Biden sanctions
Link to quote: West Bank: Biden sanctions Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians | AP News
That is a confusing title for many. As we all should know, Biden immediately eased the tough sanctions that President Trump had placed on Iran. He waived sanctions on the Iranian oil trade, which allowed Iran access to frozen funds in foreign banks that it used to fund terrorism. That is what led to the Oct 7th attack. Joe wanted to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, but Iran just keeps waving its finger at Joe.
Now Joe is imposing sanctions, but it isn't against Iran or any of Iran's proxies. It is not against any of America's enemies. Nope. Joe has issued another of his devastating executive orders, this time imposing sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank that have been accused of attacking Joe's beloved Palestinians.
Here is how the AP reports on it:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals.
Those settlers were involved in acts of violence, as well as threats and attempts to destroy or seize Palestinian property, according to the order. The penalties aim to block the four from using the U.S. financial system and bar American citizens from dealing with them. U.S. officials said they were evaluating whether to punish others involved in attacks that have intensified during the Israel-Hamas war .
Biden’s order is a rare step against America’s closest ally in the Mideast who, Biden says, has the right to defend itself. But the Democratic president has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to show greater restraint in its military operations aimed at rooting out Hamas. Netanyahu denounced the U.S. penalties, which his government was notified in advance, U.S. officials said.
Biden is Giving Up Powerful U.S. Financial Sanctions on Iran | Opinion (newsweek.com)
It sounds like something Barrack Obama would do. It may be time to admit that Joe finally showed some spine. It was against an ally. Still no word on what he will do about the attack that left 3 American soldiers dead and another 40 wounded. Joe was caught quite unprepared for that. He depended on the US military to defend all its soldiers 24/7. I guess nobody thought that an incoming terrorist drone would be coming at an American base at the same time a US drone was returning to the same base.
In other news:
Biden is publicly urging grocery chains to lower their food prices while accusing them of ripping off shoppers.
Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, promised a vote next week on a bill to secure the border and aid Ukraine. A text of it has yet to be released.
"N ew York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that the reported migrants who were recorded on video assaulting two police officers over the weekend in Times Square should be deported.
“Get them all and send them back,” she said in response to a question about the people who have been arrested in connection with the assaults. “You don’t touch our police officers. You don’t touch anybody.”
N.Y. Gov. Hochul says reported migrants who attacked NYPD officers in Times Square should be deported (msn.com)
She didn't explain why they were released from jail in the first place.
Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces a resolution to censor Ilhan Omar for treasonous statements.
Biden is nominating John Podesta to replace John Kerry. John Podesta is the brother of Tony Podesta, the democrat who committed the same FARA violations as Paul Manafort but was offered immunity instead of prosecution.
And as you already know by now: Punxsutawney Phil says: An early spring is on the way.
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Just finishing a bit of bacon and the New York Post
We were warned about this weren't we?
Remember who told us?
Sadly, there is a bit of irony in that pic.
Question of the day: Do you think terrorists are entering the country via Biden's open border?
There is no doubt about it.
They see the opportunity and they will take advantage. What a fucking terrible mess we have for an administration.
Well, our great critical thinkers look us in the eye and say Joe is the lessor of two evils!
I guess they have a different definition of evil..............twisted as it may be.
When they hear of facts they don't like, they do this:
Settling for the lesser of two evils has landed us with the last two Presidents.
Please, tell us what is twisted about regarding Donald Trump as evil.
Dont dance around, tell us clearly why it is twisted to describe Trump as evil.
I just thought of it...I should have used your avatar in post 2.2.3
I'd ask you to tell us what it is twisted about regarding Trump as evil, but its too early in the day to go into a laughing fit.
Are you going to ask every Republican that question?
That is the formula for ABC's "This Week."
Cuz he still walks the earth a free man hurting no one.............
is he a leader or a clown?
putting a pathological liar in as leader of the country is evil
putting a crook in as leader of the country is evil
putting a traitor in as leader of the country is evil
holding your nose and voting for this person is evil
How about putting an extreme radical leftist in charge???
