Peace in the middle east

[vetran]

you tulipped your pants again? We need a poop emoji for saddo

[vetran]

Do Israeli soldiers carry an equivalent to our "Card Alpha"? Just wondering why Norn Irn didn't turn into a Gaza equivalent.

I assume they do, a number of Legal and military experts have confirmed the Israelis are very strict about engagements far more so than the spray & pray Americans.

The stone throwing at the border has been going on for decades so one assumes they have a protocol to limit it. As mentioned they have moved towards non lethal control and going for leg shots not centre mass. The foreign doctors around Gaza are quite upset because they get so many customers with lead in their legs, but they are still alive.

NI was a free for all at some engagements especially Bloody Sunday they paid a heavy price for that. Oddly the IRA didn't either legally or with deaths.

I don't think the British had the stomach to eliminate all the protesters for throwing stones, Israel has no choice.

Oddly I suspect the efficiency of Israel sending the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah to their maker might dissuade a few recruits, they like it in a 5 star hotel in Qatar but not being machine gunned down a rat run. The populace are starting to believe Israel will bring peace.

[Zigenare]

I assume they do, a number of Legal and military experts have confirmed the Israelis are very strict about engagements far more so than the spray & pray Americans.

The stone throwing at the border has been going on for decades so one assumes they have a protocol to limit it. As mentioned they have moved towards non lethal control and going for leg shots not centre mass. The foreign doctors around Gaza are quite upset because they get so many customers with lead in their legs, but they are still alive.

NI was a free for all at some engagements especially Bloody Sunday they paid a heavy price for that. Oddly the IRA didn't either legally or with deaths.

I don't think the British had the stomach to eliminate all the protesters for throwing stones, Israel has no choice.

Oddly I suspect the efficiency of Israel sending the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah to their maker might dissuade a few recruits, they like it in a 5 star hotel in Qatar but not being machine gunned down a rat run. The populace are starting to believe Israel will bring peace.

I disagree with regards to your interpretation of why stone throwers weren't "eliminated" in Northern Ireland - shooting kids is not the done thing, a tenet that was often exploited by PIRA.

As far as Gaza and Hamas are concerned, time will tell.

[vetran]

I disagree with regards to your interpretation of why stone throwers weren't "eliminated" in Northern Ireland - shooting kids is not the done thing, a tenet that was often exploited by PIRA.

As far as Gaza and Hamas are concerned, time will tell.

17.5 year old kids normally with the Palestinians.

I agree its not the done thing which is why the Israelis now avoid it, the British army used to be famous for shooting protestors/civilians.

I suspect Gaza will bubble on until Hamas have regrouped, Israel will hopefully be waiting and wipe out the invasion force.

[sadkingbilly]

the British army used to be famous for shooting protestors/civilians.

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oh, really? - when was that then?

[vetran]

oh, really? - when was that then?

oh a few times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...United_Kingdom

This is probably the one I thought of first.
https://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html

We weren't always the bastion of fairness and good manners we are now. I suspect we may not be soon.

[vetran]

I disagree with regards to your interpretation of why stone throwers weren't "eliminated" in Northern Ireland - shooting kids is not the done thing, a tenet that was often exploited by PIRA.

As far as Gaza and Hamas are concerned, time will tell.

Fair enough its not like we have a history at all. Arguably we grew out of it faster than most my views on the Belgians as colonists are well known. We did however do some horrible stuff historically.

How many Gazans are one legged (not shot centre mass and dead) or are locked up shows Israel's commitment to a humanitarian responses to stone throwing.

Fingers most definitely crossed lets hope the Gazans keep to the cease fire.

[sadkingbilly]

oh a few times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...United_Kingdom

This is probably the one I thought of first.
https://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html

We weren't always the bastion of fairness and good manners we are now. I suspect we may not be soon.

so, 200 years ago then. nice to see you keep up with current affairs.

WAT.

[WTFH]

If a group says “we’ll keep killing until we get a piece of paper with names on it”, it kinda makes them sound a bit terroristy, and when they consider all of the people in a particular area to be legitimate targets, it doesn’t look good.
…but then there’s the other side of the argument, some say the people being killed all deserve to die.

Hard to know which way to think on this one.

[vetran]

so, 200 years ago then. nice to see you keep up with current affairs.

WAT.

50 years ago is hardly ancient history, don't run with anything sharp.