Karmadhi
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35 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:because Israelis and Palestinians have been at war for 100 years
Russia and Ukraine have been in conflicts for 300 or more years
Millions of Ukranians died under Soviet made famines in the 1930s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
There were wars for Ukranian independece before 1930s and even during WW2 certain Ukranian factions fought against the Russians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence
The Ukraine-Russia conflict and tensions go before Israel and Palestine
With much bigger death tolls as well
So to blame it on a long history of conflict and tension is not accurate
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7 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Because he's a liar and demagogue. He will say whatever is convenient to his career. He shifts to whatever is popular.
Well he openly challenged the pro Ukraine narrative in America and even interviewed Putin
I slightly disagree with that stance personally but it is a high risk move to do
It is much safer to just say Ukraine good and Russia bad as 99% of Western medias do
Most Americans see Ukraine=Good and Russia=Bad therefore saying otherwise is not saying something popular.
So in this case he does not seem to me to "shift to whatever is popular"Even critique of Zionism has huge risks and costs in USA considering the influence of Israel therefore even if he is a demagogue he for sure takes some risks
Desitny would be someone who basically says whatever is considered popular and normal and acceptable
Tucker challenges the American empire
7 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Leaked texts from the Fox News defamation trial shows how much he hated Trump in private, but while he worked a Fox News he kissed Trump's ass and promoted him to his audience of idiots.
Ok I had no idea on that, which is why I said on my opening that "if it invovles internal American policies I take it back"
7 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Just because he hates Zionism, don't think he's on your side.
I dont agree with him on many topics like his "white christians being opppressed narrative"
Just we need someone to critique Israel in the USA from the conversative right
He is very useful in that sense
If the only people who are critical are libtards or nazis like Fuentes then...
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7 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:Well, there are videos circulating of a Russian soldier being crucified and burned alive with gasoline, and another where several soldiers are sent one by one to a location and killed while everyone laughs. People caught up in real violence go crazy. Its something very traumatic. You can't know how is the real thing because nobody is going to spread their atrocities
Yes you may have some specific cases but it is not systemic in the thousands
That is my point
If there were sporadic cases of Israelis torturing Palestinians that is one thing
It is another when the cases are in the thousands and it is systemic as the report I sent
There are thousands of Russians POWs who were exchanged with Ukranian POWs in prisoner exchanges
You can see the Russians being in relative good condition, far better than the Ukranian POWs
Also far better than the Palestinian prisoners who got exchanged for the Israeli hostages
So yeah, generally Ukraine treats Russians in captivity much better than Israel treats Palestinians in captivity (some of which are even childreen)
Why so?
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7 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:Yes, I understand you. According to you, war should be conducted civilly and with respect for human rights. But the fact is, it isn't.
Yes it should be conducted within international laws
Ukraine does not widespread torture Russian POWs even though those Russian POWs literally went to Ukraine to conquer, kill Ukranians and many are guilty of war crimes
They are treated within all the international law of norms and are not abused
We are asking you to behave like Ukraine does
Why dont you?
If Ukraine can, why cant you?
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On 3/20/2026 at 0:23 PM, Breakingthewall said:Israelis are expected to be benevolent toward a people whose core value is the destruction of Israel, but this is unrealistic.
No we expect you to respect human rights and international law
Do not torture people
Period
I dont care what those people did or what they think about you
You do not torture
If you torture you are a devil
Put them in shitty prison or bad food but no torture.
How hard is it to understand this honestly?
It feels like talking to a 5 year old
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Hello everyone
Recently I have been watching some interviews of Tucker Carlson and speeches and to be honest I am starting to like him
To be fair, it is mostly involving the Middle East and his arguments are very logical, unbiased and overall coherent
I notice on this forumn he is seen as some epistemic ceasepol but at least when it comes to Middle Eastern topics which are his main discussion point these days he seems much more objective to me than most western commentators
Much more than Piers Morgan for example or Destiny
So why the hate?
To be fair, I do not know his internal politics, I know he supported Trump and all and probably I would not agree with him on that
Also he seems to have a victim complex about white christians being persecuted which I think it is a bit nonsense
Also he is slightly pro Russian (although definelty not Russian agent or some extreme pro Russian as some people claim)
But his Middle Eastern position to me is one of the best
So why the hate?
If it is purely about Trump then ok
Although he seems to be mature enough to call out Trump on breaking his word instead of blindly following him like some other clowns do.
