Israel/Hamas War 2023 thread

[Paul in uhh]

Thought it might be helpful to separate this topic from the “build back better” thread.. though I certainly understand that the two are closely intertwined

 

[Zubaz]

Oh boy.

 

[TCURiggs]

 

[ShreveFrog]

@TCURiggs - ^^^ I can’t believe this is real. But sounds like it is. Crazy. How can such wrong-headedness reach such high levels of our government?

 

[TxFrog1999]

Oh boy.

Trump's squad

 

[TxFrog1999]

@TCURiggs - ^^^ I can’t believe this is real. But sounds like it is. Crazy. How can such wrong-headedness reach such high levels of our government?

 

[TCURiggs]

 

[froginmn]

@Sweat Equity , you fixing to fuel up a jet?

 

[Paul in uhh]

This is far down the list on things most likely to surprise me

 

[Sweat Equity]

@Sweat Equity , you fixing to fuel up a jet?

I do not think I am needed (or wanted) on this one...

If someone(s) need help getting out, will gladly help pay for a ticket as Ben Gurion is still operational and flts abound. Unlike the Afghanistan withdrawal, Ben Gurion is probably one of the safest places to be right now and outside of military aircraft, an El Al flt is the safest plane on the grnd and in the air.

 

[froginmn]

I do not think I am needed (or wanted) on this one...

If someone(s) need help getting out, will gladly help pay for a ticket as Ben Gurion is still operational and flts abound. Unlike the Afghanistan withdrawal, Ben Gurion is probably one of the safest places to be right now and outside of military aircraft, an El Al flt is the safest plane on the grnd and in the air.

That was meant to be tongue-in-cheek (but appreciate the previous work).

 

[Sweat Equity]

Paging ... Congress. Congress?

 

[Sweat Equity]

That was meant to be tongue-in-cheek (but appreciate the previous work).

I picked up on it but wanted to bite in and emphasize that their airport is quite literally one of the safest commercial places on this planet.

 

[Dogfrog]

US not airlifting Americans out of Israel, banking on commercial flights

ISRAEL (PIX11) — Many thousands of Americans remain trapped in Israel following the deadly attack by the militant group Hamas over the weekend and subsequent war. President Joe Biden made no …

pix11.com

 

[Michael Milton's Jaw]

The Malley thing has been out there for a while. Media would not cover it even after they suspended his security clearance a month or so ago. Lee Smith wrote a great article in The Tablet Magazine that details the Iranian emails and the US academics involved.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

 

[Paul in uhh]

I do not think I am needed (or wanted) on this one...

If someone(s) need help getting out, will gladly help pay for a ticket as Ben Gurion is still operational and flts abound. Unlike the Afghanistan withdrawal, Ben Gurion is probably one of the safest places to be right now and outside of military aircraft, an El Al flt is the safest plane on the grnd and in the air.

Your last sentence is fascinating to me. Could you elaborate?

 

[Wexahu]

I do not think I am needed (or wanted) on this one...

If someone(s) need help getting out, will gladly help pay for a ticket as Ben Gurion is still operational and flts abound. Unlike the Afghanistan withdrawal, Ben Gurion is probably one of the safest places to be right now and outside of military aircraft, an El Al flt is the safest plane on the grnd and in the air.

Maybe so, but I’d probably still rather fly into, I don’t know, Kansas City.

 

[Sweat Equity]

Your last sentence is fascinating to me. Could you elaborate?

I suggest you read these two nuggets.

Ben Gurion Airport - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

El Al - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It is odd to try and put it into perspective, even having been to Israel several dozen times I still find it odd, but the security makes you feel almost uncomfortably safe.

 

[TCURiggs]