IDF F-35I took a Houthi cruise missile down today.
Israel should level a desalinization plant as a response.
Israel should level a desalinization plant as a response.
IDF F-35I took a Houthi cruise missile down today.
Israel should level a desalinization plant as a response.
IDF could blast through Saudi airspace unseen.This is where I go back to the F-35 to the UAE deal. Saudi Arabia (maybe the UAE, I forget) allowed Israel overflight rights after the accords were signed. I don't know if overflights are still in play, but the rumor out of Dhafra at the time (from our liaison officers) is the deal and signing were related; both were tied into combating Iran.
Israel could truck on down the Red Sea to hit Yemen, but overflight would save some gas and time. Oh well. I'm sure the IDF has, or will have, plans to make a run at Yemen if needed.
It has been my observation that those people protesting in outrage in support of the terrorists from Gaza are the same people that really don't care about American citizens. Too many of our nations universities have made it cool to hate Americans. We have white males giving speeches about the evils of being a white male. We have an entire political party that demonizes old white rich establishment politicians only to consistently put old white rich establishment politicians in charge of the party apparatus and middle aged white women teaching us what its like to be an oppressed person of color.Hamas is also effectively holding hostage US citizens who are living in Gaza but who now want to leave. Where are the marches, the protests, the outrage over that?
Ask the river to the sea folks where the Jews end up? or go?What's funny is the whole "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" phrase. I've read arguments about how it just means freedom, not the extinction of Jews, more land for Palestinians, and whatever else; all benign of course. Cool, got it, check, roger.
Except it was started by the PLO...a terrorist organization. Later it was taken up by Hamas...a terrorist organization. Even if I accept (which I don't), the argument that rank-and-file people everywhere simply view this as a call for freedom and equality, and blah, blah, blah, the phrase was created by terrorists. BUT, if it is "merely" a call for freedom, there's still a problem:
(Shit, I kind of have to lead with this) "Nazi" symbols existed for hundreds of years before anyone heard of the Nazis. Runes, the Death's Head, the Iron Cross, the fucking swastika, all of it co-opted.
Easy internet digging found the Celtic Cross, various Roman images, the Crusades, Norse symbols, hand signs, memes....all of this was co-opted by hate groups, used by hate groups, banned in some cases...
The phrase, even if created without malicious intent (which I reject), needs to be recognized as evil and genocidal. It should be classified as hate speech. Don't let arguments to the contrary make you think otherwise.
(This would actually be a good topic for a paper or article by someone to flesh out the history of co-opted symbols, words, numbers, colors, etc.)
What's funny is the whole "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" phrase. I've read arguments about how it just means freedom, not the extinction of Jews, more land for Palestinians, and whatever else; all benign of course. Cool, got it, check, roger.
Except it was started by the PLO...a terrorist organization. Later it was taken up by Hamas...a terrorist organization. Even if I accept (which I don't), the argument that rank-and-file people everywhere simply view this as a call for freedom and equality, and blah, blah, blah, the phrase was created by terrorists. BUT, if it is "merely" a call for freedom, there's still a problem:
(Shit, I kind of have to lead with this) "Nazi" symbols existed for hundreds of years before anyone heard of the Nazis. Runes, the Death's Head, the Iron Cross, the fucking swastika, all of it co-opted.
Easy internet digging found the Celtic Cross, various Roman images, the Crusades, Norse symbols, hand signs, memes....all of this was co-opted by hate groups, used by hate groups, banned in some cases...
The phrase, even if created without malicious intent (which I reject), needs to be recognized as evil and genocidal. It should be classified as hate speech. Don't let arguments to the contrary make you think otherwise.
(This would actually be a good topic for a paper or article by someone to flesh out the history of co-opted symbols, words, numbers, colors, etc.)
So that means we can arrest these people?
The pen is not mightier than the sword. We only need to look as far as the events of October 2023 at the terrorist attack that Hamas committed inside Israel as further evidence. Plenty of people used plenty of pens to write plenty of words about “peace in our time,” or “Oslo Accords,” or a “two-state solution.” But other people had other words. Words like: “There is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.”
So they did. With the modern day equivalent of a sword.
So as we saw in those terrible events in Israel, or in Ukraine, or the streets of our own country, your pen is only as useful as its utility in getting someone else to wield a sword. Everything else is just parchment and air.
See now…these guys you can arrest!Ummm....
Buy ammo and train, find peeps you can trust to fight alongside you, and figure out how to build community ties with people who will have your back. These people ain't gonna stop until they get kicked outta the new world. Prepare accordingly.Sure. I know all about speech and what not. We can label something hate speech and generally doesn't change it being protected speech. Yet we have arrested a lot of people for "incitement" and noting their hate speech. Well there's a whole lot of incitement going on right now and I'm pretty fearful considering the amount of MAMs from Arab and Muslim countries that have illegally crossed our border. These "protests" have made me quite fearful of them as they are out en masse in almost every city cheering on the deaths of those from October 7th and most of them have called for more. These protests have incited hate crimes against Jews, and what does the vegetable in chief do? Campaign against Islamophobia.
ETA: now if your argument is actions have consequences and this speech likely violated student codes of conduct and mass expulsions and suspensions happen as well as employment blacklists. I'm for it. But I'm consistent in my messaging saying we need to retake hold of our social institutions and that this needs to end.
ETA2: watching all of these protests, the video outside the White House calling for a 3rd Intifida. When do the riots begin? Are we prepared for this?
Did you forget? Some animals are more equal than others.See now…these guys you can arrest!
It has been my observation that those people protesting in outrage in support of the terrorists from Gaza are the same people that really don't care about American citizens…”