Thats at least something
To be fair I have specific things I do not agree with him about some interventionf of Nato in Europe however, these days when there is insane hypocrisy and shameless gaslighting he seems to me to be slightly better than others.
Note, everything I am saying refers ONLY to foreign policy since I do not live in USA
I have no idea what he says about American internal affairs and policies
If he says nonsense there then please ignore my entire thread
It is more for non Americans.
This interview for example is excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tox2hr4dddM
This as well
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Best way I can ever describe Israel is a country with very high cognitive and intellectual development and low moral development.
One of the few countries where the disparity between cognitive and moral development is so wide.
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51 minutes ago, BlueOak said:When? I've never seen a war historically where two similar forces favored the attacker. I'm sure there have been examples, but none in the modern era come to mind.
D-Day, every single campaign in the pacific war, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, to name a few
52 minutes ago, BlueOak said:However with them dropping the internet in st petersburg again, their economy is going down faster than most predict, this is fairly obvious to me. They've had a minor run on their banks as another indicator. I said they had 2 years left, I am only more confident now that they've lost one of their crutches in Iran.
Their revenues will increase greatly from the war in Iran as oil prices increase
Most analysts are saying that including Western ones
Not to mention USA removing some sanctions
The war with Iran is a god send for Russia economically wise
53 minutes ago, BlueOak said:I was watching the early Russian casualties daily; it was a blood bath those early battles. They were caught by surprise using units that weren't cut out for it, like policing units. Simply put you are downplaying how many they lost in the first year.
Again, ratios please. Not absolute values.
53 minutes ago, BlueOak said:But Russia could lose 5 to 1 and maintain the war.
No they cant because their population is not 5 times higher. if they lost 5 times more they would be forced to do the same full on mobilization as Ukraine did and they have not
54 minutes ago, BlueOak said:The way Russia has been fighting using human waves i'd put their losses at 3 to 1 being a good indicator, its what i've said before.
How come then Ukraine needs to do a full on mobilization and Russia doesnt?
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12 hours ago, Nivsch said:Theological conflict.
Why Israel though specifically? You have many non Muslim nations in the world
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25 minutes ago, BlueOak said:Defenders lose less manpower than attackers, all things being equal.
Not always, you have cases where attackers had similar losses or even lower.
25 minutes ago, BlueOak said:Russia's equipment is worse than Ukraine's, their training is worse, and their medical care for the wounded is worse; they often send people back into battle wounded. For the vast majority of this war Ukraine has been defending.
But their quantity is much higher. They outnumber Ukraine in artillery shells for example multiple times. So on a weapons factor Ukraine is struggling to keep up. They have admitted it themselves. Ukraine may have advanced air defenses and all but on the actual front things like artillery shells make a huge difference.
So weapons wise in terms of actual front line, Russia has an advantage or at least not an disadvantage.
25 minutes ago, BlueOak said:Russia carried out a partial mobilisation of 300,000 reservists in Sept 2022, its first since WWII — indicating serious manpower losses early in the war.
And do you know why they did that?
Because at first they used an invasion force of around 200.000 which was designed for a quick win in a few days
However Ukraine not only didnt fall but they did a full scale mobilization and raised an army much bigger in size, so Russia had to match that
It is not that they lost 200.000 it is that Ukraine raised an army much bigger so the 200.000 was not enough anymore, which explains why Ukraine in Autumn 2022 managed to take away huge chunks of Ukrainian territory back
25 minutes ago, BlueOak said:Western estimates place Russian casualties at very high levels:
Why would you blindly trust sources coming from a party that is actively aiding Ukraine and supports Ukraine? You expect them to be fully objective?
25 minutes ago, BlueOak said:Russia has generated 1M+ personnel inputs (mobilised + contracts + volunteers) since 2022
And how many has Ukraine raised?
My point is not that Russia losses are low, it is that Ukraine losses are not much lower,maybe 20-30% lower
I dont really doubt that Russia has like 1 million casualties and all.
However when I see how much more desperate Ukraine is for manpower compared to Russia, it makes me believe that Ukranian losses per capita are much higher than Russia.
Dont forget Russia losses need to be 3 times higher to have same losses per capita as Ukraine.
Personally I think maybe they are 30-50% higher, not 300%
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1 hour ago, Nivsch said:This might be true for Saudi Arabia
Iran's ideology, from what I see, goes deeper than that
Perhaps
Saudi is already an ally for Israel at this point, or at least not an enemy
I dont think Israel needs to worry about them
They unfortunately betrayed Palestine a while ago..
