Comments by "" (@obsidianjane4413) on "Preston Stewart " channel.

  1. There is something like 20,000 IDF troops operating in Gaza. For urban warfare, which historically produces huge losses, these casualties are extremely light.
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  2. It would be a non-starter in any real court of law. "Intent" as in homicide/murder, requires premeditation. They would need to prove that Israel intended and planned to attempt to destroy the civilian population of not just Gaza, but the entire ethnic/genotype of "Palestinians" (which is not a thing). Of course Israel has not done that. They have been callous towards Palestinian civilian casualties and death. But there has been no intent to annihilate the population. In fact Israel has taken actions to limit it, within the limits that they are trying to dig out a hostile force that chooses to hide behind that population. Its total kabuki theatre, by international figures who have latched on to and make their coin off of "#support Palestine". From Jeremy Corbyn to the Houthi puppets.
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  3.  @MarcusBlueWolf  You can go find the units involved and do the math yourself. Its publicly available. Israel is a small country, if it were experiencing large casualties, it would be noticed and talked about by the public.
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  4.  @batteredskullsummit9854  lol. How do you think the encirclement was accomplished? They asked nicely?
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  5. He's not a journalist, he's a YouToober. lol
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  6.  @MohammmadIssa  Egypt could have long ago accepted the Palestine Arabs as citizens. It actually owes them that because Egyptian Arab Nationalist promised that they would destroy Israel if the region's Arabs and Bedouins supported the war. When the lost, many times, the Egyptians refused to give them sanctuary because it was politically and strategically valuable to keep the conflict alive.
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  7. Poor Yemen. Down 3rd on the waiting list to get its ass kicked by Israel.
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  8. Not even the Viet Cong was so callous.
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  9.  @meonyt26  Or you aren't. You should look at a map at least once before making ignorant statements. Of either Gaza or Europe, Japan or whatever.
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  10.  @DarkPortall  Then you would have to include all the Southern Lebanese of Arab decent. Likewise Western Syrian, Jordanian, and Egyptian Bedouin. Notice how none of those governments seem keen on carving out a "Palestine" from their territory either...
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  11. Another thesis is that they are "tag-teaming". When Hamas is "No mas", Hezbollah might crank up an equally serious challenge to Israel. This isn't to "win" these battles, but to keep Israel mobilized and expending resources. Just like the "War of Attrition" with Egypt in the 60s. Israel is a small country, mobilizing its reserves puts a noticeable dent in its economy. Then it is also spending a lot in expensive munitions, fuel and aircraft hours. They may be trying to wear down Israel into conceding in negotiations where it can't beat them in combat.
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  12.  @docf3605  Its Ukraine. Not "da ukraine". And no, NATO would very much like Ukraine to successfully defend itself again a common aggressor and for Russia to GTFO as quickly as possible. Iran has no interests in Israel other than its regional power game with the Sunni Arabs.
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  13. That is one tired looking F5 lol.
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  14.  @kayway9329  That is why they are using these specific ones. They are cheap and usually come with meters of wiring that can be extended.
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  15. Wars of attrition aren't about territory. Media attention/pop culture awareness doesn't mean anything unless it turns vastly negative to force pols to drop support (ie; Vietnam). Considering Russia does a very good job of wearing the black hat, that isn't likely to change. Ukraine would have to territorially collapse and lose its rear areas and access to borders (Poland mostly), for it to lose materials support. There is a lot of supply that is still in the pipeline, like nations still expanding ammo production capacity, much less whole new systems tailored to this specific war. Ukraine has the backing of the full faith and credit of most of NATO, which gives it access to global capital. Russia does not, in fact it has been forced to turn to the grey markets and shady dealings with the worst players in the world to keep both its war and national economies running. Ukraine is fighting a war of survival. Russia is fighting a war of choice. Barring any of the things above going pear shaped, Russia has fewer grains of sand in its hourglass than Ukraine.
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  16. You paid for the Palestinian welfare via the UN and other NGOs..
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  17. @2:15 "oddly prison security" Just like in America, radicalism, be it militant Islam or whyte nationalism, etc. metastasizes rapidly between inmates within prison systems.
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  18.  @harukrentz435  Explain how in a small free and open country where soldiers are in daily contact with family that they would not notice that they suddenly disappeared? You are just deluded by Arab propaganda and hatefully wishful thinking.
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  19.  @nuttcase1uk  They also don't get any protection from the Law of land warfare either since they are not a uniform army of a state.
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  20.  @someday2910  Where does your baseless lie come from? Oh yeah, straight from Russian disinfo ministry. How many rubles do you get per post?
