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delicately calloused |
I think the US population is overwhelmingly supportive now. I know my whole family is. The only anti Israel people I have seen are online where the sample is concentrated. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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The latest details are posted on TWZ. This stood out: "The question still remains if any IAF crewed assets ever even entered into Iranian airspace. Standoff munitions, especially air-launched ballistic missiles, could have been responsible for striking the limited target sets that were hit..." Complete article: https://www.twz.com/news-featu...-ever-flew-over-iran | |||
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“You played with the lion’s tail,” warned Hesamoddin Ashena, adviser to former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. “… This is Iran.” _________________________ | |||
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Britain announced it would consider providing intelligence collected from surveillance flights over Gaza to the ICJ as part of the investigation against Israel for war crimes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398113 The British Ministry of Defense is considering providing the International Court with intelligence collected from surveillance flights over Gaza, to assist in the investigation against Israel on charges of war crimes. The British Air Force has conducted hundreds of surveillance flights over Gaza since last December, gathering intelligence on the situation in Gaza since the outbreak of the war. The surveillance flights were carried out using spy planes based in Cyprus. A statement from the British Ministry of Defense said that the surveillance flights were intended to gather information regarding the hostages, but British Defense Ministry officials said they would agree to share the information collected with the International Criminal Court as part of the investigation against Israel. "In accordance with our international obligations, we will consider any official request from the International Criminal Court to provide information related to investigations of war crimes. The UK is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Hamas." "Our mandate is narrowly defined to focus solely on ensuring the release of hostages, including British citizens, with the Royal Air Force conducting unarmed flights since December 2023 for this purpose only," said the British Ministry of Defense's statement. Last May, the prosecutor at the ICJ announced his intention to seek arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The prosecutor, Karim Khan, accused them of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and the deliberate targeting of attacks against the civilian population, since the outbreak of the war and the October 7th massacre. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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Netanyahu's office issued a statement denying that Israel's target choices were dictated by the United States. The US does not tell Israel what to do ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Just clearing up a couple of very small points for those Brits reading who might be reading this thread. | |||
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The RAF is begging for their shit to get blown out of the sky. GB is now the enemy of Israel because of Londonstan. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Would like to know your thoughts on this tacfoley; Is this because of the leftward tilt of your newly installed government? _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
The new government are a dumb-ass bunch of freakin' liars and stumblebums who couldn't arrange for something that fell out of their hands to fall downwards. I really have no idea what their thoughts are about Israel, or much else for that matter. I'm prepared to be unsurprised at any thing this new Labour government does. As of this moment, they are THE most unpopular and least trusted occupiers of the House of Commons that anybody can recall - certainly within post-WW2 memory. I wouldn't piss on any of them if I found them on fire. | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
RAF aircraft on reconnaissance missions don't need to enter Israeli airspace to carry out their tasks, so how are either hamas or hezbollah going to shoot them down? You really think that Israel is likely to shoot down an RAF aircraft operating in international airspace? | |||
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The UK has it's own variant of the RC-135 RIVET JOINT Tactical and Strategic ISR platform. https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraf...rc-135w-rivet-joint/
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See: USS Liberty Yes, GB is going to get their shit blown out of the sky for this. Giving intel to the enemy. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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See: USS Liberty Yes, GB is going to get their shit blown out of the sky for this. Giving intel to the enemy.[/QUOTE] Thank you for presenting this incident from the proper view. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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I agree with you. I mean the support that counts the most, the Oval Office, will be much more supportive. . | |||
