I wouldn't read too much into a tweet from a small sub-dept. of the State Dept. Clearly, someone higher up overrode someone down the chain.
Israel at war
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I tend to agree, but the Trump Administration appeared to be building a strong relationship with the Saudis while alienating the Iranians. There are no angels to deal with in this region that's for sure.
I remember when Trump was trying to box in the PRC. There were vocal critics across the aisle. Thankfully, the Biden Administration has been tough on China when it was their turn to lead.
Get ready for 2024 because every Presidential candidate will tell you how they would bring peace to the Mideast and the Ukraine, counter the Chinese, resolve our differences with Justin's hairdresser
and make the world a better place for our children. Keep your eyes and ears on Newsom.Absolutely 150% agree
Same cats, different stripes.
Con cats don’t really pretend to be something they aren’t. They will gut you if you don’t watch them. But you know what they are.
Liberal cats hold camp fires, sing kumbaya, hug everyone around, invite everyone to the party, and to eat and drink all the sweets, and party. And slowly poison everyone.
A few days might tell. My gut is telling me the next 72 hours is crucial and whether or not this stays a brush fire. Or a raging forest fire.I tend to agree, but the Trump Administration appeared to be building a strong relationship with the Saudis while alienating the Iranians. There are no angels to deal with in this region that's for sure.
I remember when Trump was trying to box in the PRC. There were vocal critics across the aisle. Thankfully, the Biden Administration has been tough on China when it was their turn to lead.
Get ready for 2024 because every Presidential candidate will tell you how they would bring peace to the Mideast and the Ukraine, counter the Chinese, resolve our differences with Justin's hairdresser
Geopolitically we already have
Russia/Ukraine
China
And the mid east is ALWAYs a bit of a shit show. What will Iran and the Saudis do, what will others do.
And it’s not as if, we both the US and Canada have more than enough problems in our own backyards.
Sunny days last forever.
Doh! I thought these quotes eloquently stood on there own until you decided to step on them.Yet they like to talk about free thinking and doing their own research
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Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember a time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Even though I am a dog, I love Cats the musical.
Chill, squeeze. You have to take into account the possibility you are tone deaf and can only hear opportunistic rhetoric from the other side.
Sorry to Pooh on your quote above, but isn't it more than a bit ironic that you are using this quote to counter another quote.
This is a little different, isn't it? This Israel-Palestinian conflict has been going on endlessly for over 75 years.
The Trump Administration believes a new approach and progress was being made with the Abraham Accords. It doesn't matter if it is sustainable or not.
Gaza only has 33% of its needed electricity supply. They have one three turbine plant but 66% of their power is supplied by Israel over 10 lines. If I were Israel I would turn off that power today and leave it off until all the hostages are returned. Gaza also has a desperate fresh water shortage. The limited Gaza electricity is crucial to water treatment and pumping. Turn off the Israel 10 power lines and put pressure on Hamas starved of water and electricity and see how that works.
As I said before, pretty sure this is about an imminent Saudi/Israeli peace deal. Coupled with a nice 50 anniversary of the Yom Kipper war. They shot their shot with thousands of missiles to overwhelm defenses. Now Hamas awaits the reaction, gets the footage of Palestinians bodies for the Arab in the streets, and hopes it gets derailed.
Ugly ugly business.
Hamas wants the humanitarian crisis. The easy dissemination of hospitals fucked, and children without water. They will happily sacrifice a few thousand.
I agree with you.
I'm just making the point that you have to give the Trump Administration some leeway at the beginning of the election season to say we had a different approach to the region. Would this escalation have happened anyway? Possibly.
LOL…Yeah…That was kinda the idea.
I’m impressed, Sir…in my experience most conservatives lack the ability to recognize irony.
The Abraham Accords were only accelerated colonialism.
All they did was try to award Israel more of Palestine and more rights over Palestine.
But this has been going on for 75 years, during which Israel has continually taken more of Palestine while still claiming to be the victim.
If you want peace either end the occupation or end apartheid.
Yes, the first report I read said 800, this one says 1,000.
Exact same start to the last round of violence in 2021.
Over 1,000 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli settlers and police have stepped up their provocative incursions into the holy site during the Jewish holiday season
new.thecradle.co
Gaza has been living through 17 years of illegal blockade.
47% unemployment, almost no drinkable water and only a few hours of electricity a day.
That's what Israel wants, not Palestinians.
Its not much different from when the blockade started.
Papers show Israel counted calories to limit food to Gaza during blockade
According to a draft document, Israelis calculated Gazans on average needed 2,279 calories a day to survive the blockade it had imposed to keep weapons from entering the Palestinian territory.
www.seattletimes.com
Oh Joe, we're just happy you didn't shit yourself in the middle of your babble. Time for a cookie.
