"pumping up the stock market enough to influence voting."

Who doesn't like "pumping up" the stock markets?

Certainly Donald Trump does.

Wall Street sets record highs after passage of Donald Trump's tax cuts

Trumpy was all about bragging about priming the stock market and how well it's all going under his " leadership". Until it crashed in him in 2018.

Whoops!

"Russia gets attacked for bombing civilians but they call the Ukrainians terrorists."

You do know what's really going on in Ukraine right? Russia is in the wrong no matter what they say now. The Russians invaded a sovereign nation and are bombing civilian targets directly. Not even close to the same thing. What Russians say matter as much to me as what Hezbolla or Hamas says.

"You want to invade? Fine."

They invaded Gaza and have been criticized for how they did it almost every day. And 10s of thousands have died. Gaza is in ruins. So not so fine.

"YOU CAN'T BLOW UP PAGERS AND WALKIE TALKIES THAT YOU PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES especially WHEN THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE HANDS OF NON-COMBATANTS, IN THE VICINITY OF NON-COMBATANTS, OR IN THE HANDS OF POTENTIAL COMBATANTS NOT DIRECTLY ON THE BATTLEFIELD"

Pretty sure that's not a rule. All of Lebanon is a battlefield. Especially if Israel is forced to attack it with tanks and bombs. Like Gaza became a battlefield.

Once again. Those pagers and walkie talkies were purchased by terrorists for terrorists. And obviously you can blow them up. Israel just did. Apparently.
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I'm literally out of crayons trying to explain these super basic principles to you.

#132 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

World leaders are waiting anxiously for your sage advice on how to combat terrorism and terrorists who are attacking you daily on your doorsteps and declare openly that they will kill every one of you. No matter what you say or do.

Did you seriously just suggest ambulance drivers deserve to die because Hezbollah was the one who provided EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKERS with walkie talkies?

If you took equipment from ISIS after we found out they just killed 3000 Americans (and they were bombing us daily after that) do you really think I should be upset if you die because it exploded on you and killed you?

WTF is wrong with you bro.

Yes, we literally have the videos of these things going off in funerals, stores, markets, and ------- hospital services.

WTF is wrong with you? Seriously?

#124 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

They were provided to you by hezbollah. With no verification by independent neutral sources. Do you understand what that means?

Trying to make you understand war propaganda is wrong?

Well ok then. Figure it out yourself.

Wring your hands and cry foul! Whine about how unfair war is in one hand and crap in the other and see how many lives you can save.

Meanwhile Hamas is still holding 7 Americans hostage.

Oh I know. They aren't people to you. Just admit it. You just call ALL OF THEM terrorists so they don't count as human beings to you. And anyone associated with them or even in proximity is no longer count as human.

#120 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

Humans can also be terrorists.

Anyone associated with terrorists are risking their lives. They always were. And now it's painfully obvious isn't it? Maybe they will reconsider associating and supporting terrorist organizations?

And. You are wrong. I don't want any of them to die. I wish they would change their policy and try to work with Israel instead of trying to obliterate them. I would rather not hear of all the death and destruction in that part of the world. I would rather they all live I peace and sing kumbaya and have concerts and dance together. In peace.

But obviously they will not. They still insist on being terrorists. Apparently. They shoot rockets daily into Israel terrorizing them and threatening and provoking them.

And obviously Israel is not going to get "obliterated" or threatened and terrorized that easily.

Get Hezbollah to change their declared policy and negotiate diplomatically instead of with rockets and bombs. And I bet Israel will stop figuring out ways to kill them back or kill them even more.

And then if Israel doesn't stop killing them and negotiate like a civilized nation then you may have a case against them. And me too if I still support them.

How do we know this?
Because Israel said so?

#113 | Posted by oneironaut

----. I hate agreeing with you but this...

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You should.

I am not denying it was a major attack and that people were killed and injured.

How do you know who was killed and injured? And how many? Let me guess. Videos and images from inside Lebanon. Guess who is providing those videos and images and stories to you. How many were actually noncombatants? Some obviously were not. But how many? And how do you know that?

The first casualty in any war is the truth.

Those pagers were used by literally anyone even remotely associated with Hezbollah...which is basically everyone.

Not true. They were purchased by hezbolla and delivered to hezbolla.

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DEVICES BOUGHT FIVE MONTHS AGO

The hand-held radios were purchased by Hezbollah five months ago, around the same time as the pagers, a security source said.

Israel's spy agency Mossad, which has a long history of sophisticated operations on foreign soil, planted explosives inside pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.

"Guess who uses those quite a bit? AMBULANCE DRIVERS"

Ambulance drivers that take instructions from Hezbollah. Apparently.

"Hezbollah is a terrorist group but also a political party."

The Taliban also call themselves a "political party".

ISIS considers themselves a "political party".

Being a part of a designated terrorist organization (because of your documented acts of terror) and then claiming you are a political party does not magically give you some kind of immunity.

Because Israel said so?

#113 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

American sources.

"Nobody with any humanity at all finds joy in killing non combatants"

Thank you Captain Obvious.

They went after political leaders and civilians not taking direct part in the direct hostilities as well. MOSSAD put explosive material in the phones, they weren't sure who was getting the phones, and they knew they would be exploding in civilian areas with collateral damage.

