HAMAS MUST LOSE

I’ve been watching the war in Gaza fairly closely. Not close enough to call myself an expert by any means, but probably more closely than most.

So Hamas did start the war. They sent a force into southern Israel roughly equal in size to a brigade. They were not a cohesive unit by any means and disparate groups had assigned targets and attacked. They were primarily directed at homes or Kibbutzes. They reportedly had training in irregular warfare in Iran and put it to good use. Their attack was successful early on. They murdered and killed many, and took hostages back to Gaza.

I am of the opinion that the Hamas leadership genuinely believed the Israeli hostages newly being held in Gaza would stop the Israelis from attacking Gaza. They were wrong.

The Israelis began systematically attacking Gaza. Going house to house looking for Hamas fighters. The Hamas fighters hid amongst the general population. Civilian casualties mounted and continue to grow.

It’s interesting to me now, the success of the propaganda being pushed by Hamas. I engage in twitter/X to some small amount, and my timeline there is full of muslims decrying the genocide in Gaza. They are having quite a bit of success, although, at least in the US, the war in Gaza is starting to take on domestic political tones.

There is no genocide in Gaza. A genocide is simply put, an attempt to kill all of the members of some group. Nazis/Jews is the most famous attempt. But there have been many in history. Turks/Armenians, English/Irish, Spanish/Caribs, Chinese/Uighur and the list goes on. There were 400,000 Palestinians in 1948 after they famously refused their own state in a UN partition plan. Now there are 4 million. If the Israelis are attempting to exterminate the Palestinians, they are doing the worst job ever.

But the slogan, From the River to the Sea, is a cry for genocide. Genocide of the Israelis. Don’t be fooled, or doubt it. Many Arab/muslim organizations have openly called for genocide for decades. That is still their goal.

No, the war in Gaza is a siege. Plain and simple. Think of the Nazis outside of St Petersburg for a 1000 days. It is nasty over there I am sure. Hamas shows no fear, no hesitancy to hide amongst civilians, or in Hospitals, or schools. And on the other side, the IDF shows no hesitancy to kill/ attack Hamas wherever they think they are. Civilian deaths mount. Both sides accuse the other of war crimes. It’s getting hard to tell.

I am no friend of Israel. But neither am I a hater. They are our allies. I would see the US keep her word and honor alliances. I had 2 port visits there while I was in the Navy. Best port visits I had. Vivid life memories. I even made it to the West Bank.

The war is expanding. Hizballah in Lebanon has been shooting Katyushas into northern Israel (They sometimes call it Western Gallilee in the news) for some time.

Yemen says they are willing to attack, and have made attacks on merchant shipping. But that looks like it has all but stopped now. Israel did attack one of their ports. It may be nothing more from Yemen but words.

Syria has been quiet.

Iraq is reportedly sending troops through Syria to Lebanon in order to aid Hizballah. But I think that is just wishful thinking on the part of some muslims I follow on X.

Iran is the real threat. If they initiate hostilities, it will very likely end in World War 3. They recently announced that they do in fact have the bomb. Despite our piss poor 3rd rate efforts to deny them the bomb. That will be an aerial war. There is no shared border.

So now we wait. What will the other Arab states do. Turkey? Saudi? Egypt?

Tel Aviv is empty right now. Iran is threatening retribution, and the Israeli citizens believe them.

This could all end in a flash. Hamas could just release their hostages. Sue for peace.

But for lasting peace. Hamas MUST LOSE. Any peace Israel agrees to, the Hamas position MUST be WORSE than when the war started. And concessions will be viewed as a victory. That will lead to a re-arming, and yet another war in the future. 2 steps forward and 1 step back. Israel must force Hamas to retreat 3 steps. Or they are just giving Hamas a breathing space to rearm.

HAMAS MUST LOSE.

Taylor Swift

Why does she matter?

She’s dating one of the Kelce’s. Good for them. Hope it works out for them. Who celebrities are dating stopped mattering a long, long time ago for me. I just don’t care.

There’s a lot of people though, actually cheering against the Chiefs just so she won’t get to go to the Superbowl.

Do yourselves a favor and quit worrying about them.

Now about politics. Taylor Swift evidfently has a lot of pull with the younger demographic. I don’t know why. Isn’t she famous for singing about her bad relationships? About her breakups? Why on earth would anybody listen to her? Let her pick any guy for them? 😉

I can’t honestly name one of her songs. I’m sure she is NOT heartbroken about that. But she is selling mad music. So she must be good at it.