It's not twisted, it's truthful, reality, factual.
Biden is not an extreme radical leftist. That assertion is ludicrous.
We live now in a world where everyone just says things and someone else will take it up and run with it. a third of our population lives in a universe of alternate reality.
Per your examples, that makes those who do the "putting" evil. Not the subject of the "putting". Whoops
Can you show us "the facts?"
THE BORDER HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE!
So true John. I was watching something the other night and some republicant was saying something and it was all just made up lies and nonsense.
Can you?
You watched something and somebody said something that was nonsense?
Could you be more specific?
Absolutely!
Here:
Biden signs 3 executive orders reversing Trump on immigration (nypost.com)
Unable to remember enough of it to include here?
Like what for instance?
And your comments indicate you support him 100%. Oh, wait, we are supposed to ignore all the facts present showing this to be Traitor Joe.
I don't think Jim will be voting for Traitor Joe. You on the other hand...
And yet, you swear fealty to Biden.
Unbelievable.
So, you have no facts relating to my comment, or at all.
Pick a supporter of the former 'president' who is a gqp member, on any given day, and there is your answer,
I would vote for YOU to keep Trump out of office again.
I am not a big Biden fan, he is too centrist for my taste. But he is 1000 times better than Trump.
Could take awhile as there is no such thing as gqp to be a member of.
From the article/link you didn't bother to open/read...............
All were good policy. Look at what rescinding them has wrought.........
I don't give a fuck about anything the former 'president' has done. No such thing as good policy or good anything coming from that turd. I don't read what you re-post from an 'article' that you posted in the first place,
Waste of time.
Ummmm Vic posted it not I.
Yes, I see you are justifying your vote for Biden with the standard "Trump's worse" shtick.
Then why did you ask for it?
Although I don't agree with the reasoning I do understand it and defend anyone's right to make the decision on who they vote for any way they choose. Too bad not everyone is not willing to extend the same courtesy, especially without name calling or accusations.
People have been crossing that border for the past 30 years. There has been NO time in those 30 years when the border was "closed".
The United States has a stated policy that people can request "asylum" even if they enter out of order. If someone is dropped from the sky they have to be given an asylum hearing.
When Biden and Democrats suggest changing the asylum laws, then it will be believable that they are finally serious.
Obviously that is being taken advantage of and should be looked at for amending. In the meantime give them a number at the border with a way to get in touch with them and send them on their way outside the US border and they will get their hearing at our nearest convenience.
Asylum law is based on and bound by international treaties.
Over the past 120 years , the United States had done more damage to the Central American countries than it has done good. Pick up a history book. Out of fear of "communism" we have repeatedly backed regimes down there that oppressed the people. Or killed them. Now all those countries are dysfunctional and people want to get out of there. .
Guatemala Travel Advisory
Past U.S. policies have made life worse for Guatemalans
Web Jun 22, 2021 · Declassified U.S . documents show that the United States provided military hardware and counterinsurgency training to Guatemalan military and police in this effort, leading to the indiscriminate use of force …
same difference
No doubt that is a significant factor but not the only one. Others include:
Costa Rica is the big exception. They achieved a stable democracy in 1949. Panama is also improving since we took out their military dictatorship in 1990.
No, it’s US law.
Hardly
Thanks for describing Joe Biden perfectly.
Source?
How do you not know this?
Then you are aware that only counts people coming in through an official port of entry and coming in any other way is not legal or covered under any law?
That is incorrect. Even if dropped from the air asylum seekers are guaranteed a hearing and must be legally processed...
Why wouldn't an asylum seeker cross at a port of entry. We have Form I-589 at Ports of Entry but not in the Arizona desert or across the Rio Grande. Perhaps those avoiding ports of entry arew hoping to enter the country unobserved.
Is there anything saying they have the right to stay in the US while awaiting asylum?
Nope
There is huge difference between trying to sneak in and being let in.
There has been NO time in those 30 years when the border was "closed".
