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kupachek posted:Spared no expense. They learned from the best  e: actually given the likely amount of graft in the procurement process it's probably more like 
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 each one of those bullet points quoted is a massive gently caress up, holy poo poo. Like that one about Hamas using comms channels they knew were compromised to spread misinfo is just classic. The whole thing is basically a disaster of complacency and oversight or overconfidence by the IDF and Hamas exploited it perfectly.
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Cugel the Clever posted:This is the bizarre part for me, coming from a dumb software background with an ops-heavy culture: if your monitoring systems suddenly stop emitting data such that you no longer have visibility into the integrity of the system, you have high-severity alarms in place to alert on-call humans who should quickly be able sound a maximum-severity alarm that activates everyone. like many software systems, if you don't expect something to fail, and it doesn't, you don't prioritize systems to monitor when it goes offline. i'll hazard a guess that most of these systems worked consistently when they weren't being bombed by drones software, in a somewhat paradoxical way, is robust because it fails all the goddamn time, and the only way to make it reliable is to monitor the gently caress out of it and have automatic failure mitigation systems or at least active human attendants some combination of that and very much expecting your border control measures to successfully prevent people from successfully importing small widely-available consumer products
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Oct 11, 2023 07:13
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Holy gently caress that is such a massive loving failure.
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Oct 11, 2023 07:32
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Handsome Ralph posted:https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1711913141934645757?s=20 Looks like Israel's about to get their very own Fallujah.
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It's the Swiss cheese model, just without the cheese and just a huge gaping sewage pipe of incompetency
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Oct 11, 2023 08:19
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psydude posted:Looks like Israel's about to get their very own Fallujah. Hopefully not https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-11-08/us-troops-ban-men-from-entering-leaving-fallujah/581886 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4442988.stm https://www.ipsnews.net/2004/11/iraq-800-civilians-feared-dead-in-fallujah/
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We got a name for this conflict yet? Yom Kippur 2 is a pretty good thematic fit.
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Things may be heating up with Hezbollah. Both sides seem like they've tried to hold back in the last few days, with violent incidents being sporadic, but neither side is willing to fully ignore what they perceive as the other's aggression, so retaliation is ramping up. Hopefully won't boil over...
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Oct 11, 2023 11:22
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Cugel the Clever posted:Things may be heating up with Hezbollah. Both sides seem like they've tried to hold back in the last few days, with violent incidents being sporadic, but neither side is willing to fully ignore what they perceive as the other's aggression, so retaliation is ramping up. Hopefully won't boil over... They've already threatened to throw in with Hamas if Israel invades Gaza. So things aren't looking promising.
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Oct 11, 2023 11:37
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Huh. Looks like a bunch of early reports of Hamas atrocities were either fake, or blown out of proportion to justify a hardline "We have to kill all the vermin" stance. So, uh....
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Oct 11, 2023 14:25
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Fivemarks posted:Huh. Looks like a bunch of early reports of Hamas atrocities were either fake, or blown out of proportion to justify a hardline "We have to kill all the vermin" stance. So, uh.... Got a source for this? Because reporting coming out of well, everywhere, is that you're wrong.
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Oct 11, 2023 14:27
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psydude posted:Got a source for this? Because reporting coming out of well, everywhere, is that you're wrong. have you got a legitimate confirmed source that the palestineans are beheading babies? Because that's fake https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/factcheck:-israel-has-no-information-on-hamas-murdering-babi The claims that a pregnant woman was dissecting alive by Hamas soldiers with Bayonets? Well that happened. IN the 80's. Just it was done to Lbeanese refugees by Christian militiamen with support from the Israelis https://www.arabnews.com/node/2162166/amp
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Oct 11, 2023 14:41
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The biggest problem is the Israeli government PR/propaganda machine is totally symbiotic with the American media, and they are making and releasing fake news stories from fictional channels. One I've seen passed around is an obvious fake news team doing a piece on beheaded babies. It appears completely staged. Israel not only funnels billions into the MIC, they also spend billions buying politicians with Super PACs, they also spend 100s of millions in PR and media manipulators. They are completely tied to the evangelical and American right wing, and they have had a low level focus on indoctrination and information warfare. They will rule the propaganda side here. I'm sure they are just as flawed and biased, but I've always found AL Jeezera (I miss the AJ America channel) to be a good source to keep a level view, compared to most US sources.
