Poor Hamas

[steevo]

I think Michael Totten calls this exactly as it is. These guys are losers.

Hamas is losing and everyone knows it.

More than 200 Palestinians have been killed so far in the current round of fighting while the number of dead Israelis amounts to a grand total of one.

That’s almost certainly the reason Hamas rejected the Egypt-proposed cease-fire agreement. So far it has accomplished practically nothing. A small band of serial killers on the West Bank managed to murder more Israelis a couple of weeks ago than Hamas can manage with its entire missile arsenal now.

It’s pathetic, really, and must be extraordinarily humiliating.

The Middle Eastern habit of declaring victory after getting your ass kicked has a long pedigree. Egypt did it after losing the 1973 Yom Kippur War. North Korea built a hysterical propaganda museum in Cairo commemorating that make-believe victory, but at least that particular fantasy is based on something. The Egyptian army did well against Israel for the first couple of days even though it lost in the end.

Hezbollah declared victory in the 2006 war despite the fact that entire swaths of its infrastructure were obliterated, but Hezbollah did inflict some serious damage and triggered a refugee crisis. Hamas couldn’t possibly base a victory boast on anything now.

The Israelis are seriously considering a ground invasion since Hamas won’t stop firing, but they’ve already proved to the population of Gaza that Hamas, even with all its longer-range missiles, is capable of inflicting no more damage on the Zionist Entity than a lone killer armed with only a steak knife.


www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/hamas-losing-and-everyone-knows-it

[charmbrights]

I do agree with the Israeli diplomat who was being pressed by a BBC reporter on the imbalance between the count of Jewish and Arab dead when he said, "Do you expect us to turn off 'Iron Dome' so that our death toll increases? Would that mean that we would be allowed to continue our efforts to stop the rocket attacks?"

[steevo]

Right on, with a direct implication of twisted BBC implication of injustice. I have noticed on a few occasions the Israelis answers to this conflict are more astute while making obvious impression contrasting behavior and consequences that's difficult to question.

[Teddy Bear]

Netanyahu put the difference between Israel and Hamas perfectly:

This is the entire difference between us and Hamas – we are using defensive systems against missiles to protect the residents of Israel and they are using the residents of Gaza to protect arsenals of missiles. Nothing better underscores the difference in this campaign.

The disgusting Hamas actually use civilian casualties to try and make the world feel pity for them and gain some victimhood, which we know the BBC is only too happy to contribute to. When they think that they're not getting enough sympathy they manufacture casualties, using images from Syria - or even this one from a Hollywood horror movie ‘The Final Destination 4′.


There are those who buy this BS.

[steevo]

That's one of the quotes I had in mind. Your example is the modus operandi. It's easy for me to imagine if the evil and good was properly portrayed. I suspect a lot of outward Islamic racist/religious hate and murder, would go away.

[Teddy Bear]

Jul 17, 2014 18:27:41 GMT steevo said:

That's one of the quotes I had in mind. Your example is the modus operandi. It's easy for me to imagine if the evil and good was properly portrayed. I suspect a lot of outward Islamic racist/religious hate and murder, would go away.

They wouldn't waste their time or lives with most of their crazy shit, and the West would have no problem eradicating them if they pulled anything. This is one of the reasons I consider the BBC and their ilk the absolute traitors in our midst and a cancer on our society.