ISIS destroys the "Tomb of Jonah"

[Sparko]

I think I agree with Abraham Lincoln who said, "To hell with Iran, Iraq and the rest of those idiots. Let's just nuke the whole middle east into a glass parking lot."

[Juvenal]

Lake Afghanistan.

[That Geek 5410]

Guilt by association to the Muslim Brotherhood which was designated as a terrorist organization: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-...ouse-bill/5194

As for your "crush" comment, that's immature and I'll leave it at that. Lastly I never condoned Israel's treatment of Palestinians in areas such as Gaza but as the old adage goes, two wrongs don't make a right so they don't get a pass with "you murdered our innocent so we get to murder yours", one is every bit at fault as the other.

[Littlejoe]

I thought the Saudis and the UAE were helping to bomb and iradicate ISIS.

This thread is over 2 months old...they weren't doing anything at the time...Glad to see them coming on board!

[Juvenal]

Guilt by association ...

Is wrong. Full stop. Clue. Get one.

As to your warm-hearted request for membership on my quick-scrolling list, nope. Not yet. I'm not done playing with you. I don't often get a chance to examine someone capable of swallowing a full Godwin.

You're a rare breed, Geek.

As ever, Jesse

[That Geek 5410]

Is wrong. Full stop. Clue. Get one.

As to your warm-hearted request for membership on my quick-scrolling list, nope. Not yet. I'm not done playing with you. I don't often get a chance to examine someone capable of swallowing a full Godwin.

You're a rare breed, Geek.

As ever, Jesse

I've provided strong and honestly damning evidence... you've given me nothing more than because you say so. Convince me otherwise, what evidence do you have to the contrary?

[One Bad Pig]

I am, however, quite familiar with Mr. Horowitz. Unlike our uncritical Geek, I am entirely certain you are capable of correcting that lack.

I am indeed, though as he seems unlikely to be someone I'll rely on for support, I may not invest much time in that.

Yet, again, because I can count, for purely demographic reasons, I don't believe their current path has any real chance of success in securing a Jewish homeland. They have sabotaged every attempt at a two-state solution, and if there is no two-state solution, then there will be a one-state solution, and the numbers say that state will be Arab.

It would help if either side were at all interested in a two-state solution. I agree that the numbers are entirely on the Arab side.

I might also point out what seems an obvious fact to me. The Gazan tunnels, like those built under Saigon, were an inevitable and entirely predictable response to sustained air campaigns. A government, any government, has and always will have defense from foreign attack as its first priority, independent of its moral rectitude.

The air campaigns have hardly been sustained, and have only come in response to unprovoked missile fire. Far from protecting its civilians from foreign attack, Hamas deliberately exposes its civilians to counter-fire; it makes for good propaganda.

[Juvenal]

I am indeed, though as he seems unlikely to be someone I'll rely on for support, I may not invest much time in that.

I know what you mean. Lot of good books I haven't read yet either.

It would help if either side were at all interested in a two-state solution. I agree that the numbers are entirely on the Arab side.

I'm nearly always dazzled at the Palestinians' ability to shoot themselves in their own feet. I'm more surprised by the Israeli side, though, because they're in a better position to think strategically.

The air campaigns have hardly been sustained, and have only come in response to unprovoked missile fire. Far from protecting its civilians from foreign attack, Hamas deliberately exposes its civilians to counter-fire; it makes for good propaganda.

Sustained for years, albeit intermittently. There's provocation aplenty, but sufficient for willy-nilly missile fire? Meh, not so much, though it does speak strongly of a desperation that annuls strategic decision-making. I saw a sad graphic the other day, though, with a memorable caption, along the lines of "Which is worse, hiding behind human shields, or shooting through them?"

Moral ambiguity ftw.

So, what do you think of our newb? Should we let him keep running around with scissors?

As ever, Jesse

[Juvenal]

I've provided strong and honestly damning evidence... you've given me nothing more than because you say so. Convince me otherwise, what evidence do you have to the contrary?

I should have offered up Jim, not Bob.

[That Geek 5410]

I should have offered up Jim, not Bob.

As much as I suspected... I'm done speaking to you.

[Juvenal]

As much as I suspected... I'm done speaking to you.

Sorry, was he a relative?

[One Bad Pig]

So, what do you think of our newb? Should we let him keep running around with scissors?

As ever, Jesse

The only thing he's likely to get hurt is his ego.

[rogue06]

I think I agree with Abraham Lincoln who said, "To hell with Iran, Iraq and the rest of those idiots. Let's just nuke the whole middle east into a glass parking lot."

I coulda sworn that was Thomas Jefferson right after the Alamo

[Sparko]

I coulda sworn that was Thomas Jefferson right after the Alamo

Same person.

[That Geek 5410]

The only thing he's likely to get hurt is his ego.

How so?