Operation pillar of cloud. Israeli assault on Gaza

[Pickman's model]

If these comedy rockets do nothing then why do Hamas bother with them? They have no military effect and might kill a few civilians if they're lucky but provide a justification for getting a beating (again) from the IDF.

There is a massive a downside and zero upside to doing it so why do it? It's fucking stupid.

imagine you're in gaza. what would you do, nothing? and effectively say to the israelis that you're a dog?

 

[weltweit]

Great, depressed an impotent are my favorite emotions

Sorry about that. People, in power, could be making positive efforts to resolve this never ending dispute, but at the moment they seem out of ideas or desire. A small example. what ever happenned to Blair, the envoy of hope? And all the rest.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sorry about that. People, in power, could be making positive efforts to resolve this never ending dispute, but at the moment they seem out of ideas or desire. A small example. what ever happenned to Blair, the envoy of hope? And all the rest.

they could be making positive efforts to resolve this never ending dispute. but they could have been making efforts for 64 years, and they've done bugger all. can you work out why that might be?

 

[weltweit]

I don't think many expected a peace process in Northern Ireland, yet there is one.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Must remember to boycott all Israeli produce.

 

[Crispy]

I don't think many expected a peace process in Northern Ireland, yet there is one.

I don't think analogies like this scale very well with the magnitude of the injustice.

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't think many expected a peace process in Northern Ireland, yet there is one.

and how long has it been going on?

 

[audiotech]

Some talk of the Israeli's 'launching a ground invasion'?

 

[Pickman's model]

Some talk of the Israeli's 'launching a ground invasion'?

yes, there's been some talk of the zionists launching a ground invasion earlier in the thread.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Some talk of the Israeli's 'launching a ground invasion'?

There's been lots of threats along the lines of 'We're prepared to use troops on the ground' not seen any confirmed ground invasion however.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Don't know if this has been posted, activist/film maker is broadcasting live from Gaza city:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/12576643

 

[Pickman's model]

There's been lots of threats along the lines of 'We're prepared to use troops on the ground' not seen any confirmed ground invasion however.

you will in the morning though

 

[Red Storm]

Hamas has shelled Tel Aviv apparently.

Russia Today report

 

[Pickman's model]

Hamas has shelled Tel Aviv apparently.

Russia Today report

good to see plucky little palestine not going down without a fight.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

you will in the morning though

Wouldn't surprise me tbh. Just hard to work out if it's happening or if this is just part of the psyop of the war effort.

 

[Raminta]

Sure Palestinians fired few Christmas crackers and Israel giving back deadly bombs.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sure Palestinians fired few Christmas crackers and Israel giving back deadly bombs.

give the palestinians some decent size rockets and a half decent air force and then let's see what happens.

 

[Raminta]

Well what you expect when such many years of suppression, of course revenge.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

give the palestinians some decent size rockets and a half decent air force and then let's see what happens.

A great big bomb is dropped on Gaza City, killing thousands?

 

[Crispy]

A great big bomb is dropped on Gaza City, killing thousands?

Just the one?

 

[Pickman's model]

A great big bomb is dropped on Gaza City, killing thousands?

you think israel would drop a nuclear bomb on gaza? perhaps you need to look at a map showing where gaza is, and think about the prevailing winds in the region.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

you think israel would drop a nuclear bomb on gaza? perhaps you need to look at a map showing where gaza is, and think about the prevailing winds in the region.

Not a nuclear bomb, no. But a fire bomb. Something designed to kill the maximum number of civilians? They'd do that in an instant if they thought they could justify it, and they'd make sure many more Palestinians died in it than Israelis in whichever attack they used as justification.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not a nuclear bomb, no. But a fire bomb. Something designed to kill the maximum number of civilians? They'd do that in an instant if they thought they could justify it, and they'd make sure many more Palestinians died in it than Israelis in whichever attack they used as justification.

fyi: incendiary bombs aren't dropped one per raid but lots and lots at a time, as in eg the london blitz.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

fyi: incendiary bombs aren't dropped one per raid but lots and lots at a time, as in eg the london blitz.

Right. Fine. I'm not a weapons expert. That, then.

 

[audiotech]

 

[Pickman's model]

new pictures have come emerged of israeli generals planning the assault on gaza

 

[quimcunx]

Well what you expect when such many years of suppression, of course revenge.

Not revenge, resistance.

 

[teqniq]

One of my comments got deleted from CIF so I will say it here instead.

Pillar of clouds, Pillar of shite more like

I thought it was relatively restrained...

 

[dylans]

If these comedy rockets do nothing then why do Hamas bother with them? They have no military effect and might kill a few civilians if they're lucky but provide a justification for getting a beating (again) from the IDF.

There is a massive a downside and zero upside to doing it so why do it? It's fucking stupid.

If a rape victim has nothing to fight her attacker with but bites and scratches do we condemn that woman because she bit and scratched him anyway? No, we salute her attempt and hope that some of her bites and scratches hurt.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If a rape victim has nothing to fight her attacker with but bites and scratches do we condemn that woman because she bit and scratched him anyway? No, we salute her attempt and hope that some of her bites and scratches hurt.

Yes, but if a bomb that kills innocent people in Gaza is followed by a bomb that kills innocent people in Tel Aviv, I won't rejoice either.