The border was closed prior to Biden being elected president. It would have been tightly closed with a wall.
The United States has a stated policy that people can request "asylum" even if they enter out of order. If someone is dropped from the sky they have to be given an asylum hearing.
President Trump had a "Remain-in-Mexico Policy" that worked.
You hit the nail right on the head!
None of that is our problem, other than Joe Biden's shitty policies.
Read your own fucking history book, and learn that money doesn't grow on trees.
We give away tons of money and everyone wants more and Democrats are happy to give it to them.
Yes they have, but never in the volume that the last three years have seen.
Damn right they are!
Terrorists, spies, criminals, crazies, those who other places did not want, sick, in short problems that do not improve our country.
Just look at their impact on Democrat run sanctuary shitholes.
Omar said that she was "Somalian first, Muslim second" and "here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system." “While I am in Congress, no one will take Somalia's sea.”
She is also a democrat.
And in true Democrat fashion, US Citizens are far down the list of priorities.
They are going to replace US citizens. Remember what Kendi wrote about: demographics is destiny!
Any chance at all that the Biden "Justice Dept." will make her register as a foreign agent now?
Just kidding, we know they wouldn't do that to one of their own.....
If she has a (D) after her name, the Justice Department will advise her to register under FARA. If her name was Paul Manafort, they would throw the book at her.
I don't know, they never made Hunter register and he admitted to being a foreign agent.
Don't forget, they are still sitting on the Hunter "investigation."
Just in:
Elon Musk Announces Plan For Shareholder Vote To Move Tesla Incorporation From California To Texas
Welcome, Tesla!!!
Makes perfect sense for the company.
I got a home and a big warm bed
And a feather pillow for my head
Going back to Houston, Houston, Houston
Space X is big down here, my DIL works in Brownsville on the rockets they are building.
Space X also has a facility about 20 miles from Waco.
I finally agree with Brandon on something. Israeli settlers in the West Bank should be sanctioned.
It isn't like the Israeli courts, IDF, or police are doing anything about their violence against Palestinians.
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I am not pro Hamas, Hezbollah, PA, or Israeli radical (Zionist). I don't want any of them carrying their BS conflict over to our country. We have more than enough problems w/o dealing with that as well.
You made a valid case.
Then you will be amending your article of course.
We just hold different views on Israeli policy.
I gave him credit for making a better argument than others on here.
Nothing will change my mind on the Palestinians.
Vic, you and I normally agree on most things.
I appreciate you letting me state my opinions on the articles you post. I try to back up my opinions with facts.
Thank you for not calling me pro Hamas/Hezbollah or terrorist sympathizer as some have.
It is different for me because a family of one of my best friends from college has immediate relatives living in the West Bank. Their last known relative (that they know for sure is alive) just made it out of Gaza just over a month ago. She is a nurse and had a rich patient that managed to secure passage for himself and one of his caretakers to Egypt. She drew lots with the other nurses to see which one would accompany him. They tried to get her temporary US VISA so she can apply for citizenship- she speaks English; and Egypt will not allow her to remain in their country. So far all of their efforts have failed. Luckily the same patron patient managed to secure sanctuary in Qatar- and she is accompanying him there. This all affects them directly.
I do not condone any of the harassment of Jews or Palestinians that is currently going on in the US. Both sides need to remember that we are all Americans first. We can disagree without threats, violence, or intimidation.
When I was in college I was part of a charity; thanks to my friend; that tried to send needed supplies to Palestinians. I am fully aware of the ever changing myriad of restrictions that Israel puts into place on what can be sent. If people really want to support the Palestinians they can join said charities which work not only to send goods; but send letters and petitions the Congress and the State Department on behalf of the Palestinians. This isn't going to get anyone their 15 seconds of fame on the internet or any type of recognition. It is frustrating as hell at times. But it will do far more good for the Palestinians than what they are trying now.
And you did a good job with that. I can't dispute those facts, but unfortunately, I simply don't think the Palestinians and the Israelis can live side by side.
