Ever taken a piss in the Dead Sea? Now that's one for the brave. Or stupid. Aged 16 I was both. I also had a fundamental lack of knowledge of chemistry and physics. Couldn't walk for a day.
Go on, the only thing thats interested me on this thread today. What happens when you piss in the dead sea?
The handover of hostages was one of the worst if not the worst thing I have witnessed on TV Every one of the "guards" was fully masked up, too cowardly to be recognised, while the deaths of so may civilians is a major tragedy everyone one of those gunmen needs taking out Problem is when they hide among civilians how do you take them out without more innocent casualties
Yup and it's against the engagements of war to not wear a uniform in combat... AI says... The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) mandates that combatants in international armed conflicts must distinguish themselves from the civilian population by wearing a uniform. Consequences of Not Wearing Uniform: Loss of Prisoner of War Status: Combatants who are engaged in or preparing an attack without wearing a uniform and/or failing to carry their arms openly are not entitled to the status of prisoner of war. Treatment as Unlawful Combatant or Spy: If captured out of uniform, soldiers are at risk of being treated as spies or unlawful combatants, which can lead to severe consequences, including execution
Also just wanted to express my gratitude to @FosseFilberto and @Horny 4 Hamas for picking up the handbags after Pinkie and I had gone to bed last night*. Bravo *We didn't go to bed together. Or did we?
Pinkie has his band of brother Mountain Bike Riders who ride of into the sunset for some "fun" he would never two time them
Nah ... piece of piss - only one winner ... not in Europe so been able to play the same line-up almost every time: Goalkeeper - Toostate Solution RB (from the front) - Benny Andhisjetz CB - Bomsov Peez CB - Djed Kyds RB - Djed Wimmin Defensive mid - Oslo Ignored Center mid - Illi Galoccupation Wide right - Fook Da Hostidges Wide left - Illi Galsettlements Striker - Aidy Cutoff Striker - Wor Krimes (on loan from Newcastle) Only FFP and PSR can halt the charge - but with rich US owners, ain't nobody stopping this rout...
Whilst I take your point about the context of Hamas emboldening the right wing in Israel. It is still for the people of Israel to decide who they have in power in their Govt, not the people of Gaza. I hear on here, people blaming ordinary Gazans for electing Hamas, and so they deserve what they get. Does the same not apply to Israeli's who voted for Netanyhau ? You seem to pin the blame entirely on Hamas for Netanyahu and the right wing in Israel, without accepting that Israel bears any responsibility. Yes the hostage parades were unnecessary, so was the act of dressing Palestinian prisoners up in jumpers that read 'We will not forget, we will not forgive' in Hebrew with the star of David emblazoned on the tops; equally as traumatic and rage inducing for Palestinian families who had their loved ones locked up, many with no charge for years on end. But despite this pantomime, Hamas still released all of the hostages as per the agreement of Phase one of the ceasefire, and Israel released the agreed prisoners. At that point, the agreements of Phase two should have begun. The point about the comparisons with IRA posturing, whilst actual diplomats negotiate peace stands. If people truly want peace, then they look beyond the semantics, optics and concentrate on the actual nuts and bolts of brokering peace agreements. They don't throw it all away because they don't like the theatre of men waving guns. But this is the nub of it. Netanyahu doesn't want peace And he will use any pretext to return to war because that is his motive, and that is also the motive of those who prop him up in power.
You simply cannot compare the IRA to Hamas in any way. The IRA wanted an independent Ireland, not the total destruction of the UK entirely. So yes, ''posturing' is interpreted very differently and when a parade happens with banners and speeches promising another Oct 7th, it is never going to be interpreted as 'semantics'. It is taken very seriously and ultimately Oct 7th only happened because the cretins in charge didn't take those threats seriously.
I am making the comparison, in that actual diplomats need to look beyond the theatre and concentrate on brokering peace agreements. If Israel's problem was that they didn't like the manner in which the hostages were returned, then I'm sorry, but that is a ridiculous pretext to return to the bombing and slaughter of innocent people. You know as well as I do that Netanyahu was itching to return to war. He never wanted peace and was always going to use any reason that he could to justify it.
Dumb to give him such a good reason then really. I think Hamas were well aware what they were doing as they were with the ‘mistake’ of sending the corpse of a random woman rather than that of the most emotive murdered hostage. They love it. War suits them both which is sad but it is what it is. He got less than 1/4 of the votes at the last election and needs a very broad coalition including the far right to prop the government up. A good example for people who whine about PR here.
Well it didn't help, but I guess that's where we differ, as it wasn't 'a good reason' to return to war. And yeah, PR can leave you with people who are largely unpopular, forming a govt on the back of the deals they do themselves. Surely one of your lot can take him out like they did with Rabin ?
It's unlikely that it will ever be proven, one way or another, whether the 'wrong corpse' was intentional or not ... but the body of a wrong child would have been even more emotive ... or a Palestinian women with 2 Palestinian kids, if they were really trying to make a statement... all of the above would be abhorrent... but using any as justification for resuming hostilities is a stretch ... especially when there are undoubtedly hundreds of corpses still under rubble that may never be properly identified...
Thousands probably. And this is what people should be concentrating on. The scale of Israel's 'outrage' at the hostage release is completely out of kilter with the actual scale of death and destruction in Gaza.
