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Why? If anything, the bigger the edge, the more incumbent it is upon a warring party to avoid killing civilians.

And your defense of Israeli tactics isn't about fitting your agenda? And apparently, in furtherance of your agenda, you lump together different critiques of the Israeli bombing campaign.

Who isn't?

I think genocide is too strong a term. Mass murder or mass manslaughter is a better characterization.

Publicly those were his comments. No, he's not "the one" claiming what supremacists are the biggest threat to US national security. But you are the one who raised the issue of Austin's race.. As for the "anti-semitism good" charge, as per usual, your gratuitous nastiness makes no sense.

Fair point.

The US is both a Constitutional Republic and a Representative Democracy. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive. It's not surprising you make this claim since this nonsense is growing in popularity on the right.

I don't blame her one bit for what she said. She went through a horrifying experience. She has license to say whatever she wants to. As for the medical treatment she received, given the horrendous situation for medical care in Gaza, probably she got better treatment than most. "Many healthcare facilities have been destroyed by Israeli offensives, with only 25 percent of hospitals functioning and only seven of twenty-two UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) health centers operating. Doctors have reported needing to give cesareans without anesthetic and being forced to conduct emergency hysterectomies without the proper medical equipment." https://www.cfr.org/blog/women-week-details-october-7-reveal-sexual-violence

Believe it or not, the comment wasn't just about you. But rather about all Americans, who number about 330 million.

How did your predictions pan out for the 2020 elections?Back then it was the other side sobbing about voter fraud. In fact, most of the other side still believes they wuz robbed. In fact, they're still whining.

Not in public.

These were the comments from Lloyd Austin Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who is serving as the 28th United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013.[1] Prior to that he served as the 33rd vice chief of staff of the Army from January 2012 to March 2013, and as commander of United States Forces – Iraq from September 2010 to December 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin DEI? Really? Apparently, with you, anti-semitism bad, racism against black people not so much. (For those of you who might not know what the acronym stands for: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion.)

So whether it's a week, a month, or a year makes no difference?

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he urged Israel to protect civilians in Gaza and make the war there more "surgical". Mr Austin, who spoke after a meeting with his Israeli counterpart in Tel Aviv, reiterated US support for the offensive against Hamas. He said Washington would provide more arms, vehicles and munitions to Israel... Mr Austin then said he had discussed the objectives of the military campaign and "how to reduce harm to civilians in the battlespace" with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant "We also have some great thoughts about how to transition from high intensity operations to a lower intensity and more surgical operations," he said. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67753876

Typical reductive thinking. Something you do again and again. As though there are always only 2 options and you get to define what the other one is.

Along with people who are actually experts in the field, I think that the future of hydrogen as a fuel will be mostly in onsite generation. Not just for electricity, but also for generating heat. Lots of industrial processes require high heat. Already, various storage techniques are being used to store energy as heat, rather than as electricity, to be used for manufacturing. Prices for green hydrogen generation are declining rapidly but still aren't competitive with natural gas. Unlike in the electric storage field where batteries are now outcompeting gas peaker plants.

In context: Amazon's push to go green is continuing with the use of hydrogen fuel. The retail giant will be producing the fuel at its fulfillment centers, as opposed to having it transported to the locations, where it will be used to power the facilities' forklift trucks. Amazon says it partnered with hydrogen company Plug Power to install the first electrolyzer, a piece of equipment that can split water molecules to produce hydrogen, at a fulfillment center in Aurora, Colorado. https://www.techspot.com/news/101355-amazon-dives-hydrogen-fuel-powers-forklifts-innovative-site.html

Is Nikki Haley now a white person? An honorary white person?

I should note that there are inflation indexed bonds on offer as well. Their face value is tied to the CPI but the interest rate remains the same.

You sure about that? Treasury Bonds We sell Treasury Bonds for a term of either 20 or 30 years. Bonds pay a fixed rate of interest every six months until they mature. You can hold a bond until it matures or sell it before it matures. https://www.treasurydirect.gov/marketable-securities/treasury-bonds/ That's from the horse's mouth. Anyway, bonds do pay a fixed interest rate. Yield depends on what price they're sold at. Whether they're sold at a discount to their face value or at a premium.

Yes. There are other ways to go after Hamas.

Was this information that was, at least, new to me, cited in this thread before? Can you share with the rest of us a source where all this was published before? As for Israelis naturally being more invested in their side...you'd have a better point if Israeli attitudes hadn't already gotten a lot uglier before the war. Which leads to stuff like this: In Israel, support for the war soars "Israel has a new soundtrack. On radios, inside bars and stores, Harbu Darbu is constantly playing. The powerful hip hop song has climbed to number one in the country on Spotify and on YouTube since its launch on November 14. The lyrics talk about writing names on the missiles that the army launches against Gaza and about killing “Abu Baklava” (a generic mockery of Arab names) and the models Bella Hadid and Mia Khalifa as well as the singer Dua Lipa for showing solidarity with Palestine. “All the IDF units are coming to ‘Charbu Darbu’ on your heads, oy oy,” is one of the verses with which the duo Ness and Stilla have connected with the prevailing mood in the country, in which the trauma and pain from the massive attack by Hamas on October 7 is interspersed with a general euphoria caused by the advance of Israeli troops in Gaza." https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-11/in-israel-support-for-the-war-soars.html

Given that the NY Times article released significant new information about the funding after such discussions had taken place...what's more, those discussions centered on Israel's responsibility for the Gaza attacks, not on the fact that Israel shares responsibility for the fact that Gazan civilians are being killed by the thousands. The focus in Israel is on how they, the Israelis have suffered because of the government support for Hamas. Not on how the Gazans might be suffering because of Israeli support for Hamas. Not even much in the way of crocodile tears has been shed among Jewish Israelis for the Gazans. Quite the opposite. Much more in the line of they deserve it and worse.

Mr. Netanyahu and his security aides slowly began reconsidering their strategy toward the Gaza Strip after several bloody and inconclusive military conflicts there against Hamas... After one of the conflicts, in 2014, Mr. Netanyahu charted a new course — emphasizing a strategy of trying to “contain” Hamas while Israel focused on Iran’s nuclear program and its proxy armies like Hezbollah. https://archive.ph/1J248 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html

Well, if an Israeli official speaking on behalf of the government says so, who are we to disagree. After all, the Israeli government's concern for Palestinian welfare has been one the hallmarks of its' governance...in opposite world. "As far back as December 2012, Mr. Netanyahu told the prominent Israeli journalist Dan Margalit that it was important to keep Hamas strong, as a counterweight to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Mr. Margalit, in an interview, said that Mr. Netanyahu told him that having two strong rivals, including Hamas, would lessen pressure on him to negotiate toward a Palestinian state. The official in the prime minister’s office said Mr. Netanyahu never made this statement. But the prime minister would articulate this idea to others over the years." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html