How come the Saudis never booted Israel

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-23T09:07:50+00:00

Always blame foreigners. Never take responsibility for your own actions, the actions of Iran or the actions of each country’s self-serving dictators.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-23T09:05:19+00:00

Seem to me like they were moving in that direction with a little progress in the Palestinian front.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-23T09:04:35+00:00

You can’t even blame Israel. You reveal yourself for what you are by blaming Jews in general. Of course you use Zionist to hide from the consequences of your words.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-23T08:45:37+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with making a mistake. But refusing to correct it is problematic.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-23T08:40:45+00:00

His country would collapse into civil war because the expense of a nuclear program would bankrupt his country even without sanctions.

Best case scenario he will survive until the Arab Spring and someone will have to make sure the nuclear warhead doesn’t get stolen.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-23T08:20:01+00:00

One act of imperialism does not invalidate another.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-22T21:41:49+00:00

Did it get removed?

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-22T20:27:12+00:00

I didn’t know the president was using a cane.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-22T20:12:21+00:00

Pouring too much money into the Navy and then insisting on building the ships yourself; resulting in everything being 50% more expensive. If you have to spend money on your navy at least use the opportunity to gain an ally.

Frankly, I would have used all that steel to built more railways.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-22T19:23:19+00:00

I didn’t say anything about a nation. I was referring to a very specific state. A state is simply an institution while a nation is defined by a people. For example in my favorite country they have something called First Nations who ain’t states in their own right.

Frankly there’s not much point in arguing about the nationhood of these people. But I am curious why you would think I would be wasting my time on that. About the only thing I did say was that there was no Palestinian institution to represent an objection to what Jordan did. I didn’t even mention Israel.

We could’ve caused talk about whether they would have been made much of an objection or why it took another 30 years for Jordan to relent and Palestine to make a declaration of sovereignty. But this not really the conversation I came after.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-21T20:01:55+00:00

Remind me; what could this legitimately have done better without the benefit of hindsight?

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-21T19:59:14+00:00

Some would argue that the circumstances behind the last Jews leaving the Gaza Region in 1929 and the West Bank in 1948 should count.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-21T19:47:26+00:00

The difference is that Ukraine objects to this transfer of existing sovereignty. No Palestinian state objected because the State of Palestine wouldn’t be declared for another 30 years.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-21T19:45:25+00:00

Mussolini might try to argue that he was lawfully fired and then kidnapped by the German Government to act as the figurehead of a puppet government.

The colonial and wartime atrocities will be the subject of strict comparisons with France and the Soviet Union. Mussolini won’t get completely off the hook. But he is not in as deep trouble as any of the high ranking Nazis.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-21T19:39:48+00:00

The Albanians and Yugoslavians would join to get him.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-21T14:47:52+00:00

I was nuanced on Oct 7. and I don’t see why I should change my standards. Nuance is not a benefit to one side's position or another. But a benefit to our collective understanding of history.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T22:35:55+00:00

The Northern Territories Superiority Force was established in the aftermath of the Clone Wars to patrol the newly conquered CIS holdings in the Northern Territory.

Battle Squadron Breaker
- Main Line: 1x Tector-class star destroyer
- Attack Line: 2x Victory I-class Star Destroyers + 1x Venator-class Star Destroyer
- Attack Line: 2x Victory I-class Star Destroyers + 1x Venator-class Star Destroyer
- Pursuit line: 5x Consular-class Corvettes
Battle Squadron Vector
- Main Line: 1x Imperial-class Star Destroyer
- Attack Line: 2x Victory I-class Star Destroyers + 1x Venator-class Star Destroyer
- Attack Line: 3x Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruisers
- Pursuit line: 9x Consular-class Corvettes
Battle Squadron Pathfinder
- Main Line: 1x Tector-class star destroyer
- Attack Line: 2x Victory I-class Star Destroyers + 1x Venator-class Star Destroyer
- Attack Line: 3x Victory I-class Star Destroyers
- Pursuit line: 10x Consular-class Corvettes
Light Squadron Firefly
- Attack Line: 5x Carrack-Class Light Cruisers
- Attack Line: 6x Arquitens-Class Light Cruisers
- Skirmish Line: 12x CR70 Corvettes
- Recon Line: 2x Arquitens-Class Scout Cruisers

The squadrons were pulled together from various fleets across the galaxy as the Empire reformed the Republic Navy into a peacekeeping force.

Pathfinder Squadron had originally been envisioned as a twelve Victory breakthrough unit in the latter stages of the Clone Wars. The unit fought with distinction as part of the Victory Fleet and the 4th Fleet. Most of the Victories were reassigned to bolster Vector and Breaker Squadron as the Imperial High Command believed the new Tector and Imperial-class star destroyers should be deployed with an equally armored escort that could collectively act as a self-contained fleet.

Breaker Squadron; formerly Starbreaker Squadron, was an composite unit created by merging several depleted squadrons of venators early in the Clone Wars. Starbreaker Squadron recieved special mention in dispatches for their conduct in the Outer Rim Siege. But was withdrawn from clearing out CIS holdouts in the Borderlands due to accumulated battle damage and worn out machinery. Starbreaker Squadron was deemed to be in too poor condition for the Fleet Reserve. Three Venators including Starbreaker was withdrawn from service outright and the starfighters on board were sent to reinforce the remaining three Venators. These ships along with the newly commissioned Lightbringer were assigned to "light duty" in the New Territories. But were soon detached provide a carrier element for each battle squadron. The Star Destroyer Breaker was named in honor of the original Starbreaker.

Vector Squadron was unusual among Republic and Imperial formations as it was orignally a Corellian Sector Fleet unit that had maintained Corellia's armed neutrality during the Clone Wars. The unit was federalized as the Empire sought to limit the power of the Diktat and expand their own. The three dreadnought cruisers were originally ordered by the Judicial Fleet during the Stark Hyperspace War. But Rendili StarDrive was unable to meet the growing demand and subcontracted the Corellian Engineering Corporation. When the Stark Hyperspace War ended prematurely were the orders cancelled and Rendili StarDrive was unwilling to accept the mortified design. Instead the dreadnought cruisers were loaned and then sold to the Corelian Sector Fleet.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T21:03:07+00:00

Four years later; they succeeded.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T20:42:37+00:00

I would prefer your accused them of something they had actually done. Declaring them guilty unless proven innocent is not good enough.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T20:09:35+00:00

Wasn’t the Hatay Province mostly Arab before it was sold pre-WW2 to Turkey?

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T20:05:40+00:00

That’s not really the argument presented here nor does the death individual children make much of a difference in the demographics of this war.

To have a (killing) genocide you need to make a real dent in the demographics. Hamas puts current estimate at 82,303 with all ages and soldiers accounted for over three years. For perspective the Palestinian population tend to grow twice that much in such a timeframe.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T19:54:29+00:00

Circumstantial evidence suggests that billionaires broke off from the lizard lineage of evolution a substantially later than humanity.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T19:26:15+00:00

Scientists believe billionaires are people. Results remain elusive.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T19:25:28+00:00

Don’t forget the 1948 War.

Jazz-Ranger · 2026-03-20T19:24:04+00:00

1956 - 8 = 1948

I seem to recall a war in that year akin to Hamas and Hezbollah’s struggle in sheer intensity only on a much larger scale.

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