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Bettie

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11. Is this a surprise to anyone?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:59 PM

17 hrs ago

Seriously? The Israeli right wants more territory.

They declared war on Iran and then began bombing Lebanon, because their goal is "Greater Israel", so they want Lebanon.

After that, they'll need to find a pretext to take Jordan or the chunk of Egypt they want.

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It's all about to get worse, [View all] RandySF 19 hrs ago OP

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a 19 hrs ago #1

This thought was self-deleted by the author. Dan 18 hrs ago #2

Like our own personal felon WmChris 18 hrs ago #3

Will they flatten it to the ground like they did Gaza... ananda 18 hrs ago #4

Where does Israel get its weapons? Intractable 18 hrs ago #5

How can we not be MOSTLY responsible? Ferrets are Cool 17 hrs ago #10

Greater Isreal. 1WorldHope 18 hrs ago #6

Extremism RandySF 18 hrs ago #7

As I've thought for years. If anyone should know better, it's Israel. paleotn 17 hrs ago #14

Maybe humans are bound to repeat mistakes. 1WorldHope 17 hrs ago #16

Certainly seems to be. paleotn 17 hrs ago #18

Errr...........correction Mossfern 16 hrs ago #24

Who is worse? I say the former but a close tie vapor2 16 hrs ago #28

Thank you for your correction. I understand entirely and agree. 1WorldHope 15 hrs ago #30

Winning hearts and minds? hibbing 18 hrs ago #8

I'm sure Ivanka's husband will fix this right away. SunSeeker 17 hrs ago #9

Tiffany's father-in-law gets to run this one. Tanuki 16 hrs ago #23

Ah yes, the truck salesman. We're in good hands. SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #26

Is this a surprise to anyone? Bettie 17 hrs ago #11

Don't forget Syria. Already took a chunk last year. AloeVera 16 hrs ago #21

And they will take more Bettie 8 hrs ago #32

... orangecrush 17 hrs ago #12

Oh, hell. Israel wants the water from the Litani river. This is partly a resource grab. They've wanted highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #13

In a sandbox, it's all about water. paleotn 17 hrs ago #15

True. But I hadn't seen Israel's wanting Lebanon's water mentioned recently. Seeing the river's name highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #19

Probably about more than just water angrychair 15 hrs ago #29

They have no more right to do this, Bayard 15 hrs ago #31

970 pounds of Iranian uranium unaccounted for, you say? Orrex 17 hrs ago #17

Bibi just loves the smell of genocide in the morning Scalded Nun 16 hrs ago #20

Well, why stop there? Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #22

Bibi can probably TAKE it, but then will come the task of KEEPING it. Buns_of_Fire 16 hrs ago #25

They are already losing one war angrychair 16 hrs ago #27

Netanyahu thinks he can Bettie 7 hrs ago #33