The Official Israel-Gaza Thread
If I did I wouldn't of shared it.jfc the guest is fukking Scott Ritter
Just casually sharing Scott Ritter, not sure about his past or where he aligns politically
JFC
I know someone that knows her family. I was like
when they told me since I saw that all on Instagram earlier in the dayI was scrolling the timeline earlier and saw a picture of a dead Palestinian man cradling his dead child in his arms. A bomb likely fell on their building and they were crushed under the rubble. Genuinely heartbreaking and rage inducing.
And it makes me feel sick knowing that picture is likely going to end up in this telegram chat and be celebrated:
And it makes me feel sick knowing that picture is likely going to end up in this telegram chat and be celebrated:
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
See, this sort of shyt annoys me.
She gets directly asked: "What did you think Israel would do after October 7th..."
...then she starts rambling
You're right. She should have said that she didn't expect Israel to be cowards, child murderers, and war criminals. You know the very things they accuse Hamas of.
Creflo ½ Dollar
Superstar
Did the ground invasion start yet?
Duckin dem Hezbollah boys
Y’all gne be out here crying and when Israel bomb the shyt out of Hezbollah and Lebanon..just like y’all was gassing Hamas and now y’all lookin for sympathy.
Creflo ½ Dollar
Superstar
Why should Israelis care when Hamas commander just writing off all the deaths as martyrs and sacrifices. Israel didn’t just wake up and started bombing Gaza to hell.
Thats a stupid point that has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. There's also a huge difference between not caring and actively ridiculing civilians and thousands of children dying.
More escalation
General Brick has been warning for years about the horror we saw in southern Israel on that accursed Shabbat morning a week ago. But his assessment was dismissed by the defense establishment and the political leadership. Brick was even called delusional by many.
“There could be a massacre, the State of Israel has not yet recognized the danger,” Brick warned. “We feel among the people that everything is fine and there is no threat, but the public is not told that powers (Hamas) are preparing. These are equipped, trained fighters who will cross the border on foot and attack and occupy our settlements in the south. The likelihood of this happening is very high. Hamas will conquer settlements, throw grenades into bunkers and shelters and cause a massacre. The local residents, you and me, must defend these communities because the army will not be there.” Brick said these words months ago, but no one wanted to listen to him. After the massacre in the south, everyone now has an ear for retired general, even Bibi.
Brick warned that the Israel Defense Forces have turned into a primarily air-based military, and criticized the army leadership for its sensitivity to human losses on the ground. “The current situation of the land forces is tragic, they are not ready for war. Emergency supplies are not available, exercises have stopped and the battalions have not trained in years. There is also no weapons training and education, and the army is not capable of carrying out an attack.” The former ombudsman added that technology alone is not enough to win wars. “The truth is that an imaginary reality has been created by the general staff and spread throughout the army. The soldiers have lost their motivation and fighting spirit in recent years, and many are not ready to go into battle.”
“To completely avoid losses on the battlefield is to hinder the army’s ability to win the war. This type of thinking will ultimately lead to heavier casualties in war,” Brick told Channel 12 back in May.
Brick added that Israel’s ground forces and reserve system have been constantly ignored: “We have lost the ability to field an effective army and have become a one-dimensional aerial power that cannot win a war on its own.” In his view, Israel’s ground forces are not ready for war. The warning follows a series of polls showing that a large portion of Israeli citizens have lost faith in their country’s future. This was particularly evident over the last year, when the people were divided over political and judicial issues.
“In my role as general, I have visited more than 1,400 units and spoken to tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers, three to four times a week, four hours in each unit. I know the army on the ground better than anyone in the Israel Defense Forces,” Brick said years ago. “I have seen soldiers who do not take care of their weapons before leaving the base. No army in the world behaves like this. The soldiers carry their smartphones with them everywhere. Commands are sent via WhatsApp groups. These phones are being tracked by the enemy.”
Not only that, but commands are said to have been sent via email and then deleted, meaning no follow-up action is possible. “Our system has lost all control. Have we gone crazy? I cannot sleep at night. Our ground forces and armored corps are not ready for war,” Brick continually warned.
“What I present to you here is something you will not hear from the top IDF officials. Not only do many of the commanders not know anything, but even those who do know are afraid to speak out lest they be punished,” he wrote, calling on members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to speak to the rank-and-file soldiers and address the issue. “Let them show you what is going on, share with them their problems and difficulties. It will not be the division, brigade and battalion commanders from whom you will learn about the reality that exists in the field. You should learn it from those for whom it is the routine of their life… Their statements are the truth.”
Israel’s entire security apparatus has failed and relied too heavily on technology, with an unhealthy dash of arrogance. But as is typically the case, those who don’t go with the flow and call out the glaring problems are dismissed as lunatics, like General Brick, who saw the danger before anyone else.
