ants-not a single suicide bomber to date. West Bank? Scared of a Settler mass pogram. 'Anti Semitism' is now the weapon of choice in the west. Not look'n good in my opinion. Not happy :(

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Forgive me. I however, do need to ask why the overlayed networked aspect of Israel's opponents ... supranational and part of the networked "new tribe" essentially through targetted empathy triggers ala John Robb. They've already lost that .... fascinating. Thank you

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People in Gaza are on the brink of starvation because of the Israeli blockade. In a matter of weeks an effective humanitarian intervention will be challenging due to the logistics involved even assuming the political will to do so.

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Superb compilation of the world-wide currents at play and their implications. Thank you! Believe the main players of axis of resistance--Hamas, Hezbollah, Iraqi, Syrian and West Bank militias, the Houthis, Syria proper, and Iran-- are in sync with the strategy of an "escalation ladder." Their actions are measured and coordinated. Turn up the heat, little by little, bit by bit. Nothing too crazy. Nothing dramatically provocative. They are taking a lesson from the Russians. Time is on their side. With this shove, Israel will eventually implode demographically. Boil the frog. Force the Israeli's to make the next big move, the next big step, the most serious escalation. Keep them wearing the black, bad guy hat. Then let the dominoes fall. A preemptive strike against Hezbollah or Iran would be perfect. Then Hezbollah would appear to be acting in self-defense. Wouldn't be surprised if Israel attacked Iran and Iran reacted with restraint. Frankly believe that with logistical support from Syria and Iran, Hezbollah could take the Israeli's alone--along with a general uprising on the West Bank and imbedded Quds forces. In any case, Iran will likely stay out as long as possible--will likely be the very last domino to jump in, if at all.. As for the US, absolutely no taste for general war in the Middle East, either against Hezbollah or Iran. The planners in the Pentagon know it would be unsustainable suicide. And Hamas? They've planned for this for years and are likely pleasantly surprised at how it's going. They surely knew on day one Gaza's civilian population would suffer a couple of hundred thousand casualties, and just as surely factored that into the plan. They are doubtless well aware of what kind of losses are necessary to win a serious modern war. But of course they could have continued to sit in their open air prison and mark the days off on the wall. But frankly, their timing couldn't have been better, so, why not? Who's winning and in the end who benefits? Israel, that vilest of all nations, may end as a wreaked colossus--and the lone and level sands will return to their rightful owners. We can only hope.

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