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by MKSheppard
2023-10-22 08:19pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

But if it comes down to Biden vs. Trump again are those same Muslim Arabs really going to vote for the anti-Muslim Trump? Think longer term. Think beyond Trump. Think beyond this current war. Before 9/11, the GOP was making outreach to the Islamic community, viewing them as a counterweight to the D...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-22 07:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/muslim-arab-americans-rage-biden-michigan-israel-gaza-rcna121513 Michigan has one of the largest Muslim and Arab American populations in the country, and they say their support for Biden was instrumental to putting him over the top in the critical swing...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-22 09:46am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137722

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

Drone tactics are evolving rapidly. With no active Counter Drone system (C-UAS) widely deployed, everything is now a target for aerial drones: For the IDF...drones dropping PG-7VR Tandem Charge HEAT warheads onto the thin roof armor of their Merkavas https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/171535...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-22 09:28am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1715794187809939847

Bloomberg: Israel dropped new leaflets on Gaza City today, saying in part, "whoever chooses not to evacuate would likely be designated as a member of a terrorist organization."
by MKSheppard
2023-10-21 11:22am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

In sum: be careful of drawing any long-term conclusions from the response to an event that has split the staunchest supporters of Israel outside of Israel itself down the middle . I'm used to hearing arguments at local Jewish events, the old saw "two Jews three opinions" has some truth to...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-19 08:02pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

SHEP. The only reason this thread is being allowed right now is because it's CURRENT EVENTS ONLY. No bringing up what happened 10, 15, 20 yrs ago IVP. Is this current events enough? https://www.axios.com/2023/10/19/us-israel-artillery-shells-ukraine-weapons-gaza The Pentagon plans to send Israel te...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-19 07:31pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

So.... The world has become jaded and desensitized by the last two years of war footage from Ukraine. We've seen it all. Innocent people in vehicles eating a full 20 round burst of 30mm 2A42 autocannon High Explosive, Inciendary. Dogs being eaten. Rape, murder and rape. Mass artillery barrages killi...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-19 07:03am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Fucking Christ, apparently there were about a thousand people camped out in the courtyard that got hit. WHERE IS THE BLOOD, THEN. People bleed a LOT. I've seen the photos from inside some of the kibbutzes that were assaulted when this all opened up and the amount of dark "stuff" on the fl...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-18 09:50pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

I thought Iron Dome didn't engage in the boost phase. :? Funny thing is, I actually got into a fight on another board about this; with them calling me an anti-israel grot over this. :P Distances for intercepting rockets from Gaza are really short. One of the requirements that Iron Dome had to meet ...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-18 07:57pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://unosat.org/products/3693 UNOSAT North Gaza Governorate Damage Assessment Analysis - 15 October 2023 UNOSAT's satellite imagery-based damage assessment detected damage and destruction to buildings within the area of interest in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip, based on an image collect...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-18 07:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Yeah but that can change. Maybe in a decade or three Israel's allies will be less willing or able to have their back, and that could get bad for them if they also can't whoop all their neighbors on their own anymore. You've won. :P You just don't know it yet. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/12056270...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-18 06:23am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Turns out that the hospital bombing didn't kill a fuckton of people after all. https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1714535497958334678 Very lengthy thread with many photos. Photos of the aftermath show that the vast majority of the damage is from fire. Only 3 cars show any clear sign of kinnetic/stru...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 10:36pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://twitter.com/OnlinePalEng/status/1714410946599207391 Press report at hospital with zoom out showing scores of staged bodies for effect. Even the Russians are more entertaining/less obviously posed in their media https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1654372900328046593 Shoigu! Gerasimov! Whe...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 09:24pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://twitter.com/Schizointel/status/1714365295463112983 (has screencaps of the Hamas telegram channel) One minute before the Baptist Hospital in Gaza was hit, Hamas announced on its own Telegram channel that they were launching their strongest rockets at the northern Israeli city of Haifa. No int...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 09:13pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://twitter.com/yousuf_tw/status/1714367757968384106 It's looking from this video that the IDF fucked up when setting up their Iron Dome engagement zones in the system software -- if they had correctly entered a PROTECTED AREA/DENIED AREA into the software with the hospital, the battery would ha...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 08:41pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Some of the Hamas rockets are pretty big. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/embed_text_block/public/media/uploads/images/Hamas_Rocket_Arsenal.webp The Ayyash 250 in particular requires the use of DAVID'S SLING to intercept -- a much bigger, meaner ABM system than Iron Dome; and...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 08:38pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

And we're supposed to believe Hamas has rockets that big to throw around why? They make propaganda videos? https://twitter.com/AuroraIntel/status/1712103626057908641 PIJ Saraya Al-Quds have released footage of their Badr-3 rocket preparations for launching towards Israel. https://twitter.com/fab_hi...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 07:52pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Major protests EVERYWHERE over that Hospital. In Kurecik, Turkey, a crowd is trying to break into the US base there; and is being confronted by Turkish police. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-jordan-meeting-arab-leaders-cancelled/ President Biden's planned stop in Jordan, which was to take place ...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-17 07:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Can we try not to get this thread locked again for IvP bullshit, when clearly there are happenings occurring? It appears that the strike that hit the hospital wasn't (purely) IDF in origin, but either: A.) Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket failed on launch (like 30% do) and fell short. or B.) Palesti...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-15 07:50pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

One theory is that they weren't expecting to do so well; they thought they'd get a few hostages, kill a couple of people than maybe use the hostages to negotiate. But because Bibi was fucking incompetent (redirecting soldiers to protect the settlers, ignoring warnings) they were allowed to do far m...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-14 08:56am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Circling back to the IDF and "Reading the Room", they've failed utterly. What's been going on the last two years? Drone War. Lots of it in Ukraine. Drones flying into individual bunkers and detonating inside to shocked looks from the people in the bunker. Drones flying alongside cars drivi...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-13 09:13pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj2h11muw6 I'll bulletpoint this for you. 1.) IAF has dropped 6,000 munitions on Gaza. 2.) During the most intense year of the American fighting in Afghanistan, a little more than 7,423 bombs were dropped. 3.) During the entire war in Libya, NATO reported dropping mo...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-13 08:05pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

That said, I can't say I see the relevance of Dearborn Michigan. Dearborn has a population of 100K. Of that, 40K are roughly Arab. Ten years ago in 2013... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/06/arab-americans-become-majority-on-dearborn-mich-council/3460591/ Four of the people on De...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-13 06:55am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

If Israel does not withdraw but instead seizes the land, it will be beyond any argument an act of forced population transfer, extermination, and the appropriation, destruction, and pillage of property. I feel most likely outcome of this is: 1.) Hamas obliterated -- pretty much what it says on the t...
by MKSheppard
2023-10-13 06:44am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 456
Views: 32130

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

So here we are again. I really don't think the first thread should have been locked. The whole IVP moratorium was because nothing ever changed in the situation. Everyone kept going round and round both here on the board and in the middle east. This time around; things appear to be pretty different. ...