Aaand Isreal sends ground troops into Gaza ...

"Brian, The Life of" (familycar) 07/17/2014 at 15:53 • Filed to: None

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This day is just getting better and better.

::sigh::

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Brian, The Life of 07/17/2014 at 15:55

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And they say the US is the country that's getting involved in everything.

please, leave us out of everything, please

PatBateman > Brian, The Life of 07/17/2014 at 15:56

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Yeah, great timing indeed.

And now I have to call all my clients to make sure they aren't freaking the hell out while watching Fox News

Diesel > Brian, The Life of 07/17/2014 at 15:56

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Is the cease fire over? I can't pick a side, but launching 1,000 rockets at your neighbor isn't what I would call 'acceptable'.

MonkeePuzzle > Brian, The Life of 07/17/2014 at 15:57

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this is really not good

ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of 07/17/2014 at 16:01

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Add to this a crash involving a French TGV. Wonderful day indeed.

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-eur…

GhostZ > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/17/2014 at 16:03

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Well, truth be told, we are putting a lot of money and political promises in favor of Israel, so we've been 'involved' for decades.

I doubt it will see us on the ground though. Irsael can handle itself, it has the technology and finances. It's just a matter of them not overstepping their bounds and killing civilians needlessly in retaliation.

It's like there being this one kid whose parents died or something, so most people try to help him succeed as much as they can, and he is smart, but he's also a big bully who could knock anyone else in the school onto their feet. If you keep throwing a bunch of little rocks at his back and calling him names long enough... well... he's going to fight back, and when he does, he's going to punch you so hard that it's going to piss off a lot of other parents.

Diesel > PatBateman 07/17/2014 at 16:05

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And this is why Pat keeps a bottle of scotch in his desk drawer.

Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn 07/17/2014 at 16:05

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Oh shit ... Thank doge they weren't at full speed.

Brian, The Life of > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/17/2014 at 16:06

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Seriously! Can we have a few fucking years of peace? PLEASE?!

ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of 07/17/2014 at 16:10

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Sadly, no. We can't. Humans are such assholes.

1337HPMustang > Diesel 07/17/2014 at 16:12

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Neither is the collateral damage (women and kids) that get killed by Israeli air strikes. In fact, I fully understand why palestinians support Hamas or are convinced to do so. Wheras almost all those missels have been shot down by the iron dome so I've never understood the violent israeli retaliation

Diesel > 1337HPMustang 07/17/2014 at 16:22

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I think it's the principle of the matter. Also, I'm sure there is a ton of deep seated hatred by both parties.

Wishin & workin for an E39 M5 > GhostZ 07/17/2014 at 16:40

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I don't know that I agree with Israel being called a bully, but your comment is quite accurate. They have been constantly harassed and molested either by terrorist organizations (Hezbollah & Hamas) or by antagonizing nearby governments (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, etc)

GhostZ > Wishin & workin for an E39 M5 07/18/2014 at 00:34

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What I find funny is that, maybe, if they did what the US and China did and put idealogical and religious beliefs aside, Israel and Palestine could become economic powerhouses of their own with all the wasted money and energy spent on maintaining the status quo.

Wishin & workin for an E39 M5 > GhostZ 07/18/2014 at 09:17

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You couldn't be more right. However, since both of these groups of people are so culturally linked to their religions the likelihood of them doing that is less probable then cold fusion becoming a real life power source.

GhostZ > Wishin & workin for an E39 M5 07/18/2014 at 10:55

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I think that's one of the biggest disconnects in how, at least in my experience, most Americans view the middle east. In the US, most people will drop their religion when it no longer becomes convenient. One of the biggest reasons America has been able to rise to being world hegemon is because around the early 1900s, it institutionalized finance and economics on a national level as the primary way to improve people's living conditions, rather than religion. Same with China and Japan in the latter half of the century.

But these people are willing to do anything just because of what they believe their religion demands. It's a totally different way of living and thinking and it has kept a huge economic thumb on that region for years.

That being said, while "cold" or room temperature fusion is likely to never happen, we HAVE seen some success with hot fusion, to the point where we can actually build fusion reactions that produce more power than they take in. It just so happens that the margin isn't large, the cost is still very high, and the energy put in is massive. But that's a matter of refining it to practicality, not discovering it.

Wishin & workin for an E39 M5 > GhostZ 07/18/2014 at 11:00

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The ending made me lol. Maybe I should have said, more likely that I can go buy a brand new Defender 110 from the Rover dealership here in Nashville before the muslims and jews have peace based upon prosperity and quality of life.

GhostZ > Wishin & workin for an E39 M5 07/18/2014 at 11:08

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Okay that will never happen.