BREAKING NEWS Hamas fire rockets into Israel

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Report: Hamas is now chambered in 5.56 thanks to all the blasters Joe left in Afghanistan. Aren't you glad your taxes helped supply terrorism worldwide?

Report: Hamas is now chambered in 5.56 thanks to all the blasters Joe left in Afghanistan. Aren't you glad your taxes helped supply terrorism worldwide?

We all had an inkling that this had happened, but now we know:

notthebee.com

Bullets? Pfft - amateurs.

I yearn for the days when Republicans handed out advanced anti-air missile systems to Afghan terrorists that would later be used against allied aircraft.

 

[Wings like Eagles]

Bullets? Pfft - amateurs.

I yearn for the days when Republicans handed out advanced anti-air missile systems to Afghan terrorists that would later be used against allied aircraft.

Like Biden left in Afghanistan ?

 

[essentialsaltes]

The bolded sections above are misleading

Bolding was in original.

 

[timothyu]

The British Empire was not much known for giving things away out of the goodness of their hearts.

Perhaps they and others didn't want to have to take the 'refugees' in.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Like Biden left in Afghanistan ?

Nope - Regan handed them out.

However, if you only accept the best, then you need the Republicans who handed out the most advanced fighter in the world at the time to the Iranians.

Truly the gold standard in handing weapons to terrorists.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So why do you think the British agreed to declare the Balfour Declaration?

The same reason they supported the independence of the Kingdom of Hejaz in its revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Palestine was Ottoman territory. Britain was at war with the Ottomans. Strengthening nationalist sentiments in Ottoman territories could help disrupt their enemy by encouraging rebellion. And broader propaganda goals among Jews worldwide in support of the Allies.

After the war was over... well, Britain was only committed to being theoretically in support of a Jewish state, and you won't find Hejaz on the map any more.

Because all the time, behind the scenes, a man called Sykes and a man called Picot had signed an agreement carving up the Ottoman Empire among the Allies.

 

[Chesterton]

Bullets? Pfft - amateurs.

I yearn for the days when Republicans handed out advanced anti-air missile systems to Afghan terrorists that would later be used against allied aircraft.

Yes, that was my one complaint about Ronald Reagan - he was not a psychic who could predict the future.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Elon Musk Deletes Tweets Promoting Blatantly Anti-Semitic, Fake News Account for Information on Israel-Gaza​

Elon Musk deleted several tweets of his without apology after getting called out for promoting two disreputable accounts he held up as reliable sources regarding the situation in Israel.

Musk’s tweets were called out by a number of news observers who noted @WarMonitor’s history of pushing misinformation, calling Hamas “resistance fighters,” and using “Jew” as a slur.

So do supporters of the BDS movement like him more or less now?

When it comes to Israel, US politics morphs from a political spectrum to a political horseshoe

(the top representing the pro-Israel position, the bottom representing the "Blame Israel" position)

 

[Chesterton]

Perhaps they and others didn't want to have to take the 'refugees' in.

Then you simply don't take them in.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

That could be made more visible if Jewish and Palestinian groups organizing protests in other countries, joined hands against the actions of both homelands.

It would be nice, but unfortunately all that people are seeing now is a collection of idiots in various cities holding protests to celebrate the attacks on Israel and shout 'kill the Jews".

 

[Chesterton]

Britain was at war with the Ottomans.

Britain was not at war with the Palestinians.

...broader propaganda goals among Jews worldwide in support of the Allies.

Broader propaganda goals among Jews worldwide? What does that mean?

 

[timothyu]

Then you simply don't take them in.

But then you increase their ability to claim traditional victimhood. Better to say, here rule yourself and we'll see how it turns out

 

[Chesterton]

But then you increase their ability to claim traditional victimhood. Better to say, here rule yourself and we'll see how it turns out

Yeah, claiming "victimhood" didn't have quite the same purchase 100 years ago as it does today.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Britain was not at war with the Palestinians.

Correct, that's why Britain was supporting the Arab Revolt and the Kingdom of Hejaz. Britain was invading Palestine via Sinai.

Broader propaganda goals among Jews worldwide? What does that mean?

Zionists might be more favorably disposed towards Britain and incline them to support or increase whatever support they were lending the Allies' war effort.

 

[Chesterton]

Zionists might be more favorably disposed towards Britain and incline them to support or increase whatever support they were lending the Allies' war effort.

The world's great major powers are engaged in war, and they need the help of this tiny, homeless group of people that nobody likes? I'm gleaning from your post that "the Jews" must be really super rich, or really super influential, or really super something.

 

[timothyu]

or really super something.

Well not super Sunday, or even duper. But it would be interesting to know who the financiers holding the world's purse strings are that sit above every dealing of mankind. Who are these invisible people who never make the news? Where do they come from and what is their background? Is this another Caucasian overlord thing or something and someone else?

 

[essentialsaltes]

The world's great major powers are engaged in war, and they need the help of this tiny, homeless group of people that nobody likes? I'm gleaning from your post that "the Jews" must be really super rich, or really super influential, or really super something.

Right, that's where we hopped on this merry-go-round: an anti-Semitic trope may have influenced British thinking on the matter.

 

[Chesterton]

Right, that's where we hopped on this merry-go-round: an anti-Semitic trope may have influenced British thinking on the matter.

I perceive it as more of a downward spiral than a merry-go-round but anyway, I'm confused. Wilson and Balfour weren't influenced by Jews, but rather by a trope about the Jews that they fell for? It's too bad for the Kurds that they didn't also suffer from bigotry; they might also have their own homeland today.

 

[timothyu]

It's too bad for the Kurds that they didn't also suffer from bigotry; they might also have their own homeland today.

I heard the media bragging about Syria or Turkey or somebody blowing up a bunch of Kurds Friday or Sat. Aren't they US allies?

 

[essentialsaltes]

I'm confused. Wilson and Balfour weren't influenced by Jews

That was not the original claim.

The original claim was "American Zionists promised England that they would get America into the war to help them win if England gave them Palestine after the victory."