jfv wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 5:44 pm
This business involving the
Hezbollah pagers simultaneously exploding and hurting thousands is equal parts intriguing and terrifying.
I'm astounded this is the only post in this thread to mention this.
It should be noted that although Israel and it's cheerleaders are claiming the pagers all belonged to Hezbollah operatives, there are no independent sources that can confirm this. In fact, there are mounting accounts that many innocent civilians and healthcare operatives are the ones to have been injured. These things went off in moving cars (which obviously renders the vehicle out of control, if only temporary) markets, etc.
There's also a report that said the Ukrainian ambassador was injured by one of these pagers. Was he working with Hezbollah? I find that unlikely.
There is also information appearing that claims the US university hospital of Beirut changed all of their staff pagers 10 days ago. None of their staff have been harmed in these attacks.
This has to be the biggest self-own since brexit. The UN just voted overwhelmingly to strip Israel of it's right to self defence in regards to Palestine. Motorola shares are tanking. Airlines are suspending flights to Israel - the economy there was already in trouble, this will just sink it deeper. This is driving people towards the BDS movement.
On top of all that, what I see frequently from defenders of Israel is a pride in accomplishments, especially in regards to technology. What you have to ask now is, who would trust them or their technology after this? If technology is your greatest export, using it to commit mass indescriminate murder has to be a huge 'shooting yourself in the foot' moment.
This isn't just another step in whatever-you-want-to-call-it. Something shifted here, on quite a large scale.
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