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Oct 11, 2023 14:42
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Imperialist and settler colonialist forces love inventing or massively blowing out of proportion atrocities by the people they're imperializing, both to get public support on their side for solving the "native problem" and to justify their own crimes as retribution. Which isn't to say plenty of times, those attacks don't happen- but often they're just another chain in a link of violence started by settler colonialism. It's a bit like saying that Custer's Last Stand was an evil massacre of a brave american force by evil natives, and not asking "Hey why were those Americans there?" Fivemarks fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Oct 11, 2023 |
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Oct 11, 2023 14:45
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Fivemarks posted:Imperialist and settler colonialist forces love inventing or massively blowing out of proportion atrocities by the people they're imperializing, both to get public support on their side for solving the "native problem" and to justify their own crimes as retribution. Which isn't to say plenty of times, those attacks don't happen- but often they're just another chain in a link of violence started by settler colonialism. Reading the actual events of Battle of Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn gave me the same feelings as reading about the Alamo- "Why the gently caress should we celebrate this? We lost because we were stupid."
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Oct 11, 2023 14:50
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bulletsponge13 posted:Reading the actual events of Battle of Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn gave me the same feelings as reading about the Alamo- "Why the gently caress should we celebrate this? We lost because we were stupid." The Texans rebelled because they wanted to be able to keep Slaves (in Mexico). Texas is the only state that's rebelled twice just to keep slavery around. So we gotta celebrate The Alamo because otherwise people might think that Texas was founded for lovely reasons (Genocide of natives and the enslavement of blacks)
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Oct 11, 2023 14:52
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Fivemarks posted:have you got a legitimate confirmed source that the palestineans are beheading babies? Because that's fake I don't think anyone here posted about either of these things? Fivemarks posted:Imperialist and settler colonialist forces love inventing or massively blowing out of proportion atrocities by the people they're imperializing, both to get public support on their side for solving the "native problem" and to justify their own crimes as retribution. Which isn't to say plenty of times, those attacks don't happen- but often they're just another chain in a link of violence started by settler colonialism. Please tell us our your view on the 260 people that Hamas murdered at the music festival and the footage of them parading dead women through the streets.
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Oct 11, 2023 15:04
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Fivemarks posted:have you got a legitimate confirmed source that the palestineans are beheading babies? Because that's fake How the poo poo is this considered a reputable source, are you serious? That lovely site posted:The correspondent in question is Nicole Zedeck. She was attached to a unit of the IOF that had been dispatched to the "Kfar Aza" kibbutz where fierce confrontations took place between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces and settlers since Saturday morning. So they consider every single Israel a settler? They consider the hamas fuckers, who have been widely recorded murdering civilians, "resistance fighters"? IOF?? gently caress off with that poo poo. I really hope that the stories of beheaded babies are false, the factual reality of what they did is bad enough. e: yeah it's from wikipedia so take it with a huge grain of salt, can you refute this? 
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Oct 11, 2023 15:07
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Let's also put aside that jews and arabs have been inhabiting Israel/Palestine for thousands of years. Israelis can only be settlers / colonizers in this context, even though modern day Israel and Palestine themselves were a British colony until after World War II.
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I mean, yeah, Israelis are basically a Settler Colonialist state. Same for White Americans and Canadians and Mexicans and most of the Americas. Same for Australia and New Zealand. Edit: This is not me saying that genocide or "Push them into the sea is good", mind you.
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Fivemarks posted:I mean, yeah, Israelis are basically a Settler Colonialist state. Same for White Americans and Canadians and Mexicans and most of the Americas. Same for Australia and New Zealand. You have no idea what you're even talking about. You do realize that the vast majority of Israelis are historically from Israel, right? Like their ancestors have lived there for thousands of years?
