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The US advises Israel to exercise restraint.

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@"javi2541997" "Ha! Ha! You made me laugh, my dear pal." :grin:

You didn't grow up to be the fine upstanding American we were hoping for. :cry:

According to my reading it was more complex than that, but my point was that this is less like WW2 and more like 9-11.

Maybe a comparison would be the US after 9-11. Got punched in the nose, things will have to change to keep this from happening again.

I'm thinking of the hospitals in Gaza where the back up generators are running out of fuel if they haven't already. That's an atrocity, no exaggeratio...

I'm not sure what you mean.

I know what you mean. I started a thread once on what's happening to the Uyghurs. I was shocked that people on this forum all acted like culture destr...

It looks like it's going to end with no Palestinians in Gaza, in other words, a massacre.

Interesting. I'm guessing that's a hidden element of militarization, where a society morphs into a war machine.

:grin: Any successful warlord deserves a peace prize. That's the great contradiction of war: that it unites and establishes peace. One of the most imp...

:up: And it would appear that Israel, the outcome of Zionism, is here to stay, in part because they can't be attacked without attacking the USA.

:up: That's because they kicked ass.

That just sounds crazy. I've been figuring the point was to just use shock and awe to make an impression... tamp down violence until the next generati...

When was the last time the region was at peace?

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OK. Using that word is bound to result in the wrong impression for Americans who use it to talk about what happened in South Africa, but if it's usefu...

You might need that stuff. Better leave it there.

You have to dig for it, yes. I haven't read Chomsky's book, but the information is available elsewhere. They've systematically made survival difficult...

It's not really apartheid, though. Jews and Muslims go to school and work together in Israel. The Dome of the Rock is a sacred spot for all three Abra...

What's it like inside your skull? Is there a waterfall?

Yes. Sometimes there are advantages to doing that.

Oh, you were being sarcastic. :up:

Really? I would have thought they'd have plenty.

You're an excellent caretaker.

Ensure and Boost are also good. https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_343f0c62-658f-4a38-bbe2-ac592e012db2?wid=1200&hei=1200&qlt=80&fmt=webp

I agree. Look at it from the viewpoint of a Palestinian mother, though. She has a son in Hebrew U, and he has good prospects in Israel, one of the wor...

As @"Count Timothy von Icarus" pointed out, eventually the cause of today's violence is yesterday's funeral. That's it. Palestinians don't want to deh...

Did he have a peg leg and an eye patch?

The situation in Israel is inextricable from the larger Middle Eastern spaghetti of sectarian conflict. The exit of the US probably wouldn't reduce bl...

Excellent post as always. Thanks!

Yep.

There are Israelis who are less hardline. I think violence keeps the hardliners in power so they don't have much incentive to make peace. Yes. The Pal...

Not all Palestinians are Muslims. Some are Orthodox Christian. Some were Jewish, but I guess all of them were absorbed into the Jewish section of town...

All fascinating information. Thank you. When you say we can probably say "yes" in a few days, do you mean the present situation is likely to wake up S...

Is that fed by Saudi Arabia? Just curious.

Sure. I've long found Meno's paradox to be a powerful argument for innateness. The topic is a little more nuanced than some take it to be. :grin:

Oh. So it was just retaliation. They don't actually have the ability or desire for war.

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There's more stuff in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in our philosophy. Probably.

Why discourage it?

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Will the violence stay in Gaza? Or will the region be pulled into war?

https://youtu.be/U7RYSQvrUrc?si=46wy5oHLu23Dq1g2

I think she was allergic to monkeys. :grin:

Suzie grew up in Tim's shadow, trekking through the woods on great adventures. They shared a bond only enjoyed by people whose parents don't know how ...

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The thought experiment is pretty contrived to get the point across. I think he picks 57 for the sake of explaining his criteria for a rule-following-f...

Or maybe they would say you're the crazy one with your private realm of unutterables and visions. I think they would say there's no difference between...