Dr_Pangloss Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Netanyahu is Hitlerian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 10, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Netanyahu is Hitlerian. Careful now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: It’s difficult to pass any comment on Israeli expansion without making absolutely valid comparisons... ...with apartheid regimes. A bunch of fascist scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 15 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Netanyahu is Hitlerian. Funny you should say that: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 More lebensraum for their chosen people. Nothing to see here... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 @Awol - what’s your take on these recent events dude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 On 18/09/2019 at 23:42, Tayls said: @Awol - what’s your take on these recent events dude? Any events in particular? There's quite a lot happening! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 More US sanctions against Iran and more US troops to Saudi Arabia. It's election time soon. Meanwhile Israel politics is still a mess after this new election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 20 hours ago, Awol said: Any events in particular? There's quite a lot happening! Well, I was thinking the Saudi oil facilities being blown to pieces at the time, but stuff has happened since. What’s your take on that and then the developing ‘escalations’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glarmorgan Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 The elections have caused quite a mess around here, but there's some hope for something different. I went over some of the comments here. People just don't know what's going on here. Talking about annexations as if it's even an option. No one, NO ONE (!!!!) even consider it. Not Netanyahu, not Gantz. No one. But it's election time and Netanyahu tried to spin things a bit. Even his followers didn't but it. Theses elections had nothing to do with the Palestinians or Iran. They were around one topic and one topic only - for or against Netanyahu. Not Netanyahu's way (since no one really knows what's his way), not Gantz's economic beliefs. Not even close. It was pro or against Bibi's desire to keep ruling, most probably in order to protect him from the judicial storm he's about to face very soon. For now it seems as a draw with a slight advantage to the against-Bibi group (Yey!!!!). The interesting part is The Arab party's willingness to support one of the candidates. In recent elections they went AWOL and refused to take part in the game, but the growing desire of the younger-generation to become more "Israeli" drives their representatives to change their course and I am glad for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 20 hours ago, Tayls said: Well, I was thinking the Saudi oil facilities being blown to pieces at the time, but stuff has happened since. What’s your take on that and then the developing ‘escalations’ Those behind the US decision to pull the plug on the JCPOA seemed to believe (against all historical evidence) that ramping up sanctions would push Iran back to the negotiating table - to incorporate their conventional missile programme, support for terrorism & non-state armed groups - & into a new, improved JCPOA. Those sanctions have pretty much closed down Iranian oil exports & the attacks in Saudi are them pushing back against the US by demonstrating they can hold global energy supplies at risk. IMO they’ve got the measure of Trump’s bluster (all fart & no s**t) & are trying to force an end to US sanctions, gambling he won’t risk conflict before the 2020 elections. Concurrently, Iranian, Chinese & Russian naval forces are shortly to conduct joint exercises in the Gulf of Oman, next to the Straits of Hormuz. This bandwagoning of illiberal states (increasingly to include Turkey) is part of a wider challenge to the so called ‘rules based liberal order’, freedom of navigation at sea, etc. FWIW I think things might get quite bumpy over the next few years with lots of possible flash points - Korean Peninsula, South China Sea, Persian Gulf, Ukraine et al. The West is unprepared materially or psychologically to deal with any of it, which isn’t great. Also looks like we might be in for the next round of Arab uprisings, the Egyptians are getting back on the streets demanding Sisi is removed - he’s locked up 60,000 political prisoners since coming to power & is more repressive than Mubarak ever was. I don’t know enough about the internal politics of Israel to understand how that’s gonna turn out, but externally it seems likely they’ll be in a big fight with Hezbollah before too long. That really depends on how it goes between the US & Iran. The IDF hitting Iranian militia & IRGC targets in Iraq (x3) has raised some eyebrows! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glarmorgan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 On 22/09/2019 at 11:50, Awol said: I don’t know enough about the internal politics of Israel to understand how that’s gonna turn out, but externally it seems likely they’ll be in a big fight with Hezbollah before too long. That really depends on how it goes between the US & Iran. The IDF hitting Iranian militia & IRGC targets in Iraq (x3) has raised some eyebrows! Regardless of who'll form the next government, I don't think there'll any major change in tactics concerning Iran. Israel is trying to hamper Hezbollah attempts to grab advanced weaponry and despite hitting the shipments hard, I reckon Hezbollah has got enough weaponry as it is. I am unsure of any big fights with Hezbollah in the near future as both sides have got too much to lose. In any case, Hezbollah has the ability in inflict damage on Israeli cities, but they are no real match to the IDF and they know it. This means that any aggressive acts towards Israel will bring the Israeli PM to send the IDF with all guns blazing, as a warning both to Hezbollah and to Iran. Lebanon will pay dearly in such case and I am unsure of their willingness to get into this mess at the moment. All in all - I think that if Iran and its proxies will get more aggressive, it will bring together Israel and the Sunni states, such as Saudi Arabia, as they are under a much greater threat than Israel is. It all depends on the US readiness to be active. If the US will be determined to keep Iran at bay - things will continue to be relatively quiet here. If Trump will do a Trump, things might deteriorate with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Massive anti-government protests growing across southern Iraq, scores of civilians murdered by security forces & Iranian aligned militias. Turkey preparing to invade NE Syria & smash the US backed Syrian Democratic Forces - Syrian Kurds plus some local Arab tribes. ISIS recovering rapidly, carrying out a devastating assassination campaign within areas it formerly occupied, and is assessed to have the strength to attack and take a major urban centre in Iraq or Syria if it chose to (but more likely to continue rebuilding its operational strength, for now). Far too many plates spinning in the region right now & odds of another major disaster unfolding are shortening quickly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Very sad to hear that. Isis were always going to make a comeback with the way things were left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2019 16 hours ago, Awol said: Turkey preparing to invade NE Syria & smash the US backed Syrian Democratic Forces - Syrian Kurds plus some local Arab tribes. Not backed by the US any more. Trump's abandoned them to be killed by the Turks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Thanks Trump. This is the kind of thing that causes the CIA turn on a president though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 we've had a dabble, been surprised at the cost and complexity, don't fancy it rinse and repeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: we've had a dabble, been surprised at the cost and complexity, don't fancy it rinse and repeat More a case of "look over there!", from Trump. perhaps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 yet another betrayal of the Kurds by the West Europe will probably breathe a sigh of relief as Erdogen threatened to send the million Syrian refugees their way ..this move allows them to be shipped to this new territory , assuming they defeat the kurds .. The Kurds may be left with little option to side with Assad in Syria before the Turks do to them what they did to Armenia ... as for the estimated 10,000 ISIS soldiers the kurds hold captive , who knows , maybe coming to an airport or train station near ear you sometime soon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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