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originally posted by: 19Bones79
Do you believe Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama's opinion carry no weight because they are former officials?
C'mon man.
The real motivation at work here is not "a green number on a balance sheet", but a craven need for the creation, and sustenance, of chaos.
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originally posted by: 19Bones79
And then tell me with a straight face his words carry no weight.
400 Palestinians killed in a refugee camp in order to get to one Hamas official and they can't even confirm the kill.
"this is the tragedy of war" the Israeli says as he brushes it off as nothing.
originally posted by: Encia22
WW3, ok, then the US has 7 military bases in Italy... is that of strategic importance or just for sun, sea, pasta and pizza?
"this is the tragedy of war" the Israeli says as he brushes it off as nothing.
I just started a thread about Hamas vowing to do another Oct 7 style hit on Israel. The Hamas leader said that the Palestinian human shields deaths were 'just the price of blood to be paid for victory'. These are the people that Hamas are supposedly fighting for.
Hamas doesn't care about the Palestinians.
They are human shields to use for their own power gain and to use against Israel. Egypt, Jordan and the other Muslim countries don't really care about the Palestinians. They are just a political tool for them to use against Israel. Israel doesn't care about them. Why should they? Gaza keeps putting anti-Israel politicians and militants in charge.
The Palestinians are just screwed. No other word for it.
The GFP index denotes Italy as a Top 10 world power.
For 2023, Italy is ranked 10 of 145 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review. The nation holds a PwrIndx* score of 0.1973 (a score of 0.0000 is considered 'perfect').
The Palestinians are just screwed.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: Encia22
WW3, ok, then the US has 7 military bases in Italy... is that of strategic importance or just for sun, sea, pasta and pizza?
It's strategic for us. But Italy itself doesn't have the troop numbers and isn't nuclear etc etc. It's not in an important location. It's not as important of a post for an ambassador and a potential WWIII as ... say ... China or Russia. IMHO