Had to laugh at the Russians coming out and saying ‘the targeting of innocent people, children , and old people is completely unacceptable’. 😆
My eyebrows nearly burst into flames when he said that.

Genuine question: to what extent is Palestine/Israel analogous to Ukraine/Russia?

    C_J
    At high level.

    It’s an armed dispute between two states.

    Then there’s the internet…

      Never gonna be peace out there in our lifetime due to the hate and fucked up politics on both sides.

      I think it’s important to remember it’s not the Palestinian state that is at war but the terrorist group based in Palestine called Hamas who are supported by various other regimes across the world

        Gallagher tobacco (b&h, Silkcut, hamlet etc) who I worked for for years, got caught funding Hamas.
        There was a parliamentary enquiry and then the old boy network kicked in because Sir Peter Wilson was the chairman and also ex Cambridge. Absolutely fucking disgusting and never really got to the bottom of why they were funding them.

        Hursty it’s not the Palestinian state that is at war but the terrorist group based in Palestine called Hamas

        Hamas have been the de facto government of the West Bank for almost 20 years following them winning the 2006 election.

          benson quite right, and also true that most Afghans were not part of the Taliban

              Hursty quite right, and also true that most Afghans were not part of the Taliban

              Hamas won 44.45% of the vote in the last election held in the West Bank, more than any other party.

              Were you suggesting no sanctions be made against Russia because not all Russians support Putin?

                I’m talking about the fact most people involved are innocent people who want to get on with their lives and it’s the minority who are in power which spoil it for them

                  Hursty were you making that same argument with Russia? Because the respective situations with the two governments seems quite similar.

                  While Hamas may ultimately be shooting itself in the foot and harming the people under its rule long-term with its actions in the same way that Putin’s government has been, the suggestions that it is doing so without some significant support appears false in the same way that there is still a reasonable chunk of the Russian population that continues to back Putin.

                      Down the k-hole again zacko? Must be like one long DMT trip. Say hi to funky.