thaibeachlovers

On line is no substitute for real people, and how do I know you are a human and not an AI?

That's basically me, so this forum is my social interaction. I am not too stressed by that as I can see friends occasionally, though I miss dancing, which I loved. As more interactions in the business environment are eliminated by AI it will become a problem though eg bank tellers are gone replaced by a machine, supermarket checkout operators are being replaced by machines, parking building money collectors have been replaced by machines, etc. It's now possible to go to town and park the car, go to the movies, go to the bank, buy groceries etc without speaking to another human being. That can't be good for society, can it?

Who is to say what will exist in 10 years time, but the best current alternative is hydrogen which a proven technology that has been ignored in favour of the blind alley of batteries.

Some of us do.

Some posters are apparently unable to understand history, or are unable to appreciate that they may not be right on a situation.

Thank you for your excellent post that has enlightened us all. Keep 'em coming.

Have you not been reading the news? There is a law that says money appropriated for a project can not be diverted without the approval of congress, and congress has refused to divert the money. The POTUS doesn't control the money as that would make him a dictator, and the founding fathers didn't want that to happen. Which is why they set up 3 independent branches of government.

Indeed they have, IMO. Seems strange that when something like the present conflict happens, people that have a very different opinion about Ukraine blame the Palestinians for fighting back against the invaders, and think they should just accept their suppression without complaint. IMO the Israelis will use the excuse to really destroy Gaza, and I suspect they have been waiting for such an excuse for a long time. Is it significant that the US is supplying more munitions than would be needed by the Israelis to suppress a small conflict with lightly armed fighters? What do they think they will be used for? https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/08/us-is-sending-a-carrier-strike-group-closer-to-israel-and-will-begin-supplying-munitions.html The U.S. military is moving an aircraft carrier strike group and military aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support, and will also begin supplying Israel with munitions and other military supplies immediately, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Palestinians did. Modern Israel didn't even exist then. I'm sure you can look up their origins with google if you care.

I see no point in even trying to be reasonable with posters that write <deleted> like that, so you can join my ignore list. Bye.

The "International Community" IMO hasn't done anything as long as Israel has existed to support Palestinians, so it's going to make zero difference if they don't do anything now. Seems that the International Community are inflating this conflict somewhat. It's a few hundred lightly armed Palestinian soldiers against the massive Israeli military. They don't have artillery, planes, tanks etc. However, to hear the hysteria on TV news it's like the Iranian army was invading. If the Israelis go too far in flattening Gaza, as they seem intent on doing, it likely will cause an uprising in the West Bank, which has been surprisingly quiet, other than demonstrations. There have been clashes on the Israeli/ Lebanon border. Be interesting to see if Syria takes advantage of the situation. Large anti Israel support demonstrations in Washington and New York. https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/08/israel-gaza-the-global-impact-of-the-escalating-conflict Türkiye Thousands of Turks have taken part in a march in Istanbul to support the Palestinians. “The Palestinian people are only defending their homeland, it has nothing to do with terrorism,” Sahin Ocal, 54, an activist from one of the associations organising the march, told AFP.

Looks like David is giving Goliath a real bloody nose. I'm well aware of what Islamic terrorists do elsewhere, but IMO in Gaza the Hamas soldiers are the Resistance to Israeli illegal occupation of the West Bank, just like the French heroes in WW2 against the Germans. Seems the US has finally stopped pretending to be a "peace broker" with their outright support of Israel and not a word about a ceasefire. Biden is even sending an aircraft carrier group. Are they going to join in flattening Gaza from the air? Even the Russians are calling for a ceasefire. However there are American voices against American support for Israel. As seen on Al Jazeera, lots of protestors outside the White House are calling for an end for US money to support Israeli apartheid

Why you brought me into that when it wasn't a quote from me is puzzling. Perhaps I loom large in your thoughts? Anyway, that's only part of the reason. Had you actually read my post I said because it's NOT a western news channel, as IMO all main stream western news channels are biased, ( IMO being infested with woke liberals, and report opinions , not news ).

So long as the alternative is Biden/ Harris, i'd be voting for Trump, if he was the GOP candidate.

I'm getting on a bit so I don't remember the second time you said "that" to me, let alone the first time, and I don't remember what "that" was.

I wasn't actually insinuating anything about you personally, rather a general question to all that support Israeli attacks on civilians. However, I'll put you on ignore, so I won't be saying anything personally about you again.

No it's not complicated at all. If I was living under occupation and collective punishment in my own country I'd want to strike back at the oppressors. In France, the resistance were heroes, but strangely it seems that it's different if the Resistance are Palestinian.

My last line was a serious question given your statements about how it's OK under international law to kill civilians if the bombing in a residential area is "discriminate".

In a war in a different country when civilians die in a missile attack the same people that are excusing the Israelis for doing with bombs that are jumping up and down about it. Seems that it depends on which side one agrees with as to whether it's OK to kill civilians or not. It's pretty simple about bombing in residential areas of Gaza- if one bombs them civilians will die, no matter how "discriminate" the attack is. Ergo, if bombing in Gaza city, it is expected that civilians will die. Is that a crime? IMO yes, but apparently you can excuse it. After all, what's a few dead children to worry about if they are Palestinians?

If you insert "from" into his sentence it makes more sense.

IMO everything about the occupation is illegal, but when has Israel ever cared about that? Cutting off electricity is collective punishment and that is definitely a crime.

If I was born a Gazan, I'm pretty sure I'd be supporting anyone that wants to attack the Israelis. Do you have any idea what those unfortunate civilians suffer, or is it all right with you because they are just Palestinians?

If Gaza civilians are killed by Israeli bombs, it's indiscriminate. International law or not, it's a war crime to kill civilians. You would have to ask them if they intentionally target Israeli civilians. I'm not there to know, and I have not seen such footage. Innocent Gaza civilians suffer every time the Israelis bomb residential areas in Gaza. Plenty of children have been killed in such attacks on a defenseless population. They have no anti aircraft defenses.

Fair enough, but I will never support Israel in it's illegal occupation and collective punishment of millions. After all, Israelis voted those governments into power so they must share the responsibility. If they get a bloody nose from time to time it's only to be expected, given the way they treat Palestinians.

So is indiscriminate of bombing in residential areas, but it doesn't stop the Israelis doing it. Yes, those lightly armed Gaza soldiers did surprisingly well against the much vaunted Israeli military, even capturing and burning tanks and taking the crews hostage. Perhaps the Israelis are only effective against unarmed civilians that they can intimidate. Whenever this ends, there is going to be some harsh language behind Israeli doors concerning the complete intelligence failure and the initial lack of resistance to those lightly armed soldiers.