You advocate sending needed supplies to the Palestinians and I'm all for that. They barely have a functioning economy in Gaza or the West Bank, even in times of peace.
It is frustrating as hell at times.
Some might say impossible.
another far right hate fest
Comon John, it's going to be an early spring!
Care to expound on why?
And another time you didn't (and can't) dispute a single thing in the article.
I am not going to waste my fucking time "proving" anything to you. You are allergic to it.
Why stop now?
That's a longwinded way to say you can't. But then again, we all already knew that. And you did to.
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Jeremy, he didn't make the statement. I did. I backed that up in post 6 with links to articles. If you care I can link more showing the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024- it has risen every year.
The West Bank is not connected to Gaza in any way. They are fighting to save what is left of their land from Israeli settlements.
As the member addressed responded, the flag is dismissed by charger
Looking back at it now, I'm not completely sure how that quote ended up there. I may have had it highlighted when I clicked "Reply".
My apologies for the confusion.
Biden continuing to be an equal opportunity offender. Neither the Jews nor the Muslims don't have much use for him.
Joe Biden's Michigan Trip Got Consumed by Muslim Rage (townhall.com)
Did anyone know there was a whistleblower in Fat Fani's office?
The whistleblower informed Willis that one of her top aides may be misusing federal funds. The whistleblower was then fired. This comes as Willis is also facing subpoenas for not releasing documents to attorneys and her issues related to the romantic relationship she had with an investigator.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has issued a subpoena for Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
Damn!
Meanwhile, back at the forgotten quagmire, infamous designs are afoot.
An insurrection against Brussels? Naw, it couldn't happen.
Polish farmers plot new blockade of Ukrainian border
When does an insurrection become a revolution? Soviets would know. Naw, it couldn't happen.
Hungarian farmers to protest against grain imports near border with Ukraine
A revival of the Soviet bloc with Ukraine in a position of influence? Naw, it couldn't happen.
After Tusk's visit to Kyiv: let’s not base our relations on gratitude
And the Soviet bloc aren't the only ones reminiscing about former glories. Ripe for the picking? Naw, it couldn't happen.
End of the "Greater Europe" project: Why Azerbaijan's exit from PACE reflects global changes
Joe Biden has expanded NATO and established a desire in Eastern Europe to reconsider a Soviet past without Russia in charge. Those caught in the middle of Biden's neoliberal quagmire are drifting toward rejecting all sides. Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, and Moldova have been primed to reject both the west and east while forming their own bloc. Naw, it couldn't happen.
Way to go, Brandon!
Donnie, Vic wants the job of firing DOJ & FBI officials in your next administration.
Melania, Vic will be firing every one of them. Ah, what the hell, maybe that's what is needed.
How long do you think she'll stay with him since he'll be broke soon? This alleged billionaire?
Not long, the warranty on the Melania purchase is due to expire.
What did she ever do to you to earn such disrespect?
Somebody should tell Forbes.
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Disrespected my country, our values and America's response to it's citizens in time of need. Remember what she scrawled on the back of her raincoat when she and the OFP went to Puerto Rico, after the hurricane devastation, and assisted in the paper-towel throw? Remember how her parents immigrated to the good ole USA, even though the OFP was totally against "chain migration"? She is, without a doubt, the most shameful First Lady this country has ever had!
I just want to fire deep state democrats.
They want to confiscate his money and his business and throw him in jail.
You know, the people trying to save "democracy,"
How dare she!
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Wow. Just "dripping" with sarcasm ('beloved Palestians') and a non-sequitar statement. Israel is its own independent country; the United States president is his own independent leader. There is context to go into and around those Israeli settlers in the West Bank (as you certainly know if you have kept up) and it involves violence and blocking actions taken there.by some settlers.
Be consistent.
Be consistent.
Wise advice for Biden, but extremely doubtful it would register.
I am. I treat the Palestinians as they have treated the Israelis and I treat Joe Biden the way he has treated Americans.
You are not being consistent you are being partisan. Call it what it is.
he did, accept it.