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Fivemarks posted:I mean, yeah, Israelis are basically a Settler Colonialist state. Same for White Americans and Canadians and Mexicans and most of the Americas. Same for Australia and New Zealand. Sure, let's say that somehow makes any sense, but considering that the common usage of settlers (in the context of Israel) is mainly when referring to the crazies in the West Bank, using that term for people living within the intl. recognized borders of the country is usually a good sign that the writer has a deep bias against Israelis as a whole.
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psydude posted:You have no idea what you're even talking about. You do realize that the vast majority of Israelis are historically from Israel, right? Like their ancestors have lived there for thousands of years? Diarrhea Elemental posted:OTOH, a cultural belief doesn't magically grant you the right to... colonize an already existing place. By force. "My great, great, great grandparents used to live in this house and we've been persecuted since we got kicked out" doesn't somehow make it right for you to effectively steal the poo poo of someone 15 generations down the line who inherited it.
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Hey thanks for putting words in my mouth and also making my point at the same time. This guy was literally arguing that all Israelis are colonizers and thus we shouldn't feel bad when they're murdered. I'm as vehemently opposed to Israel's apartheid of Palestine and Netanyahu's cynical exploitation of the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah as anyone, but come the gently caress on.
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Don't Ask posted:Sure, let's say that somehow makes any sense, but considering that the common usage of settlers (in the context of Israel) is mainly when referring to the crazies in the West Bank, using that term for people living within the intl. recognized borders of the country is usually a good sign that the writer has a deep bias against Israelis as a whole. I am already going to regret making this post but gently caress it. Let's say its the 1870's. Where does the line between "Settler Colonialism'd Land" and "Our Land" lay in America? psydude posted:Hey thanks for putting words in my mouth and also making my point at the same time. This guy was literally arguing that all Israelis are colonizers and thus we shouldn't feel bad when they're murdered. I'm as vehemently opposed to Israel's apartheid of Palestine and Netanyahu's cynical exploitation of the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah as anyone, but come the gently caress on. Edit: I may have said that Israel is a Settler Colonial state, but that doesn't mean the solution to the problem is "Kill'em all and drive them into the sea". I sure as hell didn't say that. I just said it's a Settler Colony, same as America or canada or Mexico or Australia or New Zealand. I certainly don't think any of those states should have their non native populations killed and murdered. Fivemarks fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Oct 11, 2023 |
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I think it's bad to shoot and bomb unarmed people whoever they and you are. That's my hot take. *turns on the news* Oh murder and war crimes for everyone then ah oh well maybe next year.
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Fivemarks posted:I am already going to regret making this post but gently caress it. You're really missing the point here - the majority of Israelis are native to Israel just like the Palestinians. There can be more than one ethnic/religious group that have long historical ties to a region.
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psydude posted:Hey thanks for putting words in my mouth and also making my point at the same time. This guy was literally arguing that all Israelis are colonizers and thus we shouldn't feel bad when they're murdered. I'm as vehemently opposed to Israel's apartheid of Palestine and Netanyahu's cynical exploitation of the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah as anyone, but come the gently caress on. The bolded part makes this ironic, especially considering you got his edit in your quote too.
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:The bolded part makes this ironic, especially considering you got his edit in your quote too. Did you not read his previous post? quote:It's a bit like saying that Custer's Last Stand was an evil massacre of a brave american force by evil natives, and not asking "Hey why were those Americans there?"
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/11/what-is-the-palestinian-authority-and-how-is-it-viewed-by-palestinians Good refresher on the Palestinian "authority" that governs the West Bank. I don't think I've seen any news on how it's responding to this situation.
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Fivemarks posted:Huh. Looks like a bunch of early reports of Hamas atrocities were either fake, or blown out of proportion to justify a hardline "We have to kill all the vermin" stance. So, uh.... You're suggesting that we should believe in the goodwill of loving hamas of all people not to commit atrocities? And no, there has been plenty of reporting documenting what has been done, by people without the ideological bias you so obviously desire. Vvv would you care to translate that into English for us with an actual life please? Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Oct 11, 2023 |
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Oct 11, 2023 15:34
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Someone post Experience Bij because that's what participating in this thread feels like.
