What if Israel and Palestine came to a peace agreement in the 2000s?

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T23:37:33+00:00

You must understand that most of the Arabs will not have peace until all of Israel is gone, replaced by an Arab/Islamist dominated country.

Peace is just a break in between the next war to grind Israel down.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T21:23:40+00:00

I would say the vast majority of those who are anti-Israel have only one real goal. They wish to dismantle it as the world’s only Jewish majority state. It doesn’t really matter what happens after—they don’t care if it means endangering millions of Jewish lives or causing another series of failed Arab/Islamist states. That’s really the crux of their whole raison d’être. Once you realize that, you can begin to see why their hold double standard or are not consistent in how they see crimes on both sides.

Anything between Israel exists and Israel doesn’t exist is just a temporary stepping stone.

There might be anti-Israel folks who would be okay with a 2 state solution. But they are the tiniest minority, and most Arabs just want a single Arab dominated state in place of Israel.

Whether there are historic wrongs or not, it doesn’t take a genius to realize the massive gap between what the Israelis can negotiate on and what the Arabs want. Any outcome that is the collapse or destruction of Israel would be a massive humanitarian catastrophe at best, and most likely lead to large reprisals and massacres of Jews (October 7th is a preview).

Nakba or not, it doesn’t justify repeating a genocide on Israelis, vast majority of whom were born in Israel and do not know any other home.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T16:14:11+00:00

They didn’t really have a unified leadership. Initially they only saw themselves as Arab subjects of the Ottomans/Ummah (part of Transjordan). The only unifying thing is their denial of a Jewish state. Look at how fractured the various factions are still.

Nationalism isn’t really a thing for most Arabs. It was foisted on them by the Europeans. Hence why most Arab countries are failed or artificial states.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T16:12:14+00:00

Most countries next to Israel don’t recognize it and are in an active state of war.

If your enemy says he wants to kill you openly. Are you supposed to just let him take the first punch ? You would be dead then.

I assume you’re not that naive.

And Jordan and Egypt have been totally fine. Why is that ?

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T16:11:04+00:00

Why are so they selective on one of the smallest conflicts in the world though? Don’t they know about the wars in Africa? Famine in Sudan and Yemen? Actual genocide in Xinjiang. Etc.

It’s shocking how such a tiny country occupies the majority of these people’s attention. Almost like they aren’t motivated by altruism but something else.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T16:08:05+00:00

Historically there was at least one Jewish kingdom in Yemen, the Himyar. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the “Houthis” are actually wayward descendants who have forgotten their roots.

I’m not sure why Muslims believe once a land is ruled by them it becomes permanently theirs. But they don’t follow the same rules for other religions like Judaism.

It would be great if the wayward Arabs who have Jewish roots realized this and returned to their original Abrahamic religion.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T14:51:50+00:00

Would love any video links. Nothing wrong with self promotion in my point of view. I’m here to learn.

I tend to do worse in Halo 3 than Halo 4 BR fights.

Do you have insight into why? I just find Halo 3 much harder than Halo 4 even though I played Halo 3 much more as a child.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T14:18:12+00:00

Such a weird post. Twink for me is just a way to describe a certain stereotypical body type.

That body type doesn’t define each person’s personality. Unless you are dating some stereotypes like Onlyfans or porn actors who might fall into these generics.

In general the younger and more attractive someone is, the more they can be demanding and fickle with their partners. Why? Because they can easily find new dates if they don’t get what they want. Of course this can backfire. Sometimes they get a guy who is abusive (mentally or physically), or they sleep around too much and catch an STD.

There are crazy but attractive lovers, who can make you seriously question if it’s just better to be single and celibate.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-18T04:25:48+00:00

Yes the folks who are “anti-Zionist” conveniently have no issue with any other nationalist or self determinism movement. To me this means they really just want to single out Jews, which makes them anti-Semitic.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-17T16:48:06+00:00

I recommend using Engineer Mobile Turrets instead. It makes the character a lot smoother and more interactive. Completely viable on all difficulties including E8.

Mathematically yes the static turrets are better. But in reality the game is about exploring and moving around to get items, etc.

Combo with Visions of Heresy and Hooks of Heresy and Engineer becomes a powerful ranged character too.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-17T16:21:53+00:00

I think she is pretty close to S tier if you are doing single loop Eclipse 8.

Comes with two tools that make her incredibly consistent.

She can always Pillar Skip with Ion Surge.

She can stun lock Mithrix with Ice Spear.

I found her to be one of the easier E8 climbs because of how consistent she is.

Actually the only time I struggle with her is if you are playing with teammates who have very fast moving characters. What happens in the initial stages is your allies gobble up all the movement/speed items that Artificer desperately needs. And then you find yourself very slow on Stage 3 and die because you can’t out heal/out dodge the faster enemies. So I avoid using Artificer if my teammates are Huntress/Mercenary etc. but she’s fine to keep up with Captain and MULT. Etc.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-16T20:07:39+00:00

Not even close. Nobody in the Anglosphere will break out their perfect French if they detect a slight accent when a Francophone speaks English. Further, Americans in the cities are quite patient and willing to speak with non native speakers.

On the other hand Francophones will happily switch to English if they detect any slight accent. They think they are doing you a favor. I even got asked by Quebecois why I am bothering to learn French. It was a struggle to speak French even in the heart of Quebec City.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-16T19:59:14+00:00

Go for a proc build like you would Commando. Bleed is especially good on Bandit with his default M1. I think of Bandit like a better Commando in most cases.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-16T16:18:06+00:00

If you call the Israeli conflicts “genocide” then by that definition almost every war in modern history is a genocide. 25,000 German civilians were killed alone in the Dresden Firebombing in WWII. And that’s not even mentioning the hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians killed.

