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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan DCNT View Post
    Not only that, but the culture is so radically different from 2001... I was in High School when 9/11 happened, and my average classmate was a relatively patriotic, relatively smart, healthy teenager who by today's standards would be considered right of center, and many of them enlisted after graduation, and IMO made great armed forces members. I see teenagers today, and there's no fucking way they 1) would ever enlist voluntarily, 2) would be able to pass basic fitness tests, or 3) would actually have any will to fight for the country.

    You can't raise a generation to hate the country and then expect them to fight for it.
    Hating the country and not wanting to die in some stupid war are two different things

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    Quote Originally Posted by wal View Post
    You cannot fight these kind of people, anyway you have them in your neighborhood already and you have a soft government like we do in Australia which under the policy of "multiculturalism" has allowed Muslim immigrants that will not assimilate and will always be connected to Islam which purpose is the have a world wide caliphate under which you will comply or die. We here in Australia have already capitulated and have seen our so called Muslim/Hamas supporters in Sydney subjugate our State Police. If we protest we are arrested instead, just like the COVID days Australians were attacked by our own police force when they protested, but Hamas supporters in Sydney were escorted to the Opera House by NSW State Police where they burned Israeli flags and chanted "gas the jews" and not one was arrested.

    So when your own government will not support you against foreigners in your own country you are welcome to try, but I don't think you will win, unless of course you get Trump back.
    I don't think you understand Texas, wal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    Do you think that any of the hostages are going to get out of this alive? I think not.
    Many of the hostages will be or have been killed by front line Hamas fighters and sympathizers, others will be turned over to Hamas leadership and likely moved to Iran or some other safe place. Hostage negotiations will be pretty straight forward. Israelis will not negotiate. They will make some attempt to free hostages from known locations accepting the fact that many if not all will die in the rescue attempt. As many of those holding the hostages will be killed as possible.

    The American hostages are worth a lot of money and will likely be sparred until exchanged for pallets of cash. Biden has set a base price for Americans so the tax payers will have to ante up. Agree with him or not, he will negotiate.

    Some "Americans" are only patriotic when caught in a pinch and I am sure some of the current hostages fall into this category. Fortunately for them, if our Marines, Soldiers, and/or SEALS are tasked with a rescue op they won't ask for information regarding political preferences, sexual orientation, or other objectionable life style choices these hostages may have made. Our Warriors will just go, fully prepared to take out as many of the opposition as necessary. The Warrior ethos is alive and well at the tip of the American spear. Godspeed to those who may become involved.

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    Why do I care about what's happening in the middle east? That's easy. I have the amazing opportunity to watch the history of WWIII unfold right before my eyes. Of course I'm going to pay attention.

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    Israel did not respond to the attack for many hours. How is this possible? (Efrat Fenigson and Bret)

    This might be a very important video. Watch this one.

    This Israeli woman strikes me as honest. And unlike the mainstream narrative, she makes sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    I don't think you understand Texas, wal.
    Yes, you have told me that before. How many Mosques have you in Texas? 100 or more? Each Mosque is like flag planted on a beachhead or on new undiscovered country, a sign of possession.

    That is why in Jerusalem the Al-Aqsa Mosque which is on the site of the old Jewish Temple that was built by Solomon is claimed as Islamic . The current attack by Hamas called the "Al-Aqsa Flood" is to claim Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine and prepare Moslems in the others countries to prepare for Jihad, but the problem is Jews also lay claim to that Mount . That is why I said there cannot be a two state solution in Israel, the Mosque is Islam's way of saying we now are in control. That is the MO of Islam to migrate to a country build a Mosque on a Holy site and establish Sharee'ah (Islamic Law).

    Texas may reject Islam, but due to your state's multicultural policies you have more Mosques then most western countries including Australia. Mark Islam owns Texas and it was all done without a shot being fired.

    So now when you go to a store you find products that are listed as Halal, and you Mark do not eat Halal, well not yet. So get that damn crispy pork belly out of your kitchen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry Zaks View Post
    I have dual citizenship. I only feel like an American while in Israel. When I visit the USA, the country of my birth where I lived for half my life, I’m no longer an American. My right to vote in US elections, as for all ex-patriates living abroad, should be taken away. I refuse to vote in state and local elections of the last place I lived in the US. If they allow Trump to run for president, I’ll vote for him. If I were running this country, I would nuke Iran before they nuke us. That means right this second. They are working as fast as they can to build nukes and promise to exterminate us constantly. The mullahs running Iran are willing to take a huge beating as long as they can annihilate Israel.

