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Bloody Inanity
Israel and Hezbollah have reached the point of sheer, blatant inanity.
On Sunday, the IDF dispatched dozens of warplanes for an "extensive" preemptive strike on southern Lebanon, where Hassan Nasrallah's army was preparing to fire a massive barrage of missiles and rockets into Israel.
Apparently, Hezbollah had "thousands" of launchers at the ready. The IDF acted in "self-defense to remove the threats," as Daniel Hagari put it. During that "removal" process, Hezbollah lobbed scores of projectil
Pretty reasonable summary. The violence needs to stop somehow. Both sides should declare victory and get out- somehow (See Sen Aiken)- a short-term cease fire in Gaza would be a start.
Can someone tell me why Iran had a beef with Israel? Like, initially? Why did they decide to pick on Israel?
Genuine question. Also a trick question.
Hezbollah’s announcement that they were done for the day has left me in head scratching / shaking mode for the past 24 hours…I keep thinking of Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog, just without any creativity and humor…
Are you trying to say there is no logic in these religious wars ?
Well, there’s no logic in religion, given that it’s all — every, single last bit of it — fairy tales. So yes, I’d go out on a limb and suggest that murdering each other in the name of fairy tales is illogical, where “illogical” is a euphemism.
If I run up to a stranger today and punch him the face citing the divine dictates of Lord Johnston The Magnificent (if you aren’t familiar, he’s a 600-foot squirrel who created the Earth around two million years ago, and who speaks to us at various intervals through a long list of human vessels, most recently Dave Smith, the son of an Indiana virgin, who, among other miracles, once turned a plate of soggy french fries into a chocolate milkshake at a local diner), I’ll be arrested and, eventually, referred to a psychiatrist to see if I pose an ongoing danger to myself and others. Because plainly, I’m a nut.
If I run up to the very same stranger and punch him in the face citing the war in Gaza (which is to say citing Islam or Judaism), I’ll still be arrested, but no one will call me crazy. Or at the least, I probably won’t be committed.
I see an inconsistency there.
Juxtapose this use of US military aid to what Ukraine has had to do just to survive. Maybe we should be sending more to them and less to Bibi?