Like my friend from Chicago, you just don't get it.
Ronin posted indisputable facts. I accepted those facts. He and I disagree on what should be done.
Don't drag others into being responsible for your opinion piece. Ronin has nothing to do with comment 6 and the thread itself! Stop using 'filler' on your article. If you are going to be partisan. . .own it bravely, if you going to be balanced then accept that 'everybody' is asking (demanding) Israel to stop interfering, fighting, and blocking Palestinians from their West Bank dwellings.
He's treated me pretty well, no complaints too bad that your out in cold.
I really do find it hard to comment with relevant responses when I'm unable to open any of the images posted as comments at the beginning of the comment wall, but I will at least make one general comment now that I have finished eating my healthy oatmeal breakfast with banana slices, gojo berries, cinnamon and 6 small bird eggs, along with my orange juice and mug of coffee.
Has ANYONE suggested that the universal demands that Israel allow Hamas time to regroup, rearm and be prepared to kill more Jews could more effectively stop the bloodshed and release all the hostages immediately if instead they were demands that Hamas surrender, since their defeat is inevitable? How about that paragon of original apartheid, South Africa, leading the pack in that? LOL
That is a very healthy breakfast. My youngest does the Oatmeal with the cinnamon. I guess the cinnamon makes it palatable. I give credit to anyone who is satisfied with it.
Has ANYONE suggested that the universal demands that Israel allow Hamas time to regroup, rearm and be prepared to kill more Jews could more effectively stop the bloodshed and release all the hostages immediately if instead they were demands that Hamas surrender, since their defeat is inevitable?
That would be a good idea. Maybe we are almost there. I understand that one of the main sticking points in the current deal that Qatar is brokering is that PM Netanyahu demands that all the hostages be turned over for Israel doing all that. Hamas keeps wanting to hold onto some, evidently for more "pauses."
How about that paragon of original apartheid, South Africa, leading the pack in that? LOL
I think the one thing the current government of SA has proven is that all people can commit the same sins.
To be smart about how much to eat at your meals - the letters have it - Breakfast = B = Big, Lunch = L = Less, Supper = S = Smaller.
Good advice.
I'm sure that Netanyahu denounced them because that is what many so called ''settlers'' are doing. There are numerous documented cases of this happening to both Palestinians and Bedouins.
The US has warned Netanyahu to stop this on a number of occasions and they have done nothing, so it was no surprise to Netanyahu and his administration that a hammer was going to fall soon and it did.
Netanyahu has claimed on more than one occasion that the West Bank is for Jews. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to extend “Jewish sovereignty” to all settlements in the West Bank —
Sometimes people reap what they sow.
You seriously think the West Bank Palestinians and especially the Bedouins are in any way related to Hamas?
Gaza and the West Bank aren't even geographically connected.
While Hamas has expanded into the West Bank- that is thanks to Israel and the PA. You can't stop or kill off an ideology. Hamas is also very limited in what it can do in the West Bank- like defending Palestinian refugee camps from IDF/Israeli settler aggression.
Not all Palestinians are evil terrorists. Most just want to live on land that has been in their family for thousands of years in peace. Land which more is being taken by Israel every year.
Like I said- this is the first time I have agreed with Brandon since he took office.
We don't need Zionist (read fascist) Israeli settlers spreading their hate in the US. Just like we don't need Hamas, Hezbollah, or PA Palestinians here either.
There are 500,000 Israelis now in the West Bank that are illegal.
Do you understand that 250,000 Bedouins are citizens of Israel, live in Israel and are members of the IDF?
What have the Bedouins sowed to be killled and forced from their home, Vic?
The history of the Jews and Bedouins goes back decades,, the Bedouins fought with the Jews in their war for independence and there is a monument built by Jews to honor Bedouins who fought and died for Israel on a hill in Galilee dedicated by PM Rabin.
On 10/9 Bedouins saved Jewish lives some were Cilivans that risked it all to save Jews and some were in the IDF that fought and died for Israel.
