Those are iron dome shooting down rockets coming from GazaWhat are those? Those coming in or out of Israel?
Stay safe, brother.I can't explain how surreal it is to sit in your living room, and watch Law & Order with the big door-window open and hear the countless sounds of explosions from rockets landing/being intercepted by Iron Dome.
America is backUS and its media are biased towards its own allies... shock horror
Right but what are Hamas using? Is it just rocket propelled grenades? Is there surface to surface missiles, or even javelins or something? Iron dome sounds like they've been preparing for Thanos.Those are iron dome shooting down rockets coming from Gaza
There's multiple. It's extremely well documented. You can google for more yourself but here's a few. He's also sacked/publicly humiliated Russian officials for anti-semitism. It's way down in Russia on his watch.What's your source for this ?
Because urban warfare in Gaza is absolutely not in Israel's interest to do so, both from a military and PR perspective.Humour me this.. Suppose Hamas are a terrorist group whom provide a very credible threat to State of Israel, so, why does Israel not send the army in, which is one of the best trained armies in the world. They've one of the best intelligence agencies in the world etc. I mean, why level buildings?
Are you familiar with the 2014 Gaza War ?Humour me this.. Suppose Hamas are a terrorist group whom provide a very credible threat to State of Israel, so, why does Israel not send the army in, which is one of the best trained armies in the world. They've one of the best intelligence agencies in the world etc. I mean, why level buildings?
Collective punishmentHumour me this.. Suppose Hamas are a terrorist group whom provide a very credible threat to State of Israel, so, why does Israel not send the army in, which is one of the best trained armies in the world. They've one of the best intelligence agencies in the world etc. I mean, why level buildings?
Unsure. He could just see them as pawns in his geopolitics. I wouldn't attempt to second guess Putin, so for me, it just is what it is. He's a 'very dangerous friend' as one article put it.Could be because some oligarchs are Jews (Abramovich). Though he had bad relationships with the likes of Berezovsky and Khodorkovsky.
ThanksThere's multiple. It's extremely well documented. You can google for more yourself but here's a few. He's also sacked/publicly humiliated Russian officials for anti-semitism. It's way down in Russia on his watch.
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS219934768220160114
https://repository.upenn.edu/spice/vol13/iss1/5/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/antistud.3.2.05?seq=1
https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-russian-jews-are-divided-over-the-anti-putin-movement/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/05/russia.jamessturcke
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/MAGA...is-way-to-the-top-of-european-jewry-1.5395939
https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-putin-a-dangerous-friend-to-the-jews-1.5330063
They’re all ‘dumb’ rockets.Right but what are Hamas using? Is it just rocket propelled grenades? Is there surface to surface missiles, or even javelins or something? Iron dome sounds like they've been preparing for Thanos.
It’s quite difficult to execute a successful military ground operation inside a location like Manhattan with a relatively small force.Humour me this.. Suppose Hamas are a terrorist group whom provide a very credible threat to State of Israel, so, why does Israel not send the army in, which is one of the best trained armies in the world. They've one of the best intelligence agencies in the world etc. I mean, why level buildings?
Apart from everything else, ground invasion risks kidnapping and another Gilad Shalit situation, which would be extremely painful (politically) for whoever made the decision to bear.Humour me this.. Suppose Hamas are a terrorist group whom provide a very credible threat to State of Israel, so, why does Israel not send the army in, which is one of the best trained armies in the world. They've one of the best intelligence agencies in the world etc. I mean, why level buildings?
I think you need to open the box of pandorra to understand.Why are so many world leaders behind Israel. I don't get it. It makes me feel a bit sick to be honest.
Urban warfare is meat and drink of modern military, especially as sophisticated and as trained as the Israelis.Because urban warfare in Gaza is absolutely not in Israel's interest to do so, both from a military and PR perspective.
No, I'm not. I will read through it now, though.Are you familiar with the 2014 Gaza War ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Gaza_War#Phase_2:_Ground_invasion
I understand that Urban warfare is difficult but if as Israel claim, that a terrorist organisation are terrorising them on their doorstep, then surely one would send in troops. I mean I only to think of Northern Ireland and more palpably Grozny, Chechnya, where it was a massacre. Surely a counter insurgency would be something that's infinitely better? Although, Chechnya is probably a bad example since Russians fought basically hand to hand combat with Chechens but then fecking levelled everything anyway.It’s quite difficult to execute a successful military ground operation inside a location like Manhattan with a relatively small force.
Apart from everything else, ground invasion risks kidnapping and another Gilad Shalit situation, which would be extremely painful (politically) for whoever made the decision to bear.