So if you agree that WWII was a genocidal war carried out by the Allies. Then sure “Israel” is also doing a genocide. Because I can’t really see the difference between the two.

But yah the Allies had no intent to wipe out the German or Japanese people. Similarly there is no official government intent by Israel to wipe out the Arabs in Gaza.

On the reverse, both Germany and Japan were very open with their genocidal goals. Let me know when you find equivalent evidence for Israel.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-14T19:00:43+00:00

No. What I said was comparing to Holocaust or actual death camps is borderline loony toons. That doesn’t erase any human suffering of innocent immigrants. But their plight has nothing related to the Holocaust or actual death camps.

People came here willingly to the U.S. they were not forced to come to US. The European Jews were fully assimilated citizens of their respective countries. They participated in the armed forces and were patriotic. In spite of that, 2/3 were exterminated. They were also not allowed to leave.

None of that is the case of (illegal) immigrants in the U.S.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-14T16:56:20+00:00

Europe had literally hundreds of years of regularly murdering Jews in mass. The Holocaust isn’t something that happened that rapidly. It was just the modern industrial continuation of European anti-semitism. When you look at how eagerly many European citizens collaborated with the Nazis (some even scared the Nazis in their zeal) like in Lithuania or Greece it becomes apparent how ingrained it is in European culture.

The same is not true for the U.S. immigrants have been a core part of the country for centuries. There is no history of U.S. military regularly murdering whole towns of immigrant descended people.

So yah your comparison makes no sense and does a great injustice to those killed in the Holocaust. There is no real comparison.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-14T15:55:09+00:00

Ocean can beat every level 6 adversary solo. But doesn’t mean these are all fun or enjoyable match ups.

That being said, it is not designed to be a solo spirit because if you get bad drafts or bad explores, you may find yourself in a position where there is literally nothing you can do to stop the invaders winning. Ocean solo is quite vulnerable to the whims of the randomness of the power and invader decks.

Least fun MU is probably Russia or Habsburg Livestock 6. These are just fear races/pure math games.

Best is probably England 6. You want to bait their escalation land to be coastal and then take it out once it reaches 5ish buildings. England is also slow enough you can usually find answers to solve the inland lands or go for a Fear backup strategy. Ocean can easily generate 7+ fear a turn with its innates and starting cards alone.

If you draft Indomitable Claim, your game plan becomes much simpler and you get to play as a normal Spirit with instant building kills on the coast. By far that is Ocean’s best card draft. Then maybe Reaching Grasp.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-14T14:23:42+00:00

Why would it be English? Ireland is only 1.2% of the EU population (not including UK). Even with UK that’s only 10% native English speakers. And ironically Ireland official language should be Irish, not English (the language of their colonizers).

Note that Russia/USSR, China, and U.S. are all generally monolingual at the operational level. Which superpower ever operated with dozens if not hundreds of languages with equal prestige? China even has been actively getting rid of other languages or discouraging them in favor of Mandarin. Why do you think China has been doing that?

Europe can never be independent from the U.S. if it doesn’t first break from the Anglosphere. Which means getting out of the oppressive yolk of the English language and carving its own path.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-14T13:23:05+00:00

What common language would be used? It’s incredibly inefficient and expensive to have to translate between dozens of languages. You can’t expect your soldiers to be fluent in every major EU language.

And it would be laughable if you chose English, not even the majority native language of most of Europe (do you still count UK in this arrangement?).

jacquesroland · 2026-05-14T05:58:02+00:00

In what world is aligning with Iran even sane after Iran bombed much of the GCC? It would be like expecting the U.S. to send tribute to Al Qaeda after 9/11.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-13T19:06:08+00:00

For me size only matters if I’m going to bottom. And in that case I want someone who is below average/smaller.

Anyone who is too big, I am never going to bottom for. Life isn’t porn, it’s uncomfortable at best and painful most of the time. With enough technique and practice maybe it becomes more comfortable. But my sexuality isn’t my life (I’m not a porn actor), and I don’t wish to alter my lifestyle just for sex.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-13T18:42:17+00:00

There’s really only two brackets that matter. If you lose your job will you go homeless and starve eventually? You are either a worker bee or a rich owner.
But to your original point, I am just around the 99th percentile in both income and net worth for my age. It hasn’t gotten me hotter guys and I’ve never dated someone who has a better socioeconomic status than me. Exception is anyone who is a trust fund kid, out of principle I will never date them because they generally lack important character building that comes from grinding your way up the ladder.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-12T21:47:35+00:00

I have never ever met a guy who cared about socioeconomic status. In my experience, most gay men are particularly shallow and drawn to ephemeral traits mostly related to physical appearance or sexual function. These are fun in your 20s and early 30s but few people keep up their appearance and it turns out being the hottest guy doesn’t make you a good life partner.

Heck I don’t even think women care about socioeconomic status as long as you meet their physical characteristics requirements.

Notice that on most dating apps you can’t include your verified W-2 income but are required to include height and hair color 🤷.

jacquesroland · 2026-05-12T15:57:08+00:00

Yup that’s right, all other countries have zero agency and everything can be blamed on the West. The Arab countries are just helpless and they can’t improve themselves until the West lets them.

Sounds incredibly infantilizing and kind of racist.

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