And you say they reap what they sow. What they have sowed is that they are warriors for Israel and have earned the right to live on a small piece of land safely and not be attacked by the crazed right wing of Israel.
I understand what you are saying, and I appreciate your empathy for the people that live in the West Bank. I say they can no longer live near Israel. There is a large population of Palestinians living in Jordan. I am one of those who believes they should be relocated there.
I simply believe the Palestinians need to live away from Israel.
That is not the overwhelming view in mainland Israel, Vic. They don't want Netanyahu... as for the WB, opinions vary widely.
I understand that.
They don't want Netanyahu.
They can remove him. The relocation idea actually comes from those to the right of Netanyahu.
"Into that void has stepped a group – once fringe, but now in the governing coalition –that hopes for full Israeli control, to resettle Gaza and even expel Palestinians . And its ideas are permeating mainstream debate.
“We must promote a solution to encourage the emigration of the residents of Gaza,” far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on January 1.
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also holds a position in the Defense Ministry, says that Israel “will rule there. And in order to rule there securely for a long time, we must have a civilian presence.”
Israel’s far-right wants to move Palestinians out of Gaza. Its ideas are gaining attention | CNN
as for the WB, opinions vary widely.
As we can see here.
If Netanyahu and his government push through with the plan to cleanse the WB of non-Jews you are looking at ethnic cleansing. Now do you think the Palestinians, Bedouins, Druze, Chrissans will react all are citizens of Israel and all are citizens of Israel. Israel, IMO, will no longer be a democracy but a Theocracy.
Netanyahu will be reaping what he has sown.
It most likely will be the government that succeeds his. Let us face the fact that the Palestinians voted for Hamas and historically have rejected all kinds of deals that would have meant a peaceful coexistence. They simply cannot live next to Israel.
Let's face the fact that the Bedouins have never attacked Israel and are strong allies of Israel as where the other groups I mentioned.
We are talking about the Palestinians.
You're aware that Bedouins are considered Palestinians, right? Also there are 1.6 million Palestinians living in Israel as Israeli citizens and many are part of the IDF and reserves.
Does Israel throw them out as well?
We'll cut out a special provision for them. I'll put in a good word with Ben-Gvir when the time comes.
You will be better off putting in a good word for Netanyahu since there is a good chace he'll be persona non grata or in prison after this.
Maybe Obama can try and topple his government again?
Try to remember, I'll with those to the right of Netanyahu.
More nonsense.
Most right of Netanyahu seem to support ethnic cleansing in the WB and Gaza.
See 12.2.1.
You can say they don't want Netanyahu; but somehow he- and the extremists to the right of him keep getting elected to the majority.
They might get rid of Bibi- but there is nothing showing that he won't be replaced by someone to the right of him who is far harsher.
There are good Israelis that want peace; just like there are good Palestinians that want peace. Yet somehow both sides get ruled by the extremes. Until those that want peace are in the majority on both sides and the radicals are replaced nothing will get done.
That doesn't look like it will happen.
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Jordan isn't Palestine. Neither is Syria, Lebanon, or Egypt.
All of those places have a large Palestinian population already- many living in refugee camps rife with Hezbollah recruitment. It is easy because they have no hope; their standard of living is nothing unless they join.
Trying to force Palestinians into those places will not bring Israelis peace. It will bring civil war to Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon (Syria is already fighting a civil war that might never end).
Iran would love it. They could have an army of Palestinians eager to fight Israel to get back their land. Is Israel ready to fight a 4 front war with people that have nothing to lose and no place to retreat to?
I am sure Israel would win, eventually; and become a bigger world pariah than they already are.
Do you really see Palestinians and Israelis coexisting?
I'll ask you the same question I asked Ronin:
Do you think Israelis and Palestinians can coexist?
yes
Kavika, this article is from Sept, and the events of Oct 7th might have changed things.
Actually it's a couple of years old and that was the point Netanyahu has pushed this postion for years and there are numerous other article up to and including the last few months where he is saying the same thing.
