Posted on 03/11/2024 10:34:48 AM PDT by SJackson
More like the PLO in Tunis.
That seems to be common with aid shipments just about everywhere. I could be ‘incorrect’.
You took the words out of my mouth.
Answer to your rhetorical question: Duh Internashunal Cumyoonity is stupid enough to believe this. Or maybe just playing dumb.
Then Israel loses this war. I doubt there are any states in the region who would take them, referring to the 4-6 batallions still surviving. Maybe Iran or Afghanistan, but you can't sneak them there easily. Egypt has heavily armed their border, and it's not in anticipation of attacking Israel, they don't want more terrorists in the Sinai. Civilian refugees, that would take western nations willing to take them, and yes, at least a quarter of the civilians would be Hamas combatants.
In many ways, the difference would be foreign, probably NATO and US, troops/NGOs handling the distribution and security.
Hate to say it , but Biden will probably bring them to the US
Other than as a Biden political stunt I doubt the “port” means much. Most sources say it will be at least 2 months before it’s functional. If Israel goes forward with it’s intention to destroy Hamas most of it will be over by then. And with 3 crossings from Israel open, maybe even one from Egypt, the port won’t be needed. The real problem is destroying Hamas on the ground so aid can be distributed without Hamas interference. And if they’re not, the aid from the port will end up in Hamas combatants stomachs and for sale on the black market.
I believe that's been suggested in Congress. Wouldn't be popular, but Joe has his secret flights to the US. If he can get them to an airport who would know.
The whole idea is crazy.
there are ships in Cyprus waiting for the pier to be built in two to three months that could just as easily be sent to an Israeli port and transported by land a whole 40 miles to Gaza.
The pier either has a an undisclosed purpose or is simply a futile gesture media stunt showing the Biden Admin is actually doing something.
Talk about crazy I’ve read they’re going to attempt to tow barges across from Cypress very soon, the idea being to unload them with land based cranes. What could go wrong there?
Good thing that nobody is actually starving in Gaza unless Hamas wants them to be.
Still seeing a lot of fat Gazans waddling around so not sure how accurate reports of wide spread famine are in Gaza.
A few months from now, it will be a red hot political campaign in America with the Democrat polling poorly. There is no way a Dem president could stand up to his own party if the US has effective control of the port escape route. Gazans are coming here.
I thought the air drop delivery was somewhat a success.
It can off load and deliver aid to Gaza much faster than some make shift pier could ever do.
Seriously - Ashdod could off load an entire fleet of barges from Cyprus by 10am and have the goods delivered via truck to Gaza in time for dinner without breaking a sweat
This whole plan makes no practical sense.
Anything this fn government does is detrimental to the US…and that ‘reason’ is an obvious bald faced lie….
Haifa, maybe 100 miles, Ashkelon, 10 or so, Tel Aviv, maybe 40. Yes, that would make far more sense and could begin tomorrow with two crossings. Of course they’re in the north, the refugees in the south. Which isn’t very far. But a temporary port is fun. I bet at some point Joe will brag about building the largest temporary port since D-Day.
Other than the fatalities, I think it is, I think it’s ongoing. But nowhere near enough volume.
But then the Israelis will inspect the shipment, and then how will they smuggle munitions and weapons in!
But how could that possibly happen with such high integrity, trust worthy players in charge of the operation?
I hear Biden is favoring USAID to lead an International Community Coalition funded by Qatar, the UAE and various highly experienced UN affiliated NGOs to administrate the entire operation now that UNRWA is out of favor.
So what could possibly go wrong with that?
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