Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Very impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Iron Dome was a joint development with the U.S. DOD, and IIRC, we will also use it where necessary. Unfortunately, with the volume of incoming rockets, there have been a few "leakers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 I hope things don't go full retard over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Too late, it's been full retard in the Middle East for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Awesome defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 https://babylonbee.com/news/media-condemns-israel-for-unprovoked-attack-on-innocent-hamas-rockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE said: Too late, it's been full retard in the Middle East for a long time. Yeah, it went full retard about the time rocks were invented. It's been going downhill since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Wait, wait, I’ve seen this movie. Isn’t this the one where Hamas starts things off by firing a bazillion rockets from civilian enclaves? And then when IDF defends itself, Hamas and a complicit media cry foul? And then a cease fire is brokered which is then broken by Hamas a couple of years later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Impressive videos. Way better than the Patriots in Desert Storm. Here are details: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 15 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Isn’t this the one where Hamas starts things off... A classic Western perspective, but woefully incomplete. There are enough “root causes” of the current situation to fill volumes. My personal take is that it was the US and Britain who “started things off”. To say any more would go down the path of political speech that might get me in detention a while, and I’d prefer not to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: My personal take is that it was the US and Britain who “started things off”. To say any more would go down the path of political speech that might get me in detention a while, and I’d prefer not to go there. I would say centuries of persecution culminating in the Holocaust really got things going. And we need to remember the meddling of other nations through the decades since, including the Soviet Union, who played their share in mucking things up. We could also go back to the Ottoman Empire prior to WWI plus the redrawing of its boundaries by the Versailles Treaty that played a big role. So where does one pick a spot on the calendar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: To say any more would go down the path of political speech that might get me in detention a while, and I’d prefer not to go there. Usually what l think when it’s too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: I would say centuries of persecution culminating in the Holocaust really got things going. And we need to remember the meddling of other nations through the decades since, including the Soviet Union, who played their share in mucking things up. We could also go back to the Ottoman Empire prior to WWI plus the redrawing of its boundaries by the Versailles Treaty that played a big role. So where does one pick a spot on the calendar? Perhaps where Cain hit Able with the rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Seamus McGillicuddy said: Got to see it first hand and that’s about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Perhaps where Cain hit Able with the rock? I always tell people: if you have not walked the streets in Israel then don’t throw stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I would not know so much about Israel if it were not for President Reagan. He had the Navy setting off of Lebanon for almost 4 years, so every Mediterranean cruise off the coast of Lebanon you go. The closest friendly ports were Haifa and Ashdod, so we got to know the people they were always nice to us. The one thing that left the biggest impression on me was seeing kids carrying gas mask. Great book about the being of their air force in 1948. Angels in the sky: it really surprise most Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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