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psydude posted:I don't think anyone here posted about either of these things? The rave stories are also looking to not be completely correct, and one of the supposedly murdered/raped women is 100% alive. There is a lot of really bad info coming out around everything, and Israel is definitely taking advantage of the bad information.
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psydude posted:Did you not read his previous post? We're talking about people who within living memory had their poo poo taken away by force and had their own country turned into an apartheid state against them, with every ugly indignity and outrage possible visited on them constantly. Who exactly is shocked when some of those people absolutely lose their poo poo and, not being morally justified but in a completely unsurprising turn, take out all of that in any direction possible and in the most unspeakable of ways? And if we see a follow-up post: Fivemarks posted:Edit: I may have said that Israel is a Settler Colonial state, but that doesn't mean the solution to the problem is "Kill'em all and drive them into the sea". I sure as hell didn't say that. I just said it's a Settler Colony, same as America or canada or Mexico or Australia or New Zealand. I certainly don't think any of those states should have their non native populations killed and murdered. Conveniently, the state in question has non-native populations concentrated in two geographical areas that are currently subject to gross violation of basic human rights and continued invasion by Israeli settlers colonizing Palestinian settlements. One side is historically native with long ties to the region, one side was disenfranchised in living memory and currently lives under the thumb of the other side currently.
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Before the birth of modern Zionism, Palestine was already one of if not the most heavily Jewish populated regions in the world as a percentage of the population, with some sources suggesting as high as 10%. Even if Zionism never happened there would have been enough Jewish communities in Palestine to demand their own separate state following British decolonization. Note, there are western countries such as Russia that ghettoized their Jewish populations and the Jewish percentages of the regions containing ghettos were much high than in countries where Jews had free movement, and in those cases the Jewish population is usually averaged over the entire country's population or the larger regions the ghettoized Jews were mostly expelled from. Israel is a settler colonialist state because it is colonizing, displacing, and genociding Palestinians in the west bank and gaza. Israelis living in settlements in occupied Palestine are settlers and colonists and Israel should dismantle them and repatriate the inhabitants to Israel proper. Israelis living in the recognized borders of Israel outside of Palestine are not settlers or colonists to the extent they are not actively participating in those crimes against humanity and have as much of a right to live in the region as the Palestinians do. Sderot is inside the green line and pre-67 borders and therefore outside the territory Palestine claims, yet I've seen plenty of folks, including folks on this forum, call the murdered civilians there "colonists" and "settler occupiers". It's also been my personal experience that folks using settler occupier language to describe every civilian in Israel outside of Palestine's claimed borders are simply performing the requisite dehumanization to feel comfortable calling for the ethnic cleansing of all Jewish people from the region. psydude posted:You're really missing the point here - the majority of Israelis are native to Israel just like the Palestinians. There can be more than one ethnic/religious group that have long historical ties to a region.
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Soylent Pudding posted:Before the birth of modern Zionism, Palestine was already one of if not the most heavily Jewish populated regions in the world as a percentage of the population, with some sources suggesting as high as 10%. Even if Zionism never happened there would have been enough Jewish communities in Palestine to demand their own separate state following British decolonization. I PROBABLY Shouldn't bring up stuff like the Village of Najd, and how it was depopulated by the Negev Brigade, and how Sderot was built on its ruins?
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This discussion doesn't seem prudent to the issue at hand and trying to cover the events.
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Pine Cone Jones posted:This discussion doesn't seem prudent to the issue at hand and trying to cover the events. It really does. Education about the history of horrible colonizer/settler action against Palestine is why these events are happening today. This poo poo has been going on for almost a hundred years now.
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Soylent Pudding posted:Before the birth of modern Zionism, Palestine was already one of if not the most heavily Jewish populated regions in the world as a percentage of the population, with some sources suggesting as high as 10%. Even if Zionism never happened there would have been enough Jewish communities in Palestine to demand their own separate state following British decolonization. Yeah I think you missed the entire point about how native Jewish people and Zionism are not the same, and how Zionism led to poo poo like this: Fivemarks posted:I PROBABLY Shouldn't bring up stuff like the Village of Najd, and how it was depopulated by the Negev Brigade, and how Sderot was built on its ruins?
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