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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Barrister - Today at 11:05:36 AM

And now Tamas understands my position--the West needs to actively resist its Islamization. No Western country should be letting even a single Muslim move in, Muslim non-citizens need to be harried and deported as much as legally possible.

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by OttoVonBismarck - Today at 10:56:12 AM

I also think the US needs to draw red lines on NATO too; understanding that any NATO country that crosses certain lines (e.g. trying to delegitimize Israel), the U.S. should make it known they are not under the umbrella of our protection under Article V of the NATO charter.

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by OttoVonBismarck - Today at 10:52:31 AM

And now Tamas understands my position--the West needs to actively resist its Islamization. No Western country should be letting even a single Muslim move in, Muslim non-citizens need to be harried and deported as much as legally possible.

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Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Barrister - Today at 10:48:36 AM

Yeah, if those patriots show up in Ukraine - and soon - that'd be grand.

Are they still useful against drones and Russia's hypersonic missiles or does Ukraine need something more advanced?  There has to be a reason why Israel needs something more sophisticated too, I suppose.

So as I understand it (and dammit Jim!  I'm a lawyer, not a soldier) Patriot has proven to be extremely effective against even Russia's hypersonic missiles.  It is however a fairly expensive system, with each patriot missile running in the millions of dollars.

As we are now seeing in both Ukraine, and Israel, is the use of mass numbers of UAVs or drones with are quite inexpensive to produce, and also in Gaza the use of cheap and dumb rockets.  Iron Dome is (I think) more cost effective as a result, plus (as Josquis points out) it's a more local technology (although developed with US assistance) which means fewer restrictions on its use.

The timing definitely does make one think these Patriots might be showing up in Ukraine sooner or later, but just Israel doesn't want to publicize that fact because for some reason it still values its relations with Russia.

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Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 10:01:28 AM

My understanding is that a push is expected after mud season ends, which is coming up.

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Tamas - Today at 09:51:10 AM

I thought I should post it here instead of the Brexit thread, that Muslims flocking to Greens (on account of them being none of the "mainstream" 3 parties and Labour not being sufficiently pan-Muslim) in local elections made me think that on a strategic scale it would be understandable (without endorsing the way they are going about it) for Israel to seek a fait accompli and a strategic conclusion to their conflict with Palestinians (again, even if this should be working on making a two-state solution work rather than brute force).

Based on the last few months the default pro-Israeli stance of European governments must be well on its way out on the long term, thanks to demographics if nothing else (most popular British newborn name, after all, is Mohamed). At some point major parties will not want to take hit for not-taking a loud pan-Muslim stance on issues.

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Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Syt - Today at 09:46:58 AM

This show didn't make it to Germany AFAIK (unlike, say, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Yes Minister, Whoops! Apocalypse ... ), but it might give some Brits here some pleasant nostalgia.

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 09:45:53 AM

Fascists and Islamic fundamentalists DO have a shit tonne in common, if only they could get over their hate for each other.
I smell vibes of the Nazi-Soviet pact. But who is Poland?

Yeah in a way we are lucky I guess that their different tribal affiliations (so far) have prevented them to realise that  apart from alcohol consumption they really want the same kind of country.

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 09:45:02 AM

Islam/Islamism.

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 09:09:12 AM

Fascists and Islamic fundamentalists DO have a shit tonne in common, if only they could get over their hate for each other.
I smell vibes of the Nazi-Soviet pact. But who is Poland?