I would have thought hamas would prefer to have the hostages topside , and publically (to the world media anyway) known to be top side. Would prevent the world from sitting in their hands if a web cam pointed at a hostage suddenly gets a jdamn thrown at the mosque or apartment block they are in.
But the Hannibal directive does exist ..
I just would have thought there would be more mileage in getting the hostages to talk about the bombing.
What i would give for some counter posters to stick up all over the "missing" propaganda: stop bombing us and start negotiating for us
I agree.
But i still can't get out of my head the " making proposals and speeches at US controlled UN does nothing to satisfy the general population." Has been a perfectly acceptable means of governance for us in the west in relation to our democracies. Foreign policy only matters to a state in direct proportion to its control of its domestic audience. It's way cheaper and easier to just oppress some locals tranquilize others instead of trying to co-ordinate them all for war against an external force.
Consider that the " Big pretty talk , but slowly make worse anyway" approach is the very root of Democrat thinking for the last 50 years . And it's worked. The West has far more ability to stop this then the rest of the Levant . We are obviously not going to.
I can imagine that joe biden might make the money printer go brr enough that the Israeli orbit states will seriously consider hypocrisy and lib incompetence as the correct play. Just take the money and do some hand wave shit it's worked for us bro.
I feel (and this is vibes only tbf) that the large carrier group parked right outside are persuasive to Lebanon Egypt and Iran to maintain the status quo.
"I’m simplifying things, of course."
That's where the editor should have said " Stop writing, and hit the showers, kid. No more words necessary."
This goes so hard, the mohs scale has to be recalibrated
Absolutely true and correct.
This is the type of effort posts that make this site. Thank you
Thanks all for the input.
As a follow up I'm in Latvia and I'm having a icky feeling that they are going to maidan their Russian speakers here some time. Just went on a walking tour and the guide was " need more Latvian babies Russian old people need to be politically trimmed,nato is saviour"
I lurked the CTH reddit until it got nuked, but never posted. I joined this place because i missed the podcast discussion , and figured that some of the good vibes might still be found there ... but this place has always been a weird, kinda alienating and uncommunal place IMHO .it IS an interesting place ,but without the titualar poscast as keystone (and the failure of left electoralism globally) i kinda wondered what would keep it it glued together. it was thoughtprovoking that the site removed downvotes. I've always believed that the interface influences the behavior and having a big yes/nope button makes people quantified consumers of other people. if you come from a marginalised place or are hanging on by your fingernails , the reminder that your contribution can be easily ignored or discounted probbably stings a bit more than if you have a bit more comfort or other social frames holding you. i guess that's why i keep checking in to see how the site is changing/mutating . I do think that OP is right, that by postively advocating for what ever this site thinks it stands for it becomes more of a shared experience, rather then a constant free market of upbears and popularity contests
love me my mewling wealking Habsburg. with his little unclosable mouth