For Iran what reason would they have to hate Israel if they do not have Palestine as an alibi?
How would they sell it?
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17 hours ago, Nivsch said:If China openly threatened Taiwan with destruction for decades, while trying to develope nuclear weapon, wouldn't it be legitimate for Taiwan to attack China's nuclear program or try to collapse its regime?
Im neither Iranian nor middle eastern nor American so I got no horse on this race, as I am from Europe
To be I understand why Israel would want the Iranian government out but I do not understand why USA would get involved given Iran is so far away and their nuclear capabilities were already ruined last year
So the war makes 0 sense from an American POV and does make some sense from an Israeli POV
Although I feel if Israel stopped their expansion bs and recognized Palestine Iran would leave them alone and normalize relations
So to Israel war with Iran is still better than just recognizing Palestine and stopping their illegal expansion.
What do you think?
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On 3/9/2026 at 9:50 AM, Lyubov said:A load of shit and it takes only a couple of searches and clear minded reasoning to see how false this assertion is. Stop watching YouTube videos from clickbait war influencers. Use your head and actually look for credible sources. It has def hit a million now KIA/wounded for Russia and probably Ukraine to a slightly lesser degree.
The video said the same. The key are ratios
Considering that Ukrains is desperate for menpower and has done not only a full mobilization since day 1 but even decreased the mandatory age for enlisting. Compare it with Russia that still does not even have a mandatory enlisting, something Ukraine had from day 1.
If the ratios were 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 for Ukraine like many "objective" medias say, then Russia would be forced to do a full mobilization a long time ago
Which leads me to believe they have similar losses or maybe Ukraine has a 1.2 (Russian) to 1 loss (Ukrainan). Considering Russia population is 3 times larger, these numbers would explain the situation on the front.
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27 minutes ago, TheSomeBody said:we did it in gaza, they had their own place, and we had worst than the west bank so no thanks.
That is not a state. A state would be the equivalent of Jordan. Until you do that, you have not tried properly.
27 minutes ago, TheSomeBody said:like how we are worst than other places? are we worst than isis? than iran?
That is a low standard to be fair to compare with ISIS. You are worse than USA, worse than Europe, worse than Iran and on par with Russia. In terms of the ways you conduct warfare. In terms of human rights abuses on par with Russia and not as bad as Iran.
Since you guys claim to be a Western style liberal democracy I compare you with Europe and USA and not random Jihadist regimes. If you stop claiming to be as morally advanced as Europe or USA then I will become more soft in my criticizm.
I am holding you to same standard I hold UK, France and USA here.
And in none of those countries do state forces shoot childreen and say 'we shot dogs" !
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This is a good video I saw on this matter
It kind of confirms the Russian losses but also does deep analysis on Ukranian losses which are basically totally hidden and no serious media reports on them
It debunks absurd claims from both Russia and Ukraine and I found it reasonably objective
Ukranian losses have always been a huge blackbox, everyone focuses on Russian losses and the only number said is Zelensky number of Ukranian deaths which is obviously an understatement and not reliable at all.
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1 hour ago, TheSomeBody said:it is very simple, it is win lose situation. either we are the aggressors, or they will be aggressive to us. there is no win win option so far.
i prefer to be aggressive rather than letting terrorists doing mass shooting every day.
i am sad that this is the situation and i hope those things wont happend again, but it will. this is the price of protecting yourself here.
same as we pay the price of having nice things at the price destroying the environment,exploting people and making huge damage to humans, animals and the environment.
you probably participating in this too, but it is too far for you to see yourself as responsible.
so this is the price i am paying for protecting myself. no one will leave here , jews or arabs so eventually it will a better reality for both. no one is evil.Maybe give Palestinians their own state like you have yours, kick out all the settlers and build a big wall so you will not have terrorism anymore?
Why not that? Sacrifice land for peace
You do not want peace, you want land.
1 hour ago, TheSomeBody said:i dont really getting why you care about this topic so much. their population is so small. you can save way more life and suffering in other topics with this kind of engagement.
I am not a politican, i am a watcher of Leo and I have been on this forum for years. I engage in other topics too.
However the amount of devilry and biases I see from Zionism is unmatched in the 21st century
Not to mention there are a lot of threads existing already like this one and i join in
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1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:I am against all US wars.
If the US starts a war, the US is wrong. The details are irrelevant.
So you are also against the NATO lead by USA intervention in Yugoslavia which stopped an ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign against the Kosovo Albanian population by the Serbian forces in 1998-1999?