Just watch the game and leave her be. If I hit the powerball, I may rent a skybox to watch a few football games too.

Anybody want to come? Reserve your seat now.

The Border

I’m going to start a little thing. When I make my posts, I used to include, at the end, some simple things and maybe some links. Just little tidbits I found funny or was following in the news. Maybe another blogger. I’m going to start doing that again, but I’m going to put them at the top.

So, here ya go

I’m currently watching some reaction videos on youtube. It’s pretty much just watching other people watching a show. They edit out the boring parts. So it is kind of like watching reruns, but only the highlights. Right now, I’m watching “funnylilgalreacts” react to “The Expanse”.

I found an old Navy friend on Twitter/X. Hit on her a little. Tried chatting her up. But ghet this. And some of you will find this hard to believe. She is WAAAAY further left than I am right. To her I am a MAGAt. So she nuked me. Then she killed her page and started over and I was back! She tolerated me for a bit. Then…. I got nuked again. Sigh. Time to move on. 🙁

So let’s talk about the border. Y’all know the border patrol runs heavy in my family? My “Granddad” was a border patrolman. I have cousins down there right now. Right in the middle of this shit. It hits kind of heavy.

I have actually considered myself bringing a lawsuit against the Federal Govt myself. The constitution delineates border security to the Federal Govt. It is explicit. And looking at the 10th Amendment, Texas has no right to maintain the border. So I was looking for a way to force the Fed Govt to perform their duties. They plainly aren’t. How many Illegal Aliens are there in the US? There have been millions for decades. You might almost say it is policy.

I’m so happy somebody is doing something. But I’m more than a little bit afraid it could legit start a shooting civil war. I’m not real happy with the prospect of a shooting war starting outside my door.

It appears that for the moment the Biden Admin has blinked, but it could change quick. Because right now. Governor Abbott is only playing with Eagle pass. Wait until he expands it to the entire Texas border. Will other border states follow suit? Almost certainly California/Newsome will not. I tend to believe that Katie Hobbs of Arizona will not, but I think she is highly susceptible to the weather. Couldn’t tell you about NM.

Maybe we can finally get control of immigration.

The Thing About Nikki

I couldn’t care less that Nikki is Indian. The Press, MSM, keep trying to mak ethat a big deal. The keep trying to invent some sort of racism there. I just don’t think there is. Listen To Vivek, listen to the positive responses he gets for his positions. And he’s Indian. If he didn’t have the Trump movement running against him, her might even get some ground.

I think everybody has seen the response that the new Argentine President is getting as well. He’s not exactly bona fide English.

I won’t try to tell you there is no racism, on either/any side of the political spectrum. But I do maintain the MSM tries to use it as a cudgel against the right. They ARE partisan.

So the thing about Nikki. How come the press never lambasts her? Pretty much since I have been aware of politics, the MSM has been in the conservative ass. Don’t believe me?

Reagan: He’s too old. He’s not a real politician. He has Alzheimers.
Bush: He had an affair. He’s in the Skull and Bones! His resume is so long because he can’t hold a job.
W Bush: Nepotism! He can’t pronounce Nukular, He’s always feeling up Laura on camera. Skull and Bones!
Trump: He’s a reality TV star! He rapes!

And these are just the people who won. The landscape is littered with people / men, that have been disparaged by the MSM. The favorite slur is some kind of sexual scandal mistake.

Look at what happened to Kavanagh / Clarence Thomas / Trump. Again and again.

Show me the photos of Trump grabbing a pussy. I’ll be happy to show you one of Hunter Biden snorting coke off of his naked niece’s ass. I know he wasn’t running for office. He’s just his dad’s bagman.

It’s just something that I have noticed. Nikki isn’t getting attacked. Could it have something to do with the fact that her political positions magically changed to nearly match Joe Biden’s?

Who is supporting her?
Look Here

Charlie Kirk did a video about her supporters. I’ve been watching for a while.

Of course this can all be summed up real easily. The MSM won’t talk trash about Nikki Haley. Hell, you might even say they like her.

Put even more simply, Nikki is a swamp thing.

And that’s enough for me. I won’t be voting for Nikki.