I know its utterly reprehensible but setting fire to local business takes the piss. It needs to be stopped. These people have nothing as it is. It's just crazy.
desecrating graves now
Neither of those locales is similar to what the Gaza environment is. Grozny would be most associative, but you then answered your own question as to why no sane theater commander would commit any significant force into the third most dense polity in the world.Urban warfare is meat and drink of modern military, especially as sophisticated and as trained as the Israelis.
No, I'm not. I will read through it now, though.
Edit: Will actually read through it tomorrow.
I understand that Urban warfare is difficult but if as Israel claim, that a terrorist organisation are terrorising them on their doorstep, then surely one would send in troops. I mean I only to think of Northern Ireland and more palpably Grozny, Chechnya, where it was a massacre. Surely a counter insurgency would be something that's infinitely better? Although, Chechnya is probably a bad example since Russians fought basically hand to hand combat with Chechens but then fecking levelled everything anyway.
I've never heard of it. I will educate myself. Probably not tonight, mind.
Right, I need to read more about it. Though, he didn't get decapitated, which seems like Hamas are willing to negotiate and aren't as crazed as IS for example.@Paxi - Gilad Shalit was an IDF soldier who was kidnapped during a ground invasion in Gaza and held for 5 years. He was afforded all the rights of a prisoner according to Islam. He was eventually released in exchange for the release of approx 1,000 Palestinians from jail.
Yea like I said he was given prisoner rights - food, water, shelter, security (from people who would do him harm), medical care.Right, I need to read more about it. Though, he didn't get decapitated, which seems like Hamas are willing to negotiate and aren't as crazed as IS for example.
I think Northern Ireland was pretty urban in Derry and Belfast. See round the back of the terraced houses and the IED set everywhere, ambushes etc. I mean urban warfare is urban warfare. In any case, we're talking one of the best militaries in the world here.Neither of those locales is similar to what the Gaza environment is. Grozny would be most associative, but you then answered your own question as to why no sane theater commander would commit any significant force into the third most dense polity in the world.
Is there difference in prisoner rights between what Islam prescribes v. what other conventions prescribe?@Paxi - Gilad Shalit was an IDF soldier who was kidnapped during a ground invasion in Gaza and held for 5 years. He was afforded all the rights of a prisoner according to Islam. He was eventually released in exchange for the release of approx 1,000 Palestinians from jail.
Northern Ireland isn’t anything like Gaza or Manhattan or Singapore, for example.I think Northern Ireland was pretty urban in Derry and Belfast. See round the back of the terraced houses and the IED set everywhere, ambushes etc. I mean urban warfare is urban warfare. In any case, we're talking one of the best militaries in the world here.
Well, that seems very reasonable. I mean I haven't heard many case's where POW's are afforded life, let alone medical care. Maybe Ukraine is the last conflict that I heard of that have been afforded that.Yea like I said he was given prisoner rights - food, water, shelter, security (from people who would do him harm), medical care.
I’m not sure to be honest. I’d assume there are more commonalities than not. The reason I highlighted it because there’s a pervasive narrative that Hamas are only crazed terrorists with no morals. And of course we’re seeing untold destruction in Gaza now ‘because Hamas!’Is there difference in prisoner rights between what Islam prescribes v. what other conventions prescribe?
I'm not saying it's exactly like for like, but vertically or horizontally, urban warfare would involve the same tactical principals, albeit at a slower pace.Northern Ireland isn’t anything like Gaza or Manhattan or Singapore, for example.
The verticality of these locations alone pose exponentially more threat to a foreign force.
It’s one of the best militaries, but it ain’t one of the biggest militaries.
Are we not all under Geneva conventions just? I've never heard about specific cultural conventions, at least not in modern history.Is there difference in prisoner rights between what Islam prescribes v. what other conventions prescribe?
Basically it is actually more. No killing of women and children or non combatants. No harming or torture etc. But does any really follow it? I do not think so. It is like Jesus and turning the other cheek. Christian countries do not follow and neither do Muslim countries.Is there difference in prisoner rights between what Islam prescribes v. what other conventions prescribe?
Because in terms of impact a ground offensive would be both deadly and devastating compared to air strikes.Humour me this.. Suppose Hamas are a terrorist group whom provide a very credible threat to State of Israel, so, why does Israel not send the army in, which is one of the best trained armies in the world. They've one of the best intelligence agencies in the world etc. I mean, why level buildings?
Countries have to obey the Geneva Convention. Groups classified as terrorist normally do not follow it. That said a lot of countries also do not follow it. Bombing wedding parties etc. Or blasting buildings etc.Are we not all under Geneva conventions just? I've never heard about specific cultural conventions, at least not in modern history.
Yeah deadly to Israelis, mate. Wouldn’t be as deadly to children and women that just been bombed into fecking oblivion. If there’s such an existential threat then go in, and surgically remove it. Rather than carpet bomb innocent feckers.Because in terms of impact a ground offensive would be both deadly and devastating compared to air strikes.