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Sigh. You need to understand what your new word actually means mate, and need to understand the concept of mutual condemnation. The issue though is that in your mind there is fault on one side only. Hamas dragging those 2 lads to the release site was appalling form and will have been terrible for them. That's indisputable. Anyone should acknowledge that. Additionally, anyone with a modicum of humanity will appreciate that those 620 people who Israel should have released but failed to may be just a wee bit affected by what's happened to them, and I rather suspect there captors won't have been giving them a cuddle saying never mind. You don't have to look for equivalence to see bad behaviour on 2 sides. Only prejudice or stupidity would prevent that.

Seems that quite a few federal agency are ignoring the idiot. https://www.thedailybeast.com/agencies-tell-staffers-defy-musks-wild-justify-your-job-demand/ It seems that Trump is so stupid, he's forgotten that the people he's pissing off are voters.

They got their people. In a poor way, yes, but they got them. Your inability to say about word about shitty Israeli behaviour says it all.

Yes, but seemingly you haven't read it. The deal was that that they get their 6 people. They have them. They were to return people in exchange. They haven't. How Israeli people are returned in the future has no nothing to do with Israel not returning Palestinians yesterday. You've gone a bit Trump esque here mate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjry4nqw4z0o Israel have now welched on the deal and are refusing to release Palestinian captives, including hundreds held without charge since October 7th. Backing out on agreements, shooting kids in the back, following settlers around while they run amok in the west bank. Not what I'd call that actions of people wanting peace.

2 Palestinian kids shot in the back by Israeli military today. No excuses. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/22/two-children-killed-in-occupied-west-bank-as-israel-steps-up-sweeping-raids

Different formation I reckon. 4231.

Shandy

He certainly has. Makes you wonder what he could have done for us. Hey ho.

Assuming there's a bona fide case for asylum, where do you say they should be booted out to? The place where they were originally fleeing from?

Bill

Disgraceful Disgraceful I'm still amazed that people refuse to acknowledge that the behaviour of both sides is appalling. They don't have to be equally bad to do that. That said, Hamas behaviour today was a disgrace, but there's no denying that watching the bombing of Gaza as if it's a spectator sport is appalling. Nobody should be celebrating the deaths of innocent people.

Absolutely this. It must be collective though, all of Europe, Australia, NZ, and other sensible democracies. I think the next week or so is going to be very interesting though, and I think we'll see some unexpected alliances.

The answer was in SoG's link. Donny's rating is well below Zelensky's. His ego will be all bruised by that and Zelensky telling the world what we all know.

I'd love to know Donny's popularity rating in the US now. I'd hazard a guess it's lower than Zelensky's.

I think it's more of a Trump/Putin relationship, and a shared support of authoritarianism and push back against democracy. Zelensky rightly hit back against Trump, and he's reacted with both barrels. What matters now is the reactions of leaders of civilised democracies, but I think there will be some very interesting alignments coming up.

Will we be seeing BRICSUSA+ anytime soon?

Jesus fecking Christ. The bloke has lost it. If he ever had it. "Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a country left," US President Donald Trump says in a post on Truth Social. Labelling Zelensky "a dictator", Trump writes: "I love Ukraine, but Zelensky has done a terrible job, his country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died." Trump has also taken a swipe at Europe, saying the war in Ukraine is "far more important to Europe than it is to us". "We have a big, beautiful ocean as a separation," he says. He adds that Europe has "failed to bring peace" in the region.

People are in love with the notion that we're stronger than we are, and that stronger nations are weaker than they are. Realism has been lost on many.

Cap in hand. Behave. They have a supply line that Ukraine don't. If he need the goods, and get them, it doesn't matter whether anyone else respects your dealer.

Exactly. People on here are not playing the tape forward with realism. People point to North Korean arms support as a negative, but the reality is that they supply more than us and Europe. Throw Iranian and Chinese supply on top and we're massively out produced.

I think you're overlooking the inevitably for Ukraine. They are losing with US support, and will lose without it. Despite your optimism, Europe cannot arm Ukraine, and if they try to do so, they'll be left with next to nothing. European support without the US for an ongoing war just won't happen imo. The harsh choice for Ukraine is concede on the least unfavourable terms or fight on and lose more. Europe will be boxed into an uncomfortable corner - back a concession or fund and potentially man a fight. This will end the way it was always going to, albeit in a manner nobody expected courtesy of mad Donny.

Morally they shouldn't, but in reality they will. If they fight on without US support they'll lose a hell of a lot. If the rest of Europe support them they'll struggle, and the rest of the Europe will be left so depleted doing so that they'll be vulnerable. They'll do a deal that involves the ceding of some land as the lesser of two evils.

There is no doubt they're weaker, but I'm not persuaded they're weaker (at least personnel wise) than Europe. There's also no doubt that Europe are significantly weaker hardware wise, and that Russia have been able to replenish moreso than Europe. We can't get away from the fact that we've been told that we need to boost European military big time to out muscle Russia. The US hold the aces here, and sadly they have a leader willing to shaft everyone else to get what he wants.

You've said similar throughout. I'm not sure that even our military leaders share your confidence.