"Don't pretend you wouldn't."

Why noy use a truck. They seem to be the most effective. Not too mention, you can load them with fertilizer if you really want a mass-casualty event.

"Cuba mismanaged its situation sunk money in dying industries, it was in a precarious one where missteps had dire consequences."

I spend a lot of time in Albania. It was once the North Korea of Europe. Today it is populated by luxury cars, and some of the best beaches on the planet. Transition to a market economy brought in lots of investment, and it's paying off.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find an Albania who prefer the dictator and his impoverished schemes.

Anyone here ever trained or fought with female combatants? I have. They were basically no different than dudes. Some were terrible. Some were really good.

"The far far left needs to decide if they want to be politically correct, or if they want to be in power."

The far left is likely never to be in power nationally. What they need to decided is whether they want a moderate to be in power, or someone on the right. I'm not sure many left-wingers make a distinction between the two.

Uh, do these guys want to come back to the US? According to the article, they are suspected criminals and will likely be detained upon re-entry for criminal prosecution.

"We would be if homes were actually affordable."

They are affordable. Otherwise, they're not really for sale.

"So, less Pogroms than in Christendom, then. Got it."

Most. Definitely.

Jews used to be prominent across Africa and Southwest Asia. They all fled to Israel or the west.

"They could have moved them all to South Dakota and given them their own state right here in America."

They could have done the same with the Palestinians, no?

And that would have made far more sense. Especially in retrospect. Knowing about the anti-Jewish pogroms that occurred in almost every Arab state.

"Yeah. You're not actually capable of discussing this."

I understand how this narrative is probably giving you a headache. Reality sometimes does that for those who can't accept reality.

"Say the name. The name Palestinians look to as their ideological Founder, like Zionists revere the name Herzl."

Herzl didn't found Palestine. Or Israel. The UK did.

The Arabs simply refused to accept it.

"You can't show me any documents where "Britain" declared they were establishing a colonial movement for European "Palestinians" in Palestine."

I can't show you a document where the UK was establishing a colonial movement of any kind. Th establishment of both Palestine and Israel are examples of British decolonialization.

IOW, we're shifting to a buyers market?

And?

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I don't think that Trump was involved in the Epstein stuff. But I do think he was likely involved with other stuff, with people that are in the Epstein files. Things that he doesn't want seeing the light of day.

That's why he was open to the files being released...before he wasn't.

I have a lot of connections to Norway. It's crazy to me how Many Norwegians, including members of the Royal Family, are caught up in this.

"Unfortunately, this is the foundational myth of many supremacist, ethno-nationalist ideologies such as Zionism and a fundamental mistake within the arguments of their apologists."

Wouldn't that also be true of the Palestinians?

"For the vast majority of history, the concept of a nation/state did not exist."

It did not. Not until the Brits established it in 1948.

Its also weird that the Brits established an Arab state using letters that don't exist in the Arabic Alphabet. It's weirder that modern day protesters have latched on to the term "Palestine."

"Free-free-free Palestine"

"Who's the European founder of, uh, Palestinianism?"

Britain. They established the Arab State of Palestine at the same time that they established the Jewish state of Israel.

Only the Arabs rejected it.

"Zionism is colonial movement in the Western European tradition."

So is Palestine.

Question: How do you write/pronounce "Palestine" in Arabic.

Hint: There is no letter "P" in Arabic. "Palestine" is a western creation.

"I think Israel should either try to coexist peacefully, or stop existing."

Do you think Palestinians should do the same?

"Doesn't seem possible."

It is. Ever heard of thee Sinai Peninsula? When Israel gave to Egypt, they gave up about half of their country.

"If there are nine-year-olds, there are six and seven-year-olds."

If there are six and seven-year-olds, are the cannibalism charges really that unbelievable?

"What's your thought on IDF using thermobaric bombs on civilians, like Putin did in Syria?"

I wasn't going to comment on this, but I guess I will.

The article is garbage. Pure garbage. The US has one thermobaric weapon in operational use. The AGM-114N. It's a smaller weapon, used primarily on helicopters, drones, and light aircraft. Every last one of the weapons listed in the article utilized conventional fillers, and I am very familiar with all of them. Thermobaric warheads were built in smaller form factors during GWOT. Mostly they were used against caves in Afghanistan, where the overpressure would produce effects within the cave. If you've ever ridden on a train going through a tunnel, you've likely felt the effects of overpressure on your eardrums.

The US did develop what might be considered a thermobaric MK-84 in the early 2000s, but it was designed to defeat biological weapons storage facilities. Only a handful were produced, and I think they have since been de-mil'd. I wrote my Weapons School paper on it.

In short, none of the weapons listed in this article were thermobaric.

"Do you disagree?"

Of course. Your position is a myth.

Israel has given up more land in the course if it's existence than it has taken.

So maybe you didn't understand my question. Or maybe you just ignored it.

Do you think Israel should exist? Would you be OK with it if the Arabs somehow managed to drive the Jews into the sea?

"I'm not anti Israel. I'm anti Zionist."

And where do you stand with the "from the river to the sea" crowd?

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Thank you for that grand compliment, good sir!

I hope you're not freezing your ass off in FL. It seems like it might be colder there than where I live in Central Europe. I did fly through Denver on Saturday, and it was like 70F. In Feb. Crayzee.

"Yep, he actually said that. After taking the "just show us your papers" and "throw 'em all out, just like the SS St. Louis," positions."

Not "throw 'em all out," just the ones who are in the country illegally. Any country, for that matter.

Why is that a problem?

"#192 Flag: Forgets that some have been here longer"

Have you been sleeping the last 20 years?