They went after hezbollah. Terrorists. And anyone directly associated with terrorist.

They were not phones. They were pagers used exclusively by hezbollah. terrorists. In a war on terror it's never a good idea to pal around with terrorists.

And them exploding in civilian areas would still be less collateral damage than bombing Lebanon into rubble. With 500 pounders. All bombs cause casualties.

"If Hamas or Hezbollah did this, you'd be freaking the hell out."

Well they are terrorists so I am glad they did not think of it first. You know that they would have if they could have.

What makes you think I am not "freaking out". Just because I am calm and understanding doesn't mean i don't know what this means and the implications for the future. But now we know it can be done so now we can take appropriate actions to prevent it being used against us.

Just like when drones became a tool of terror this is now another way to kill humans.

I also understand that humans whose sole purpose in life is to kill you may need to be killed first.

Now we have to worry about whether we're going to be killed by our devices.

#48 | POSTED BY CBOB

You should have already been worried.

Fast or slow your "devices" are already killing you.

"Oh no! That makes it better."

Better than what?

"It's a farce that we need to import low wage workers."

Is it?

What is your proof?

Your feels?

That's your proof??? LMAO

#28 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Proof? How come democrats need to prove every little thing they say but you do not have to prove anything to back up the ridiculous things you maga maroons say?

You "heard a guy on tv" say it is NOT proof.

Why do you think that this is ok?

Yall really think you're a bunch of jedis who can erase things that people saw and heard themselves.

#30 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

They are still trying to erase the last election. The one they lost. By directive of Dear Leader.

Your argument literally just says everything is fair game.

#83 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

No. I am not saying that.

But I also don't think this is a "war crime" either. Just as I didn't think us going into Afghanistan after terrorists and Obama droning the crap out of terrorists that attacked the U.S. and taking Osama from Pakistan and turning him into fish food was a war crime. I did not like the collateral damage then either. But when fighting terrorism you do have to take the gloves off and take chances and get your hands dirty.

It's no denying this was a major attack. This was amazing spy craft and impressive and probably saved thousands of lives if they had had to bomb Lebanon into rubble again. Which still may happen. But they have humiliated hezbollah destroyed their confidence and seriously damaged their communications networks and their ability to stage coordinated attacks. So maybe it won't.

Maybe Hezbolla will wise up and stop attacking and negotiate. I wouldn't hold my breath tho.

"Will Israel get listed as a Terrorist Organization now?"

Countries that accuse Israel of engaging in state-sponsored terrorism, include Bolivia, Iran, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.

Friends of yours?

October 7th, indescriminate killing in Gaza and the Pager attack are all wrong.

#77 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

Of course it's "wrong". It's war. A lot of wrong things will be done. On each side.

It's wonderful that you can sit back safe and smug and tell Israel how to defeat the terrorists who are threatening their very existence.

The terrorists that swear they will not negotiate and will not stop attacking you until you are dead or gone.

From the inception of Hezbollah to the present, the elimination of the State of Israel has been one of Hezbollah's primary goals. Some translations of Hezbollah's 1985 Arabic-language manifesto state that "our struggle will end only when this entity [Israel] is obliterated".

Most of the people running around Epstein were democrats and you know it.

#15 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Did you know that Trumpy has hung out with Epstein. A lot.

Trump had flown on Epstein's jet several times in 1993, as well as once in 1994, 1995 and 1997.

Kamala not a lot. Not at all. Neither has her running mate.

"I cannot believe you clowns are responding to this absolute, unequivocal, bat-sht insanity."

Hey! Why you want to ruin our fun?

He does seem to represent the deep craziness of the maga party. And challenging that is, well, a challenge.

Besides I am told that if you can keep them maga loonies talking then they ain't shootin!

Sec HSec repeatedly lied and tried to tell us "the border is secure".

Is Mexico attacking us?

Is Canada attacking us?

Is Russia attacking us?

Is Cuba attacking us?

No?

Then I am happy to report that our borders are secure!

Did Trump actually convince republicans to shelve a bipartisan immigration bill for political purposes only to benefit himself?

Yes.

And so now the reality is that republicans are the ones that have zero legitimacy on the subject of immigration.

That's what you get for supporting a demented narcissist for President.

"You are also attacking political leaders and anyone randomly affiliated with the Hezbollah political party."

Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. Members of terrorist organizations are subject to arrest capture or being killed at any time or any place. When you join a terrorist organization you don't get to hide behind "politics".

If anyone did this to Israel, it would be called a second October 7th.

#63 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

Gotta love our armchair generals.

And it WAS called October 7th and on that day they partnered with Hamas to terrorize Israel while Hamas killed thousands and took hundreds of hostages and are still holding them. And hezbollah have aided the terrorists by continuing to attack Israel.

Is hezbollah attacking Israel?

Yes.

Then Israel has the right to defend itself.

Israel's stated goal was to stop or make it more difficult for hezbollah to attack them.

I would say that they accomplished that mission.

I bet it caused a lot less "collateral damage" than rolling in the tanks and bombing the city into rubble like in Gaza.

I was down there 3 weeks ago. Lewzer is God. Literally.

#72 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Pretty amazing isn't it? If we survive this episode of the Apprentice the reasons for this will be studied in history classes for ages. Anthropologists will be trying to decipher why this was for millennia.