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Israeli Strikes Knocked Out All Of Iran’s S-300 Air Defense Systems: Officials The apparent destruction of the last three Iranian S-300s would pave the way for expanded Israeli airstrikes. Thomas Newdick Posted on Oct 28, 2024 3:02 PM EDT Iran is likely still tallying the costs of the Israeli airstrikes launched on Saturday in retaliation for Tehran’s massive October 1 missile barrage on Israel. Among the targets that Israel appears to have gone after are Iran’s prized Russian-made S-300 air defense systems, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. Putting the Iranian S-300s out of action leaves the door open to follow-up strikes by Israel, including larger-scale direct attacks. As we noted on Saturday, this serves as both a contingent opportunity for the Israel Defense Forces and a deterrent against a response from Iran. Among the critical Iranian military infrastructure destroyed on Saturday were its three surviving S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems. This is the assessment of unnamed U.S. and Israeli officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal. Iran’s only other S-300 system was already hit by Israel earlier this year... Complete article: https://www.twz.com/news-featu...se-systems-officials | |||
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As I keep pointing out, the Iranian military is nothing but a bunch of clowns. They make a big noise but when the shooting starts, they get their ass kicked every time. If ever they manage to develop the bomb, these buffoonish fanatics will use it at first opportunity and it will lead directly to their complete destruction. | |||
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I’ve read that Israel took out both S-300 and the more advanced S-400 systems. It does my heart tremendous good knowing that the F-35 stealth is as apparently good as we’ve heard to where not a single loss was suffered. Russia is shitting themselves I’m sure as once again, their hardware proves to be woefully deficient in the face of vastly superior western tech. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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Hezbollah Names Successor to Nasrallah; Israel Says ‘Not for Long’ Naim Qassem, a founding member of Hezbollah, has been appointed the new leader. Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah has appointed Naim Qassem as the replacement for its slain chief Hassan Nasrallah, and Israel has already placed a target on his life. “Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wrote on X Monday alongside a photo of Qassem. “The countdown has begun.” Qassem, 71, assumed the role of acting leader following Nasrallah’s death in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Sept. 27. The new Hezbollah leadership was expected to be passed to Nasrallah’s cousin, Hashem Safieddine, but on Oct. 22, it was revealed that he too had died in an Israeli air strike nearly three weeks prior. A founding member of Hezbollah, Qassem had served for more than 30 years as Nasrallah’s second-in-command and emerged as a prominent spokesperson for the group, especially as the clash with Israel along Lebanon’s border has escalated since last October. He is also one of the few high-ranking Hezbollah leaders still alive after Israel’s targeted airstrikes decimated much of the group’s senior leadership in recent weeks. In a stern warning, Israel said Qassem may soon meet the fate of his comrades. “His tenure in this position may be the shortest in the history of this terrorist organization if he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine,” reads a post from the Israeli government’s Arabic-language X account. “There is no solution in Lebanon except to dismantle this organization as a military force.” Qassem was born in 1953 in southern Lebanon. He was a Shiite cleric until the late 1970s when he joined the Amal movement during the Lebanese Civil War between Maronite Christians and Muslims. In 1979, in the wake of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Qassem broke away from Amal as it drifted in a more secular direction. In 1982, together with several like-minded former Amal members who shared his radical Islamist ideology, they founded Hezbollah. In 1991, Qassem was appointed deputy leader under founding leader Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed in an Israeli attack the following year. Qassem continued in this role when Nasrallah became the leader and served as his deputy until Nasrallah’s death. Since Nasrallah’s killing, Qassem has given several televised addresses, including one on Sept. 30, in which he told supporters that his group would “fill the leadership and positions on a permanent basis” and continue to fight against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians. “What we are doing is the bare minimum ... We know that the battle may be long,” he said in a 19-minute speech, speaking in front of wooden panels from an undisclosed location. Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have been ongoing for decades and have escalated in the past year since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas—also an Iran-backed terrorist group—which killed 1,200 people, injured thousands, and kidnapped more than 250. Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza later that day were met with Hezbollah’s rockets, missiles, and drones in support of Hamas, prompting Israel to return fire. https://www.theepochtimes.com/...aPWpP0KzNNvIGHRtg%3D _________________________ | |||
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The S-300 and S-400 are VERY capable systems. The Soviets spent tons of money on these surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, knowing our aircraft were always better than theirs (since the Korean War, that is). It warms my heart to see the Israelis have managed to not only avoid getting hit by them, but actually destroyed them. Those SAMs probably represent Iran's best anti air capability. Killing those SAMs opens up the country to attack by F-15 and F-16 strikes. . .  Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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