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  21. Just another day in the ME.
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  22. Political logic: GOP: "We can't afford to fund the war in Ukraine." Also GOP: "We won't fund the war in Ukraine until we spend more money on the border." Russia was supposed to have won this in 2 weeks. Statistically Russia should easily be able to defeat Ukraine. The fact that they haven't and can't means they aren't winning.
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  23.  @LukVik  That tough version of soccer that has molitovs right?
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  24.  @paulcoba8154  Um.. okay. You stand about 5 m away from about 20 kg of HE going off and let me know how that turns out.
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  25. Noticed that too. You kind of have to assume they know what they are doing and the packs contain mission essential gear and not that they forgot to drop their sleeping bags and shaving kit...
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  26. Gaza isn't so much an insurgency as an old school urban battle. Hamas has used other ATGMs, but this is the first confirmed effective hit because... unarmored jeep. @9:00 They already hate the US as much as they can hate. This isn't going to move that needle any. @10:30 Yeah, Hezbollah isn't going to want someone else on their turf. Hamas recruits from Sunni groups from all the time. @14:10 Yemeni cutting into Egyptian Suez transit fees is going to bring them into the chat.
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  27.  @tomatozaphim9781  The difference is that by that time, the vast majority of the civilian population had been out of the cities for years due to Allied bombing campaigns. There were comparatively few people left in Berlin, or Aachen etc. Even when Hitler ordered "fortress cities" to be defended to the last man, he didn't force the civilians to stay.
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  28. Islam only prohibits rape against Muslim women. Anyone else is fair game. Your audience is self selecting to have an interest in military events. So they know (or think they know) more about it and will poll accordingly.
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  29. That is up to Hamas.
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  30. Forgotten Weapons has a video with Ian's thoughts on the Hama Gunshop video.
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  31. You probably would get similar poll numbers if you went around a city and asked people if they support the local sports franchise. Also there is the 70 years of Stockholm Syndrome. Also there is the very likelihood that a member of some militant group was standing nearby when they were asking how much they support militant groups...
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  32. Yeah they are definitely going for sub surface targets. I've seen video of "schools" and "mosques" that are outlined by neat little little pockmarks.
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  33. @4:20 In the full version of this, the tank moved forward out from over the bomb (probably a EFP), and someone (the cameraman?) blew it early and it killed the runner. Opps.
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  34. The problem with not being anyone's fanboie is that you inevitably piss all of them off at one point or another.
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  35. The difference is that the ethnic cleansing of Arabs is not a stated policy of Israel, in fact the opposite, its supposed to be a multicultural secular state. It IS a stated policy and goal of ALL of the Palestinian groups and erstwhile governments.
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  36. I do find it disappointing that they are showing a clear editorial bias.
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  37. Nice of Mad Duro to telegraph his intention to invade. Gives Guyana time to raise troops and go shoppin with all those petro dollars it has these days.
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  38. @8:25 Yeah, completely delusional. Probably written by someone hanging out in a condo in Qatar after smoking some good sh1t in his hookah. The Yemeni (Iranians) are trying really hard to make it regional war anyway.
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  39.  @mtl68ws84  There are full casualty lists available on the IDF site.
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  40.  @topfans8031  LOL. Did you pull that out of your ass or are you just repeating talking points?
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  41.  @danielch6662  He is looking forward to serving his country?
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  42.  @oussama123654789  shows he knows nothing.
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  43.  @hazard1one  Yeah but its in the low single digits, not the "OMG hundreds and thousands of dead Joos! Imshallah! " being wished for here.
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  44.  @ob1934  "casualties" usually included both killed and wounded. Can we assume you can do basic math?
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  45. I'm sure that was just a Iranian Halva dump. I hope Sanaa Sam is okay. I would miss story time.
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  46. Still kinda just they usual shenaigans for the ME. Both Iraq and Syria are the IRGC's bitches, so its not like they are going to go to war with Iran over it even if their citizens were killed by it. This was just a response to the terror bombing at Nucktynuks ceremony, which were related to the intercine Sunni-Shia conflict, and not related to the Arab-Israeli one that Iran has decided to stick its nose into. Dispite how much they try to spin it that way.
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  47. Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs...
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  48.  @whiskeythree1622  Probably not. China doesn't benefit from disruption in global trade and regional instability increasing energy costs, etc. Putin however, probably gets his evil smirk when he reads about it.