If USA had intervened to stop the Rwandan Genocide or the Bosnian Genocide from day 1 would you be against it too?
Sometimes interventions save more lives than are lost from the actual intervention
I dont know the case for Iran though which is why I am conflicted by it especially given the USA president is a very selfish devil atm
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10 minutes ago, TheSomeBody said:it happends here as in other places too.
it is just part of the reality here, there is no secrete devily. most of the palestinian have normal life and daysI live in Western Europe and this never happens there, nowhere in Europe actually except perhaps occupied Ukraine
In USA it happened 2 times with no childreen involved nor any such barbaric statements and it made national headlines globally for many days
The fact that you consider this "business as usual" shows how horrible things are down there in West Bank
If some Palestinian had killed 4 Israeli civilizans including 2 childreen and called them dogs you guys would have totally lost your shit and went on a rampage
Close to 1000 people in the West Bank have been killed since October 7th, the same number of Israelis that were killed in that attack. From them 250 have been childreen (1/4), compared to 40 Israeli childreen killed in October 7th attacks.
If you kill 250 childreen in 2.5 years it shows a lot about you.
Since you say "this happens in other places too", no, it does not
I do not recall 1000 civilizans including 250 childreen being killed by authorities in less than 3 years in USA or Europe
Even if there is a mistake (once in a blue moon), they do not call the victism dogs!
That says enough that they do not even care that they shoot childreen and innocent civilians
You finding this normal tells me all I need to know about that place.
Disgusting double standards and dehumanizion you have towards Palestinians!
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2 minutes ago, TheSomeBody said:come here to visit and see for yourself and know the truth. probably you will get better ideas rather than this circle jerk
To see this in real life instead of reading it?
Would be interesting to hear this statement in real life too
The attack on the Bani Odeh family brought the number of Palestinians killed to 11. Two brothers survived the shooting. Khaled, 11, the oldest of the siblings, said he had heard his mother crying and his father praying before they died.
After the gunfire stopped, Israeli border police dragged him out of the wreckage, taunted him about the murders of his family and attacked him. One of the Israelis said “we killed dogs”, he told Reuters.
No thank you, I do not like to witness such evil in real life, reading it boils my blood enough
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10 minutes ago, Nivsch said:For whoever wants to deepen, here is a wider discussion in Israel about the Military Avocate during the affair.
I wonder is the left outrage in Israel because a Palestinian suffered inhumanely and totally against any moral or legal norm or because the exposer is getting threaneded and her career is being attacked?
Is there empathy also for the Palestinian or only for the exposer?
That is important to understand
I notice even more left wing in Israel do not share the same universal empathy and care towards Palestinians like for example people in France do
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18 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Yes, his worldivew is very pro-American.
He doesn't challenge American empire. He likes American hegemony and wants to maintain it.
That is a core limitation of his worldview and shows how much more growth he has to do.
Leo what do you think about the recent war in Iran? It has been close to 2 weeks now
I remember you were in principle against it 2 years ago but given the violent crushing of the protests in Iran in January are you still against the intervention or see it as a necessary evil?
I have a lot of Iranian friends and I notice a big division amongs them, some are in favour and some are against
I am talking about non pro government Iranians here
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16 minutes ago, enchanted said:Due Isreal for sure is legitimate, it's right in the name: Isreal = Is Real
LMAO I never noticed that
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20 minutes ago, enchanted said:Destiny is worth listening to because he is a skilled debater. He demonstrates how to successfully articulate his point of view regardless of whether you personally agree with the view or not. Nobody has a 100% consistent or correct worldview. What you can learn from Destiny is how to be a good debator. He has examples of poor performance too.
Fair that is indeed true
Especially when it comes to fighting back MAGA lunatics
His internal policies discussions to be fair are pretty good
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43 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Yup. His Israel position is quite bad.
Its not just that to be honest
The reason his Israel position is how it is is because of his underlined "Western bias, especially American bias"
He also seemed to be ok with overthrowing Gadaffi which to me was a massive massive mistake and although I agree with his stance on Ukraine, he totally fails to take into account the Russian survival agenda
Basically it is Western exceptionism, especially American
The idea that America is right in what they do and they are immune to mistakes
You can feel when he talks that his loyalty is to USA instead of truth
Which is why to me it is suprising why people give him so much time and attention on foreign policies matters when you have far better commentators
I will agree however that on internal policies within USA he seems much better and actually can factually challenge MAGA and all the White Christian supremacists that exist within USA
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@Nivsch What do you think about this new law they passed?
Curious