Pat, you ever been married? Divorced? If so would you want a two state solution with your ex?
Nope. But I don't always get what I want. As they say, the enemy gets a vote.
If Israel tries to kill or evict all of Gaza I believe other countries will react and a regional war will break out. Israel may not survive. If the US gets involved against Iran who knows what will happen. I live in the real world.
I long ago speculated that Iran placed sleeper cells inside the US for use if the US attacks Iran. Maybe added to them since the US has no southern border. Douglas Macgregor was interviewed by Tucker on Twitter. He said that Hezbollah has a large presence in Mexico! Gee I wonder if they snuck into the US? He asked what they could do in 15 min in a US shopping mall. I was concerned about high voltage towers and pipelines in the middle of nowhere. Maybe food distribution warehouses? They have consolidated lately.
BTW Here is my ignorance and bias on display.
I have not dug into the Israeli situation for decades and do not care to go down that rabbit hole. I do not trust the govts or the MSM.
Here are my impressions.
I know nothing about the west bank or the Palestinian Authority. Hamas came from the Muslim Brotherhood and was created or supported by the Israeli govt to split the Palestinians into two factions. Both factions are grifters who skim off much of the money and oppress the populations they are said to represent. I recall Yassar Arafat was kept on life support for a while until his soon to be widow and other grifters could agree on how to split the loot he skimmed. Then they pulled the plug.
I recall Yassar Arafat may have been close to signing some accord arranged by Bill Clinton but backed out at the last minute. Such people say they only want X in English, but tell their people in Arabic that X is only a stepping stone en route to driving the Jews into the sea. They use any land given them for peace to attack Israel.
Gaza is walled to reduce smuggling including weapons. Cement is allowed in but some used to build tunnels and bunkers. Some tunnels into Israel are to funnel fighters to Israel civilian areas.
I recall any moderate candidates in Gaza or West Bank are killed.
Some people ID as left or progressive but seem honest in reporting what they see with their own two eyes. They are not bat sh*t crazy like Rachel Maddow and the like. They did not fall for Russia gate and were skeptical on COVID and the vaxx. They also recognize the Trump Lawfare for what it is. Jimmy Dore was pro vaxx then reported he was vaxx injured and people on the left went crazy. That opened his eyes.
Kim. Max Blumenthal, and Vanessa Baily(?) all spent time inside Gaza and reported on what they saw. Kim will have some guy Dan Cohen on maybe tonight who spent lots of time, years, inside Israel.
Based on what they reported, I think the Israeli govt goes out of their way to humiliate and treat the Palestinians like crap. Over and above what is required for Israel security.