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  49.  @babd3121  So... Hamas should be held to all of the Rules of land war and humanitarian obligations there in? That's not gonna go so well. That resolution also wags a finger at other nation states attempting to coerce and use irregular proxy forces, which is what Hamas, Hesbollah, et al. are. So careful where you throw those stones.
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  50. Nice knockoff MARPAT they got there. China or Pakistan?
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  51. Ideally you either convince them to vote the way you want to, or you deny them the ability to do anything meaningful.
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  52.  @rcomid  I promise you that all the Palestinians support all of the militant groups and hate Israel. The only difference is their level of involvement in it.
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  53. @3:50 If the troops are getting "trigger happy" its a sign they needed to be rotated out of the fight. @6:00 Its sad Al Jazzera totally rolled over and became an outlet for Palestinian propaganda. They are fanning the hate in the Arab world for clicks and profit. Speaking of... @10:30 That footage of the hill top soldier is very sus. The body was propped up against a chair, with the hands stuck to the rifle in a very unnatural way. And the uniform and gear looks new and and like a bad repro. Even where the rank tab should be is just a star of david.
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  54. Yeah I read that novel to.
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  55. That old guy was pissed. @5:00 "Some dumbasses say it so it must be true" Yeah no. Thats the same old propaganda. The same people who hate us for being allies of Israel now, have hated us for decades. They would attack us if they had the chance no more today than they would yesterday.
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  56. @12:02 No worse that launching a fire extinguisher filled with C4.
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  57.  @wedgeantilles8575  That is false. Most of the defense production capacity of West was atrophied, shut-in, or completely gone. Because everyone assumed Russia wouldn't be stupid barbarians any more. It takes times to reconstitute that capacity. Even they US has had trouble ramping up production. Rheinmetal did not "not produce ammo", they just did not produce the level promised. However, Germany did provide from existing stocks.
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  58.  christopherl4249  So you believe the numbers the Russians make up, that talking heads guess at, but not the Ukraine numbers as long as they look like doom and gloom for them? Kinda shows which side your bread is buttered...
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  59. @6:30 Can you literally see the Iranian strings on that guy? lol @8:00 Its got "TORPEDO" written in big english letters, that makes it totally legit.
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  60. 'Most Destructive in Recent History' Yeah, that is BS. This is one small city. You don't even have to go into "recent history". Russia has indiscriminately (for real) and for no practical military reason, destroyed many cities and towns in Ukraine for 2 years now. Upwards of 50,000 civilian deaths. Where is the outrage? This response is really to culmination of years of provocation by Palestinians, not just Oct 7th. Considering Iranian action and support led directly to the current situation in Gaza, they really have no right to complain, unless... oh yeah. Their team is getting its ass kicked. So I guess whine on. Likewise the Taliban is just jumping on the bandwagon to get some #Metoo points.
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  61. "From River to the Sea" is an allusion to "drive the Joos into the sea" and destroying Israel. Also there are lots of bots spamming pro-Palestine sayings and posts across all of SM. You can see some in these comments. That is why they are being taken down.
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  62.  @donjowansafadi8739  Somehow I doubt Palestinians, Arab-Nationalists, and random other anti-Semites are quoting Israeli political slogans. And if you are mindlessly spamming Palestinian propaganda, you are just an inefficient bot.
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  63.  @killworgmr6200  Wrong. Go look up "Expenditure Multiplier Effect". That money is spent on contractors to provide everything from aircraft carriers to toilet paper. It is spent on salaries and veterans benefits and education. And it goes back into the economy.
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  64. I wonder how many of those Belarussian soldiers being trained by Wagner are going to happen to wind up taking contracts with Wagner when its been reconstituted enough to head back to Ukraine ...
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  65.  @chadhaire1711  Russian plans for the "special military operation" were for the assault phase to only last 2 weeks. Even pro-Russian sites say this.
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  66. The tanks and even the Eitan 8x8 APC are pretty much immune to most ATGMs, especially what looks like an old Kornet. The Jeep was a "good" choice, besides the sure casualties, it probably had high value targets on it.
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  67.  @GabeGinorio  Not really. Hamas et al. aren't a legal government or military organization and it does not adhere to the Geneva Conventions (unless it benefits from them). So anything it does is illegal and any one it seizes is a kidnapping and hostage taking regardless of their Geneva status.
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  68. The Saudi Red Sea coast line is huge. They don't have the capability to do anything to intercept anything overflying their territory. Probably not even over Mecca. The Saudis don't want to be seen as siding with Israel on this, even though its all coming from their own rival/enemy Iran.
