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stopdiggin

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15. Israel continues to strike Lebanon - and expand its

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:02 AM

Jun 19

territorial incursion - even as we make these posts. (and the administration tries desperately to sell, "peace accord !" ) Serving to illustrate, once again, and in real time - that Washington is not calling the shots. Arguing against this central tenet .... Seems to me a willful dismissal of facts on the ground - together with distortion of a position that I have consistently laid out (or at least done my best to) since the beginning of this thread. (post #1)

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Israel unlikely to exit Lebanon without US 'putting the hammer down' [View all] hookaleft Jun 18 OP

Find it somewhat amazing that there are a bunch of observers that STILL stopdiggin Jun 18 #1

Right? At the beginning of the war, the exact opposite was true sboatcar Jun 18 #2

how many consecutive Israeli governments now ... stopdiggin Jun 18 #3

Yet we continue to lavish them with money and support. sboatcar Jun 18 #4

I've never encountered H2O Man Jun 18 #7

Hmmm .... Curious. stopdiggin Jun 18 #8

Do these people H2O Man Jun 18 #9

I don't know what 'those' people think stopdiggin Jun 18 #10

Wait. H2O Man Jun 18 #12

While of course every nickel given to AIPAC - is donated with precisely those goals in mind ... stopdiggin Jun 18 #13

It would be cause H2O Man Jun 18 #14

Israel continues to strike Lebanon - and expand its stopdiggin Jun 19 #15

Of course. H2O Man Jun 19 #16

Palestinian protests have really receded that far into the distance .. ? stopdiggin Jun 19 #17

One would be H2O Man Jun 19 #18

Dunno, my friend. I found those 'Genocide' chants to be rather pointed - specific in nature stopdiggin Jun 19 #19

Yeah. H2O Man Jun 19 #20

I guess that means more videos of drones smashing Merkava tanks and invading forces Prairie Gates Jun 18 #5

TACO speaks loudly and carries a teeny-tiny hammer. tanyev Jun 18 #6

Trump's Dilemma: no_hypocrisy Jun 18 #11