    I don’t understand how stupid and willfully blind most Israelis are. I’m from the generation after the second world war that knew if you kill us, we will annihilate you. Imagine if missiles flew into Texas from Mexico, and the president didn’t order the military to destroy the perpetrators and their leadership immediately after being notified. How long could such a president remain in power? That’s not the situation here. The slogan in this country was Never Again after the Holocaust. What it means is it has to happen again until people say Never Again and then will forget. This cycle can’t go on. Iran will nuke us. It’s a little country the size of New Jersey. It will only take a few nukes to achieve their aims. The world doesn’t understand that the global economy will be wrecked when in the aftershock the price of oil triples. America was energy independent under Trump despite whatever environmental damage was caused. That can reoccur.

    I have thought for 15 years America should stop giving aid money to Israel. It’s probably more now, but it was 3 billion dollars some years ago. 1.2 billion for interest repayments and 1.8 billion going to American arms manufacturers. The American taxpayer should demand it stop immediately.

    The top Israeli military command after the massacres still thought they should try and deliver a blow to Hamas that would make them reconsider attacking Israel again in the future. They are fat and live plush lives. They can’t be replaced now but have to go.

    Radical Moslems, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY MOSLEM BUT A LOT OF THE ISLAMIC POPULATION want to take over the world. If it takes 1,000 years so what? They believe that killing for Allah gets them an eternal reward. If they die they get a reward better than the immediate joy of killing Jews. For Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian leadership, there are no innocent victims. If a Moslem dies in an attack by them, the person is a martyr and earns eternal reward. They win even if they’re all killed. I usually post references. Not now. Check it out on your own.

    There’s no reason that America has to support Israel if its not in its interests. If we here are unwilling to stand up for our survival and annihilate our enemies who have the same ideology as Nazis that every Jew has to be killed, we don’t deserve to survive. Years ago, another expatriate American who had been living here for 50 years told me the Israeli people is at its best when it realizes it has no choice but to do whatever it takes to survive despite international threats. This country isn’t close to that yet. Cutting off all American aid money might move the country in that direction, but it won’t be enough. Too many people here survive on fantasies that God will protect us, or the slogan “It will be OK,” meaning we’ll get by somehow. Israel has to realize that there will be no outside help, and that we’re on our own. If we can’t annihilate our enemies before they do it to us, we don’t deserve to survive.
    Picking a side in this conflict has become like choosing to support either Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. Sure one of them has killed less than the other, and technically is the more morally righteous one. But yeah.
    I’m going to say this to you, but it’s really to every Jew that has the same opinion. Which is most of you. The holocaust wasn’t the only atrocity in history.
    Iran’s leadership is not a religiously crazed group of fanatics. Their public statements do not match their actions. That makes them politicians. At least 3 times more sane then Biden. And I wouldn’t go to deep into stating that Muslims believe X unless you want someone to do the same to the Torah. But I guess that’s what the ADL is for.
    One question, what exactly does Israel provide the West and the US in particular in exchange for its unique status?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    I don't think you understand Texas, wal.
    Pro-Palestine rally held outside Texas State Capitol
    Do you understand Texas anymore?
    Quote Originally Posted by David Roberts View Post
    Fortunately for them, if our Marines, Soldiers, and/or SEALS are tasked with a rescue op they won't ask for information regarding political preferences, sexual orientation, or other objectionable life style choices these hostages may have made.
    What year do you think it is?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan DCNT View Post
    Wal, do you believe that it is the duty of Christians to help restore and protect Israel as the home of the Jews?

    Do you believe that the Holy Land us I part promised to Jews by God?

    Lastly, do you believe the existence of the State of Israel is necessary for certain biblical prophecies to come to pass?
    For the sake of thoroughness, these are, in fact, not the belief or duty of “Christians.”

    I await the response, nevertheless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Subby View Post
    They can rally in Austin all they want. Do you know how many guns there are in Texas? There will be no Jihad here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wal View Post
    Yes, you have told me that before. How many Mosques have you in Texas? 100 or more? Each Mosque is like flag planted on a beachhead or on new undiscovered country, a sign of possession.

    That is why in Jerusalem the Al-Aqsa Mosque which is on the site of the old Jewish Temple that was built by Solomon is claimed as Islamic . The current attack by Hamas called the "Al-Aqsa Flood" is to claim Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine and prepare Moslems in the others countries to prepare for Jihad, but the problem is Jews also lay claim to that Mount . That is why I said there cannot be a two state solution in Israel, the Mosque is Islam's way of saying we now are in control. That is the MO of Islam to migrate to a country build a Mosque on a Holy site and establish Sharee'ah (Islamic Law).

    Texas may reject Islam, but due to your state's multicultural policies you have more Mosques then most western countries including Australia. Mark Islam owns Texas and it was all done without a shot being fired.

    So now when you go to a store you find products that are listed as Halal, and you Mark do not eat Halal, well not yet. So get that damn crispy pork belly out of your kitchen.
    I wish there had been a forum where I could have read your rants in 2001, 2003 and so on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Subby View Post
    Picking a side in this conflict has become like choosing to support either Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer.
    Bad analogy. Picking sides in this conflict is easy.

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