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Yeah, free the hostages and eliminate Hamas. Great idea, that'll sort it. Or something.

Doubtless they'll be along later mate. Thankfully some sensible people will likely turn up too.

You didn't make your point clear, you just made the very simple point that one group is a terrorist organisation. We all know that's the label they've been given, and all know that at times they behave like a terrorist organisation. You alo know that the situation goes well beyond that, and that pointing that out makes no difference to what's happening on the ground, and ignores the wider picture. If you want to focus on recent times, you have to address and acknowledge the Israeli behaviour, both pre and post 7/10. Alas, there are a few on here unable to do that, and their view of what's happening, and has happened, is somewhat simplistic, naive, and 6th form at best.

To use Whelks terminology, that's a simplistic 6th form view. Fortunately some of the leading lights in the legal profession and judiciary etc have a more mature and fact based opinion. Their letter to Rishi is worth a read. It's here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:9e4c3b64-2029-4dfb-b572-c1dc9fb3d7bf

That's one view. The alternative approach - is your assumption that all Israeli's were peaceful and happy to live side by side the Palestinians at any point over recent times, and that Hamas was not created as a result of Israeli behaviour towards Palestine and it's people? There is a reason that Palestinians react the way they do which seems conveniently ignored. If only they weren’t resisting, Israel would be pulling down the settlements and not 'arresting' Palestinians en masse and detaining them without charge, right? Too many people have such a simplistic sixth form view of the situation.

Divided

Yep. Pretty crass comment from him, but sadly there are still some who believe that this is a fight between Israel and Hamas, not an attack on Gaza.

FFS 😂😂😂

Hopefully this is bollox...https://x.com/foreverboleyn__/status/1774731290253689096?s=20

Farm

Jacobs

An honest reality check. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68692195

Tiny

Yep, which suggests that he hasn't been doing much (if any) strength work for a while. Hopefully he can be ready to do a proper pre season and help with next years promotion push.

Poll

Jeez. Read the thread back mate of it excites you that much. I know what's been posted.

That would be true if I was trying to prove something. I am not. The ball's in your court poppet.

They've got enough cruise missiles to throw them around in the way they have over the last 3 days. As for the North Korean supplies, they recently supplied 1m+ shells, whereas Germany have had to row back from it's offer to supply Ukraine. Who gives a monkeys where the ammo comes from, the fact is that Russia are getting it.

Ha! My not wanting to do your admin doesn't make for a 'strawman' comment. A feature of this thread has been the suggestion that Russia's military hasn't got much left, and even the suggestion that people won't defy sanctions to supply them.

You can read pal. It's all there.

They have - that point has been made in this thread. Re the rest of your waffle, my point was that despite people's claims, Russia have demonstrated the capacity (including over recent days) to launch widespread missile and drone attacks causing massive damage to Ukrainian infrastructure. They are not the spent force that people hope them to be.

I agree with all of that, but what does finding a way forward look like now that we're out and staying out? Realistically it can't be much more than taking the rough with the rough.

What a daft comment. We've got experts on here who told us that they were running on empty and nobody would supply them anything. That's plainly bollox, as is the suggestion that they were behind the recent attack.

The warning was in respect of "large gatherings" in Moscow. Not this gathering.

Sure, they knew of A threat, but that's a million miles from knowing of this particular threat, and either allowing it to happen, or being behind it. For a long time you've had this misguided belief that Russia's military is a busted flush, and now you're saying that it could turn in it's people in this way. Methinks you're looking for what you want to see.