Hamas attack Israel

[claret on my shirt]

"Or should i say they are attacking to get THEIR land back. Good luck to them. The World will watch and do nothing to help them as they always do, shame on us."

[Barty]

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/slain-iranian-general-planned-executed-hamas-massacre-797014 Seems like the Israelis are bracing their nation for a full scale war with Iran

[Nutsin]

People are spending more money to buy less goods Pickle.

[Hammer and Pickle]

"That's right, you can't have rising consumer spending without inflation, hence it would be foolish to attempt any rate cut prior to the election. I'm confident Biden won't make that kind of mistake at least."

[Nutsin]

"As for consumer spending the US consumer now for the first time in history has amassed over 1 trillion in credit card debt. When rates rise so do the payments on their high, compounding interest credit cards so they’re getting double fucked."

[Nutsin]

"No Pickle you are factually incorrect again. CPI numbers came out last week higher than expected for the 3rd month in a row. So now inflation is trending in the wrong direction, explains why the Dems have stopped talking about Bidenomics. Jamie Dimon the head of J P Morgan Chase is saying that the Fed may have to push interest rates up to 8% to try and quash the new increase in inflation. The 10 yr treasury is up above 4.5% a major benchmark, the 10 year is the proxy for the 30 yr fixed rate mortgage market in the USA because it is measured against the ABS market. So no, the inflation Genie is not back in the bottle and the talk of the Fed lowering interest rates this year has gone away when for a while it was all the Dems were talking about. You really are either misinformed or a flat out liar, probably both would be my guess."

[Hammer and Pickle]

*any rather than my

[Hammer and Pickle]

"I actually have a lot of time for the view that Biden should have addressed the supply-chain issues stemming from Covid and the Trump trade war with China before attempting my big spending programme. However, this “war on oil” really is pure arse smoke, inflation has been a global problem and in the US it is now down to near sound money target levels, indicating consumer spending is not faring so badly at all despite all bullshit wriggling."

[Nutsin]

"Yeah we know Pickle, it’s just another example if your bias how oil was at $30 per barrel just before Biden won the election and was much higher when he actually took office in Jan and has remained much higher since. Same as inflation, you use the supply chain issues as an excuse but ignore Biden’s big spending bill while we are having supposed supply chain issues. Truth is Biden’s war on oil and big spending is what has given us high inflation and his weakness on the world stage has brought us to the cusp of WWIII I’d rather be a worm than a maggot."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"What you have done is taken the brutally mamed body of the facts and gang raped it. But it is easy to verify the absurd claim Biden has given billions to Iran as a lie. As for high oil prices - it was actually Biden’s policy decision to release reserves that reversed the spike caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and absolute necessity to cease purchasing from Russia. Those are the facts, you disgusting little worm."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"What you have done is taken the brutally mamed body of the facts and gang raped it. But it is easy to verify the absurd claim Biden has given billions to Iran as a lie. As for high oil prices - it was actually Biden’s policy decision to release reserves that reversed the spike caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and absolute necessity to cease purchasing from Russia. Those are the facts, you disgusting little worm."

[Nutsin]

"Stating facts Pickle, I know you are not one for facts but it is undeniable that what I posted is 100% accurate."

[WHU(Exeter)]

"I haven’t said anything Biden has done has been good Mike? Nor do I care much whether the US is led by Republicans or Democrats. Never mind proof reading, can you read at all?"

[Hammer and Pickle]

"“Biden’s given them (Iran) Billions of course and the price of oil has skyrocketed under Joe since he took office, so the answer is obvious and it’s not Trump” And along comes SBT1 with bullshit too intense to allow any sort of sensible debate"

[Mike Oxsaw]

"So. Reality can go to hell in a handcart. Everything bad is down to Trump and everything good is down to Biden. Do you fucking muppets even proof-read, let alone question your personal political ideaology before posting?"

[WHU(Exeter)]

"Yeah, the Abraham accords have been a resounding success. This from the Pentagon chief this time last year; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/pentagon-chief-disturbed-by-west-bank-violence-and-warns-against-inflammatory-rhetoric And there was lots similar, before and after."

