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Netanyahu tells Israel ‘We are at war’ after Hamas launches an unprecedented attack, killing at leas

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  1. duggers_dad

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    I so want to see the movie even though Rotten Tomatoes didn't give it a very good aggregate review. It's still at $20 to rent and I'm trying to wait till it goes down to the $7 range.
     
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    What movie? I don’t think I was referring to a movie.
     
  4. WestCoastGator

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    My God, why? What could possibly justify this kind of attack? Long live Israel.
     
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  8. tampagtr

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    Be curious to see about the ability to operate in that environment given what we've recently seen about some vulnerability for attack helicopters

     
  9. duggers_dad

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    Memes like this from conservative Christians abound on Facebook. Ironically, perhaps unwittingly, they are calling for one of the least religious country on earth to slaughter a people, the Palestinians, who are much more likely to be Christians. It’s just odd …

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    1) For the love of God, please check your grammar prior to posting
    2) Learn the basics of logic because your posts consistently lack any
    3) Israel must protect itself including through use of force
     
  11. duggers_dad

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    Like the Grammar Lion, ready to pounce! Anyone can raise the “right to defense” justification. And they have.

    But you’re missing my main point. And it involves irony. The well is deep and you have little to draw with.
     
  12. ajoseph

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    I was originally with you on my suspicions. However, here’s a very credible article that explains the intelligence failure.

    How Israel was duped as Hamas planned devastating assault — Reuters

    And, seeing the murderous savagery caught on videos of what Hamas did to civilians and military alike, causes me to support even Netanyahu to respond in a way that this will not be repeated in the future.
     
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    He was also prescient and prophetic in his comments he made at a conference last year. He warned against the very thing that has happened.

     
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  14. ajoseph

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    ALL OF THEM
     
  15. uftaipan

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    You can only exploit that vulnerability if you have the right weapons. Ukraine does. Hezbollah probably does not.
     
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    And this was done almost immediately after Turkey made the formal announcement that it supports and will defend the Palestinian people and demanded the US “back-off.” This is really a tense time.
     
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    They did it in plain view. Israeli intelligence thought it was posturing and did not take the threat serious. Gaza was doing well, economically speaking. So well that Israeli military had just shuffled personnel to other more troubled spots.

    Here’s the article that explains it …

    How Israel was duped as Hamas planned devastating assault — Reuters
     
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    Yep. Our primary focus is on Russia and china
     
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    I’m seeing a couple of these articles come out, and this early just feels like total speculation. There is going to be a full investigation that includes the “voluntary testimony” of some reformed Hamas members being captured on the battlefield as we speak. Until all of the pieces are put together, anyone can guess at how Hamas pulled this off.
     
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    Certainly explodes the myth of Israel’s military-intelligence impregnability.