Netanyahu is about to unleash the full might of the Israeli military into that place (a lot of it American equipment and missiles)....It's going to be a bloodbath.

Blinken is touring Arab states trying....good luck with that....to placate them. Probably being Jewish himself he's not exactly the best person to send.....but the egos of these people.

This is going to be very uncomfortable for the west who are going to face accusations of double standards....but it's hardly the first time.

Honestly I'm glad I'm not having to deal with this one.....prior policy has limited their options.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Oct 2023 8.47pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Yep, I think it will get very messy. From the statements the Israelis are going to go in with overwhelming numbers and just take the hits to destroy the tunnels and I imagine anything that moves. They want to flatten Gaza and are prepared....it seems....to take the deaths to do it.

The question will be how do the Arab states react....It's why Blinken is frantically going around them....no doubt saying whatever he thinks he can. Ultimately this further damages America's soft power in the region....let's hope that's the least of it.

While these are all dictatorships their populations will be enraged.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Oct 2023 10.40pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Iran has threatened direct intervention if the attacks on Gaza don't cease.....Hamas leaders seen being praised by Qatar government officials.

In addition to its air attacks in Lebanon Israel has bombed Aleppo airport in Syria in the last few hours.

This war looks like the end of Netanyahu and potentially his Likud party will suffer significantly for a long time due to the large scale anger and revulsion towards the government over failing to detect and stop the attack, a cabinet minister was chased out of a hospital in Tel Aviv by an angry mob when she tried to visit wounded.

This means that Netanyahu will be looking to go out being known as the guy who smashed Hamas.....which means what we think it means.

It's all fizzing up before the cork pops.

Edited by Stirlingsays (15 Oct 2023 12.33am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Sadly, many civilians are still going to die. As if being forced to live in a 5hlt-hole all their lives wasn't bad enough.
With all the military expertise in the world, it will be impossible not to incur significant civilian casualties whilst attempting to pursue Hamas. Israel and everyone else knows this. Yet, without intervention, this is going to happen.

The taking of Gaza and building Israeli settlements will be achieved.

Knowing the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding, and the Western world does nothing to calm the situation. In fact, it encourages people in Britain to wave Israeli flags. WTF ?

Are we living in a civilised world where civilian casualties are just part of the body-count of warfare, at whatever cost ?
To me , it is Ethnic cleansing and land-grabbing. with a Hamas cherry on the top.

At least with Arab countries now being more vocal, we might see some thought given before more military action.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (15 Oct 2023 4.54am)

I disengage, I turn the page.

Yup. Ran away from Victoria Derbyshire’s questions. A total car crash. But of course he is MP for Stamford Hill.

Said he didn’t understand the law. The first black Britain to attend Harvard Law School and then a practicing Barrister

Edited by Mapletree (15 Oct 2023 10.04am)

He used to jump on any black cause going and was becoming something of a nuisance. So they kicked him upstairs presumably to control him and dilute his detracting qualities. The trouble is he was a natural activist but as front bench a complete fish out of water. Thank god the real work will be done by the FCO.