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  69. @8:50 "If AL Shibab can overrun the Somali army" AFRICOM won't let that happen. It can't decisively destroy it, because it is driven by Islamists, but it can keep it suppressed as a low level nuisance insurgent group.
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  70. I'm sure almost all of it was dug by a bunch of dudes with shovels. Its all just compacted sand. Totally no need for a TBD.
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  71. They fuked around and found out.
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  72. Not a "substantial number", all of them. Its a tenet of Islam. The Arabs and Palestinians do not want to take in the refugees because having them in the territories gives them a stake and holds the ground. It keeps the conflict alive and unsettled. It keeps the money and military support flowing in to the heads of the strongest militias. The civilians, their people, are nothing but pawns in the power game they are playing.
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  73.  @Men55578  That is naive AF. And you don't know your history other than what you've been spoon fed by Arab propaganda. For 70 years all they had to do is stop trying to "throw the Jews into the sea", and they would have had their own country or been part of Israel. They haven't been in camps for "75 years". They got pushed there after the war of attrition in the 70s., when the PLO got tricked by the Egyptians into conducting guerrilla war against mostly Jewish citizens. At this point, nothing short of dissolving Israel would make them happy. Peace would only let them rebuild an army to attack again.
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  74. Syria is Iran's bitch. Its a completely failed state. Pretty much a free fire zone for anyone with an interest in the region from the US and Russia, to Iran, Turkey, etc.
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  75. It was never "just a war between Israel and Hamas". Iran has been pulling these strings for decades. There has been a steady drum beat of violence between and amid the various factions in the ME, that only occasionally flares up like in Oct. 7 or the fight between Israel and Hezbollah in S. Lebanon a few years ago.
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  76. @8:00 "If Hamas survives" is irrelevant. What Israel is doing is "building deterrence". They are making the consequences of attacking Israel so terrible and costly that they won't try it again. Even if Hamas "surrenders", another group, probably with the same actors, will rise up again. Any agreements won't be worth the paper they are printed on. The cultural/political conditions in Palestine (or Israel) have not changed. They are in a deadlock of hate and violence cycles.
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  77. The difference is scale and leverage. Israel has a track record of not doing what the US has publicly stated its goals are. Israel has a strong lobby in DC. The Militias and I guess the whole state of Yemen now, are completely beholden to Iran, not only for support but for literal survival. Besides just leaving them out in the cold against enemies, each one has competitors that Iran could switch to and turn on. That means these groups don't even fart unless Tehran says they can.
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  78. Hamas' goal isn't to win the war. Its goal is to perpetuate it. Their leadership derives their power and foreign support ($) from maintaining the conflict with Israel. If they reached a peaceful settlement, they would be out of a job.
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  79.  @Red-Check-Mark  Ukraine has lost the war? Maybe you should get your fact check checked.
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  80.  @Red-Check-Mark  Did they tell you to think that?
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  81.  @docf3605  They also aren't losing it either. Remember back in Feb of last year when Ukraine wasn't even supposed to last 2 weeks? That in and of itself is a win and at least Ukraine has won its continued independence.
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  82.  @docf3605  That is pretty much false and wishful thinking on about every part. The rest of the world has many more billions than Russia, Ukraine has proven that it has the will to resist, much more will than Russians. Putin has pretty much guaranteed that Ukraine will never be in Russia's sphere of influence because they now hate Russians. Membership in NATO and the EU is inevitable.
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  83.  @Red-Check-Mark  False. Ukraine had a plan for conducting an insurgency if defeated conventionally. The supply of Western AT weapons (Javelins and NLAWs) made the news but far more kills were done with domestic Stugna-P ATGMs.. And Western support didn't arrive until until after the initial invasion had been blunted. Russia failed because of their incompetence and assumption that the Ukrainians would just give up as in 2014.
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  84. In WWII it was well understood that enlisting or being drafted was for "the duration of the conflict." Its strange to think any one in Ukraine was under any illusion that they could serve for a while and then just go home. But I get that those guys who have been on the front line might be wondering where those guys hangout on the block or in Europe are. But any population only has so many "patriots" or "heros" (ie people that do the right thing expected of them) , and even in wars of survival you will have cowards and shirkers. Almost every country has had to conscript armies in times of war. I am surprised that this is even a debate. Its like yep, get your ass moving.
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  85.  @aymenyahyaoui1771  Yemen didn't defeat anyone, its just not worth anything.
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  86.  @heraclesreborn lol.
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  87. Ball and Enjeti left The Hill, the The Hill didn't leave them. They are projecting the same GOP talking points, ie; any Biden policy is the wrong policy.
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