[Nutsin]

"I wonder where Iran is getting all this money from to fund all these Proxy wars? Biden’s given them Billions of course and the price of oil has skyrocketed under Joe since he took office, so the answer is obvious and it’s not Trump. To try and pin Russia’s move on Ukraine on Trump after he made sure that the NATO nations paid their fare share resulting in a STRONGER NATO is quite silly. And to correct Exeter, Trump gave the world the Abraham accords, a huge step in the right direction for peace in the Middle East until the weak and incompetent Biden took office. Biden’s entire term in office has seen a complete breakdown of world peace to the point that we are in the brink of WWIII and yet they still support Biden….. It’s quite idiotic to continue to support such a colossal failure that is Biden."

[Hammer and Pickle]

Trump stabbed the Syrian and Iraqi Kurds in the back in a manner that can only be considered disastrous for the US interest in every manner possible. Today Syria is a hotbed of Iranian influence because of it and Hizbollah is a power rather than the lunatic fringe in Lebanon as well. So would the resident Trump muscle mind like to show us how the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus that has brought about this escalation been the result of Biden’s incompetence?

[WHU(Exeter)]

"Stewie, I would agree with both, liars and clusterfuck. He knew damn well that things were not a lot quieter. Tensions in the West Bank had grown over the preceding year in particular, and Israel had become increasingly pissed off with Irans continued presence in Syria. In relation to the first point, I remember the US asking Israel more than once to ‘reign it in’ in the weeks/months preceding last Octobers massacre. If the US had remained in Syria, there may have been more of an opportunity to get Iran out of the country, but Trump pulled them out to a large extent, and even then at the time there was an opinion that they were letting down the Kurds who they had allied with to fight ISIS."

[,]

"There is a lot to come out about October 7. Not the least is the verified facts about how the Israeli border surveillance, in the Southern Gaza region, had been reporting for many months the activities by Palestinians which resembled military incursion rehearsals."

[,]

"There is a lot to come out about October 7. Not the least is the verified facts about how the Israeli border surveillance, in the Southern Gaza region, had been reporting for many months the activities by Palestinians which resembled military incursion rehearsals."

[stewie griffin]

"Ex - here's the take of Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security advisor: “The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades.” ""We have de-escalated crises in Gaza & restored direct diplomacy"" All about a week before October 7th. So they clearly believe that they were doing something different. And were very happy to take the credit for restoring direct diplomacy as well as quiet to the region. I mean, I'm more than happy to assume that they are liars as well as mind bogglingly incompetent, but it doesn't really alter the outcome. This administration is an absolute clusterfuck"

[Hammer and Pickle]

Trump’s foreign policy was characterised by cronyism of the most cringe kind with respect to both Putin and Netanyahu. He did everything possible to antagonise NATO and the EU as well while torpedoing T-TIP and starting the trade war with China. Most of the structural problems we are facing today were at least aggravated during the Trump presidency.

[Hammer and Pickle]

"The only significant departure the Biden administration has made fro Trump’s Israel policy is his, arguably weak, attempt to restrain and make Netanyahu accountable for events in Gaza."

[The Fonz]

"Israel get attacked by Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis - all Iranian proxies Israel retaliates due to the attacks. Takes out a couple of IRGC commanders in Syria who have been involved with launching attacks on Israel Iran retaliates by firing hundreds of rockets towards Israel indiscriminately which could have killed anyone of any faith and age in the country. Israel now told not to retaliate to try and calm down tensions. No other country has to put up with being attacked time and time again and being told not to do anything. By not dealing with Iran it is just delaying the inevitable cycle repeating."

[,]

That Trump’s replacement has allowed Putin to invade Ukraine is an interesting supposition. The more so when considering it is the Trump supporting Senators and Congressmen who are dead set against giving Ukraine the military aid it so obviously needs. Surely the thing that stands out about Trump’s first term is his general policy of USA disengagement around the world apart from the anomaly that is Israel.