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moniss

(9,077 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:09 PM 13 hrs ago

So the double cross

by Crumb The 1st and Netanyahu regarding the ceasefire and Lebanon is pretty apparent. People were making the excuse of "negotiators not getting the translations right" on the radio this morning. A good chance that the US side said OK to including Lebanon and gave assurances that they would make Netanyahu go along.

Netanyahu was always going to go his own way and people who say he never wanted a ceasefire of any kind are probably on the right track. The rabid right wing in Israeli government is pushing the region to the point where they are guaranteeing themselves many decades of revenge attacks by the people who survive. The world leaves them no choice since the world can't show any real example of placing real and painful penalties on the Israeli government for any of their actions over the many decades.

So the ships aren't moving and the huge attacks on a defenseless Lebanon roll on. Netanyahu says the attacks are because it's a violation of the Lebanon ceasefire about Hezbollah and the failure of Lebanon to have them completely disarmed already. OK by that reasoning if violations of the ceasefire means deadly attacks and civilian deaths are justified then what should be done regarding all of the Israeli violations of the ceasefire? The truth is nothing is/has been/will be done regarding any of the Israeli violations and other actions.

The West, especially the US, keeps showing the same deception and gutlessness as always and it has never been more obvious and out in the open that Israel says jump and the US asks how high. This won't end until Netanyahu lets it end and that isn't in the cards for a long time. He is going to basically annex a huge amount of Lebanon. He's moving to hold on to even more of Syria and the Jordanians are fooling themselves if they don't take seriously the rabid right wingers in Israel who have been talking about taking the East Bank as well as the West Bank.

It appears that the major effect of the Abraham Accords has been to sideline a good deal of the opposition to Israeli aggression in taking territory by force. So here we are and no end in sight while the killing in Gaza goes on as well. The world is not going to get anywhere trying to reason with two lunatics with an unquenchable amount of greed and an overwhelming lust for killing.

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So the double cross (Original Post) moniss 13 hrs ago OP
What to you mean, TWO lunatics? usonian 13 hrs ago #1
Well when you put it THAT way... ms liberty 3 hrs ago #5
Humor helps us cope. usonian 3 hrs ago #6
It's like deaths don't mean a thing........ Lovie777 13 hrs ago #2
Correction... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #3
Trump is a slave to Israel.and as a result so is the US govt. Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #4

usonian

(25,617 posts)
1. What to you mean, TWO lunatics?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:19 PM
13 hrs ago
Here's the world situation in a nut(case)shell.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221156798

Deranged leader who betrays his own people

Joins with another deranged leader who betrays his own people

to attack a country whose deranged leaders betray their own people, joined by

A deranged leader who betrays his own people and another

deranged leader who betrays his own people




ms liberty

(11,264 posts)
5. Well when you put it THAT way...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:48 AM
3 hrs ago


It is to laugh or cry. I'll laugh; crying gives me a sinus headache.

usonian

(25,617 posts)
6. Humor helps us cope.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:03 AM
3 hrs ago

I am using up all the graphics I collected over these crazy times.

Music helps, too. I watched "The Pianist" quite a few times for the music, and for the fortitude.

Lovie777

(23,101 posts)
2. It's like deaths don't mean a thing........
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 PM
13 hrs ago

it's human nature and religion that's ok with it.

WOW, mankind has not changed, and again learning about history is moot.

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