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Ehud Olmert in 2008 offered 94.2% of the West Bank and land swaps that would bring the total Palestinian land area to 100% of the pre-1967 borders: LINK (might be behind a pay wall). Also just my opinion, but I don't think the Palestinian refusal to seek peace with Israel is due to concern...

But how is it the Israelis don't give the Palestinians any options when they've repeatedly made offers for a Palestinian state? And the world has repeatedly sent money and supplies to the Palestinians only for the leadership to use it to enrich themselves and build a war infrastructure and...

I am curious, but how has Israel backed them into a corner? Israel has repeatedly made peace offerings to the Palestinians. They have been repeatedly rejected. Mahmoud Abbas rejected every one of Ehud Olmert's peace offers (for example in 2008 when he offered 100% of the West Bank, the creation...

I would be very careful going by Wikipedia. The article shows its bias right from the start, referring to Israel and "its ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories." I would argue that Israel doesn't really "occupy" anything. The so-called "occupied territories" are lands that were taken...

Wouldn't Vietnam be considered a worse disaster than Iraq?

How is Israel not accountable to international law and why do you believe Israel an apartheid state (I think you called it that in a prior post?). Israel is the only Middle Eastern nation where you can be openly Muslim (of any kind), Christian, gay, feminist, Jewish, whatever and not get killed...

One thing, but unto itself, that the UN didn't support the invasion I wouldn't say means much.

LINK - these vehicle designs are hilarious.

My thoughts on the American political landscape of late:

Good grief??

I don't think Netanyahu wants to risk losing support globally or from the administration, and killing a huge number of innocents could risk that, so hopefully they end up being more restrained in that sense.

Yes they are. They've artillery bombarded the daylights out of Ukrainian cities, indiscriminately killing people left and right,, and their forces have engaged in some brutal killings and torture of Ukrainians. The only reason they aren't doing it to the degree the Israelis might is due to the...

The flag is also upside down as the Ukrainian flag.

Yes, the whole Internet has been perplexed by this.

Reading all this reminds me of that song: "I joined the Navy, to see the world! But what did I see, I saw the sea... I joined the Navy, to see the girls! But what did I see....? I saw the sea....

Not me.

I agree that things shouldn't all be transactional. Again, I really don't see what you're getting upset about here. He said Hezbollah are smart. And...? He isn't praising them. Trump criticized someone for saying he hopes they don't attack in the north because that's their weak spot. That's a...

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or agree with Trump, however regarding the tweet itself, I'd say the author is taking it out of context. Trump didn't "attack" Israel, to the extent he attacked anybody, he only attacked Netanyahu, and I'd say more a strong criticism than an out-and-out...

That's kind of surprising to me. I mean how would the ship be at anchor when out in the middle of the ocean? Also it would be a sitting duck if not moving.

I think they know what they're doing, but they want to prove their "bad-assery" and "dare" the Israelis. Obviously just my opinion though.

Ukraine...??

Well a majority though did get the general region right.

I know she made an appearance on a show hosted by Mario Lopez (the host of the show where she made that flub) and they talked about it, however IMO she didn't redeem herself all that well. She talked about how when she and he were "conversating" and how she has had "accompligements." Here is...

Oh I agree. Just thought it was an interesting issue to point out. Congress is dysfunctional and corrupt enough!

What's also amazing to think about is that the current size of the House (435) isn't from the Constitution, it was capped that size in 1929. This means that as the U.S. population continues to grow, the amount of people each Congressman represents grows as well, so basically the House becomes...

Just curious, but why is monetizing videos as a member of the military unethical? Is it because it's seen that you're making money off of the taxpayer funding your job? Or that it opens you up to potential bribery? Or just seen as unprofessional for a military member?

Well the book is about DARPA, so it isn't saying the Pentagon itself is a source of intelligent decisions.

Lots of people still use the word "tape" when they technically mean "record."

Not really insane, old tech can have its benefits in certain ways.

Your tapes...?:)

Was just reading the Air Force took delivery of an actual laser weapon to equip onto the F-15 EX, with one use being for shooting down enemy missiles. That is badass:)

It isn't that the connection between strategy and tactics was misunderstood, it is that given the increase in the sizes of forces being employed in modern warfare, and with increasing industrialization and mechanization, it came to be seen that just seeing war as strategy and tactics was too...

Your ignorance on this is a bit surprising. It was Alexander Svechin who first defined the operational level as a level of warfare, and there was a lot of development of this by a multitude of Soviet authors throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Prior to the Soviets, no one really gave any solid...

I would argue your historical analysis on this is wrong. The Soviets were absolutely not strategically inept or tactically bumbling other than during the first two years of the war. This kind of thinking is what got the Germans their butts handed to them from repeatedly underestimating the...

It's a myth, perpetuated by the Germans and also by the Soviets inadvertently after the war in their claiming that they never lost a battle to the Germans, which was of course a very obvious lie and made them a not very credible source on how they conducted the war. The Soviets did suffer...

His (and others) offensive work was a lot more involved than just waiting for Allied material help. Really, the Soviets became masters at offensive warfare.

I don't think that is really a fair comparison though. As I pointed out, the Soviets in 1941 had developed a doctrine but then Stalin shot the whole brain trust. As a result, those in charge didn't know what they were doing at the time. 1994 was after the Soviet system had collapsed and with...

I have a few nitpicks: 1) Russia has historically been unprepared for war, but it was actually moving towards being rather well-prepared for what would become the Great Patriotic War. Because of the failures in WWI and in fighting the Japanese, Russian military thinkers had conjured up a whole...

While I'm assuming the funny part is the woman is too stupid to realize she's being trolled, cats can be very loving animals. I had one for a pet that died about six years ago at nineteen years-old and he was an extremely loving and intelligent animal. Losing a pet can be extremely upsetting if...

Where is it you live that cats are easy prey? Sounds like humans might be too...?

I understand the killing of big V8s (and V10s and V12s) as smog and pollution is a major problem in the big cities. I used to get sick feeling breathing that in Philadelphia back in the 90s as a kid. But yes I agree, EVs and vehicles with small engine-turbocharger-8/10/12-speed transmission...

Yeah but cats are part of the ecosystem in doing it. Wind turbines could mess up the ecology if they are doing that excessively.

Me too! I just don't get it. So many great potential designs for electric trucks and Jeep/Bronco-type vehicles Tesla could make and they decide to pursue that!?

I've read wind turbines chop up birds and kill zillions of insects.

Dedicated knobs and buttons are not anachronistic IMO. To the contrary, they're actually making a comeback, as consumers hate the touch screens in cars. It is a major pain to have to go into a sub-menu and then try to press buttons on the screen or slide your finger to adjust the climate...

What I want to know is how will the grid handle tens of millions of new EVs being added? The grid seems barely able to handle the high load from summertime air conditioner use as it is. People could say, "Build out the grid..." but this is the United States, not China. Easier said than done.

Just curious, but if white blends in with the white caps and yet is meant to help identify a downed person, why not paint it something like a bright orange? Or use bright orange tape?

I'm in Upstate NY which leans conservative, and the cops up here are pretty good about nailing people if driving while on their cell phone, so at least for this area, I don't think it happens too much.

No way, as a civilian taxpayer, I demand my pilots look cool while flying into combat, and helmets look way cooler.