But it still hasn't happened and it really can't if he is hoping for American support, which he knows. An empty political promise.
Anyway, after the war, he'll be gone.
Let us assume he will be gone. Can you be sure that the next government will be a more liberal one?
It is happening as we speak, Perrie and has been for some time. That is the point and yes, if Netanyahu and the administration do it American support will disappear as it should.
I sure hope so.
He's gone Vic. Between what was going on before politically, and this major blunder of Oct 7th and how the families feel about the hostages, he is done.
As for the outcome, IDK. I'm thinking some strange mash-up is ahead since they are allowed coalition governments.
That could very well be. I'm thinking a more hardline government may replace him. You know I think that would be the best for everyone.
You mentioned the families of the hostages. I think their voices were a negative in all of this, I'm sad to say.
I think that our strategy is to give Bibi a deal that he can't refuse but his coalition can't accept.
Blinken is headed back to the ME next week? He will try to get the Saudi - Israel deal back in negotiation. The Saudis will demand a ceasefire in Gaza and some sort of Israeli commitment to an eventual two state solution. Mohammed bin Salman also wants a security guarantee with the US to counter Iran's growing power.
Bibi knows his reputation is now shot unless he pulls off something truly historical, like normalizations with Saudi Arabia. He might agree to a "pause" in Gaza while if hostages are being released. The trick is to string out the release slow enough to get a deal done with SA. The Israeli cabinet won't go for it.
If it works, Bibi will have to form a much more moderate coalition or he will also be replace.
Complicated with tight timing, but worth a shot (pun intended).
Some of the strikes hit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard which is part of Iran military proper and I heard that strikes also hit the Quds Force another part of Iran and their army.
If we keep destroying munitions storage, command centers, and radar centers soon the proxies will have little to fight with and will be on Iran's doorstep begging for more supplies. That will put Iran in a hot spot, either support their proxies and see them destroyed or walk away from them and create an internal blowback in Iran.
Also, this is designed not to have a full-on confrontation/war with Iran which could set the ME ablaze. It's a tightrope that we are walking and one designed to create maximum pain on both Iran and their proxies.
I'd be very interested in the results/damage estimates of those attacks.
Please post them.
I am shocked that you haven't been able to find them, they are on Fox News, and CNN and other major media.
I asked for damage reports. You said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard has been hit. How many were killed?
The article states that the RG Quads Force and the Popular Mobilization Front were hit. No information on how many were killed and why is that so important to you? Have you ever seen a service person's body that has been KIA, probably not, it's not a pretty sight it's gruesome and can stay with you for life if you're part of it. But, different strokes for different folks.
When the information is available you'll be the first to know.
No need to shout if you feel you're not getting your way, just for your information I don't take directives from you. You'll get what you get and the other alternative is look up your own questions.
Cheers
Your favorite Squad Leader.
The answer is obvious. If the none of them were killed, they really weren't hit. You don't have any damage reports. All you have is a very weak defense of Joe Biden.
Have a great night.
Now that response borders on the ridiculous, we destroy missile sites, command centers, tracking and radar sites, ammo dumps and we aren't hitting them. LMAO
NEWS FLASH, NEWS FLASH FOR VIC.
U.S. launches strikes in Iraq, Syria, nearly 40 reported killed
Damasus reports 13 fighters killed by US strikes.
Thank goodness I found this for you Vic, I didn't want you going to sleep without knowing that the US struck hard and killed a bunch of people. I'm sure that you can sleep well now.
Have a wonderful night
Squad Leader Kavika
Only 40? We need hundreds or thousands. /s
We're just getting started US Central Command will be contacting NT to get the daily number our member wants killed.
This is exciting NT is now part of the war, and a member can gloat over the KIAs.
40 is a good start.
Since he is so worried about the body count, I assume he has a concrete figure in mind.
Probably around a million, turn Iran into glass. Yea, that's the ticket.
urban renewal.
False Churches, Bigotry and Greed ! Get that plexotomy.
Good old Joe.. he just keeps getting funnier and funnier...