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		Rocket explodes right next to Tel Aviv, Israeli ground troops are preparing to enter Gaza. But what's the latest with Patraeus? (news.sky.com)		716
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Tatsuma		2012-11-15 12:24:51 PM

Things are about to get farking real. Holy farking shiat.

GAT_00		2012-11-15 12:29:22 PM

Tatsuma: Things are about to get farking real. Holy farking shiat.

Well now you get that holy cleansing of undesirables you always wanted. All glory to the Hebrew state.

Tatsuma		2012-11-15 12:29:34 PM

So far, what I can gather is that two rockets fell just south of Tel Aviv, and one fell in the water next to Yaffa.

This is the stupidest thing Hamas could have done.

Vodka Zombie		2012-11-15 12:30:12 PM

I want to care, but I just seem to have reached a saturation with that part of the world. They've been killing each other for so long, and nothing is going to change that.

dj_bigbird		2012-11-15 12:32:56 PM

Does Hamas have a deathwish?

Donnchadha		2012-11-15 12:35:21 PM

Nobody post before.... oh, wait.

Carry on.

Why Would I Read the Article		2012-11-15 12:36:08 PM

But what's the latest with Patraeus?

He evidently changed the spelling of his name, for one....

Comic Book Guy		2012-11-15 12:36:10 PM

GAT_00: Tatsuma: Things are about to get farking real. Holy farking shiat.

Well now you get that holy cleansing of undesirables you always wanted. All glory to the Hebrew state.

We're done here.

netizencain		2012-11-15 12:36:28 PM

Don't worry about foreign policy issues... squirrel!

Rev. Skarekroe		2012-11-15 12:36:34 PM

Vodka Zombie: I want to care, but I just seem to have reached a saturation with that part of the world. They've been killing each other for so long, and nothing is going to change that.

Yep.
I wish we could just ignore everything from the Mediterranean to India. "You guys do whatever you want. Just leave everyone else on Earth out of it."

topcon		2012-11-15 12:36:52 PM

Israel should just totally ignore this and not fight back.

Totally.

sboyle1020		2012-11-15 12:36:55 PM

Can we just blow them both up already and end this, Israel's not THAT good of a friend...

mootmah		2012-11-15 12:37:12 PM

Something Something Gaza Stripper joke goes here.

JerseyTim		2012-11-15 12:37:45 PM

Speaking of exploding Rockets, did you see James Harden go for 30 last night?

BravadoGT		2012-11-15 12:37:53 PM

dj_bigbird: Does Hamas have a deathwish?

Yes--maybe it's time to finally grant it.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-11-15 12:37:56 PM

I've been hit! Get me a Gaza strip for my wound!

pag1107		2012-11-15 12:37:58 PM

Are Tats and GAT gonna have fisticuffs?

/grabs popcorn
//waits

chiefsfaninkc		2012-11-15 12:37:59 PM

Good thing that Obama "The Sort of a God" was reelected otherwise the middle east could turn into a powder keg.

exick		2012-11-15 12:38:02 PM

It's a goddamn shame that a region once known for its vibrant, thoughtful, intelligent people and cultures has been turned into a hellish cesspool by stark raving lunatics.

Why Would I Read the Article		2012-11-15 12:38:08 PM

Since Israel and Palestine are both run by terrorists, who are we rooting for here?

Smeggy Smurf		2012-11-15 12:38:22 PM

dj_bigbird: Does Hamas have a deathwish?

They're like an ex-wife that just won't quit trying to fark up your life. Eventually you have to bring the hammer down hard to put an end to the nonsense.

Titor's Time Machine		2012-11-15 12:38:45 PM

Is there a cute white teenage girl that has gone missing in Tel Aviv, submitter? No? Then who gives a fark.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-11-15 12:39:09 PM

pag1107: Are Tats and GAT gonna have fisticuffs?

/grabs popcorn
//waits

It's ON now!

Someone done farked up!

GAT_00		2012-11-15 12:39:21 PM

topcon: Israel should just totally ignore this and not fight back.

Totally.

Israel brought the rockets on themselves by telling Palestinians over and over again that they will not negotiate in good faith or make any meaningful concession. They forced a war, because they wanted a war. Much easier to justify wholesale acquisition of land by war than by moving settlers illegally on it.

BalugaJoe		2012-11-15 12:39:22 PM

Moshe Dayan is putting his patch on.

evoke		2012-11-15 12:39:35 PM

Hamas has committed a double war crime by deliberately launching rockets at civilian targets, while at the same time hiding among civilians. Israel is defending itself and its population.

Skarekrough		2012-11-15 12:39:36 PM

hdhale		2012-11-15 12:39:49 PM

Is everyone feeling good about the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005? I didn't think so. Nothing but trouble ever since.

R.A.Danny		2012-11-15 12:39:56 PM

Vodka Zombie: I want to care, but I just seem to have reached a saturation with that part of the world. They've been killing each other for so long, and nothing is going to change that.

Sadly that has started to become a "we're better off without the lot of them" attitude for me. Yeah, it's wrong to think that.

Pair-o-Dice		2012-11-15 12:40:06 PM

This will not end well.

dj_spanmaster		2012-11-15 12:40:09 PM

According to this article, there were 451 rockets fired on Israeli civilian populations through October, and at least that many fired again this week alone.

I find it hard to blame Israel for wanting to take some action.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-11-15 12:40:11 PM

Armageddon tired of this

/we've re-elected the anti-christ, let's get it over with

GAT_00		2012-11-15 12:40:19 PM

pag1107: Are Tats and GAT gonna have fisticuffs?

/grabs popcorn
//waits

He won't talk to me, so no.

ichiban		2012-11-15 12:40:23 PM

Palestinian militants fired nearly 150 rockets on Thursday, killing three people,

I certainly don't want these people to kill each other and wow, that's all sorts of scary, but...how do you fire 150 rockets and "only" kill three people?

queezyweezel		2012-11-15 12:40:35 PM

the fired 150 rockets and only 3 people died? Is Hamas the A-Team of the Middle East?

Aarontology		2012-11-15 12:40:38 PM

Meh.

Wicked Chinchilla		2012-11-15 12:40:41 PM

Tatsuma: Things are about to get farking real. Holy farking shiat.

By get real, you mean go through their usual cycle.

Its not like this isn't fairly routine now. This same sudden escalation occurs either every 1, 2, or 3 years, basically. Things will blow up, people will die, the borders will be restored to their "last known best configuration" and the clock will be reset.

Is it something to be concerned about? Sure. But the bolded stuff above is a bit absurd for something that happens so frequently.

/you do live there, so I definitely get why its more hyped up for you, but as a third party on the far side of the world its not that I don't care, its that I am completely unsurprised.

BalugaJoe		2012-11-15 12:41:03 PM

This is going nuclear.

dr.zaeus		2012-11-15 12:41:10 PM

dj_bigbird: Does Hamas have a deathwish?

Nah, what ever gave you that idea?

www.thegatewaypundit.com

coco ebert		2012-11-15 12:41:26 PM

Oh, great. Look who's back. I expect hourly updates and a green (blue?) ribbon to be posted everywhere on the site.

davidphogan		2012-11-15 12:41:38 PM

Why Would I Read the Article: Since Israel and Palestine are both run by terrorists, who are we rooting for here?

Asteroids?

Aarontology		2012-11-15 12:41:40 PM

Wicked Chinchilla: Its not like this isn't fairly routine now. This same sudden escalation occurs either every 1, 2, or 3 years, basically. Things will blow up, people will die, the borders will be restored to their "last known best configuration" and the clock will be reset.

This.

It's happened before. It'll happen again. Nothing of substance will actually change.

evoke		2012-11-15 12:41:55 PM

GAT_00: topcon: Israel should just totally ignore this and not fight back.

Totally.

Israel brought the rockets on themselves by telling Palestinians over and over again that they will not negotiate in good faith or make any meaningful concession. They forced a war, because they wanted a war. Much easier to justify wholesale acquisition of land by war than by moving settlers illegally on it.

Israel left Gaza in 2005. They don't want it back. What they want is the terrorists to stop shooting missles at their people in the south. Sounds reasonable to me.

queezyweezel		2012-11-15 12:42:09 PM

ichiban: Palestinian militants fired nearly 150 rockets on Thursday, killing three people,

I certainly don't want these people to kill each other and wow, that's all sorts of scary, but...how do you fire 150 rockets and "only" kill three people?

near simulpost on topic..

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo		2012-11-15 12:42:10 PM

Is Omarion okay?

Eatin' Queer Fetuses for Jesus		2012-11-15 12:42:30 PM

Tatsuma: So far, what I can gather is that two rockets fell just south of Tel Aviv, and one fell in the water next to Yaffa.

This is the stupidest thing Hamas could have done.

Good thing it hit the water... those rockets would probably destroy at least a few Yaffa blocks.

CygnusDarius		2012-11-15 12:42:31 PM

You know, the Mayans may not have predicted the end of the world in 2012, but god-damn it are we pushing so farking hard to get there!.

/Can't we wait to wage war on next year?
//Just so we can say "I told you so" to the 2012 doomsayers

Tatsuma		2012-11-15 12:42:43 PM

Comic Book Guy: We're done here.

I don't think we should close the thread because of one stupid comment.

dj_spanmaster: According to this article, there were 451 rockets fired on Israeli civilian populations through October, and at least that many fired again this week alone.

I find it hard to blame Israel for wanting to take some action.

Yeah, this is why this is happening. Nothing to do with elections, nothing to do with stupid propaganda, everything to do with us going 'Ok, farking enough'.

ichiban: I certainly don't want these people to kill each other and wow, that's all sorts of scary, but...how do you fire 150 rockets and "only" kill three people?

We have a great advance warning system, lots of bomb shelters and anti-rocket countermeasures

Comic Book Guy		2012-11-15 12:42:44 PM

BalugaJoe: This is going nuclear.

Yeah, just like all the other biennial conflicts.

shower_in_my_socks		2012-11-15 12:43:01 PM

This is the second time Israel has launched a Gaza war after an Obama election. I hope the women and children in the region who are about to die appreciate that it's all so the warhawks in Israel can send Barack Obama a message.

And they named the operation after a Bible verse, have no exit strategy, and won't say how this will actually solve anything. It's all so very, very George W. Bush/neo-cons circa 2003. But when has thinking with your d!cks ever gotten anyone in trouble?

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