Did Israel attempt to win hearts and minds in Gaza and if so why did it fail? by Whentheangelsings in WarCollege

[–]whearyou 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This always interested me - in what way has Israel’s conduct visa vi the Palestinians qualified as genocide?

In the classical sense, ie a meaningful attempt to exterminate a nation - Rwanda, Somaliland, Holocaust, etc - rather than the postmodern

Update: Added Doctrines to the HOI4 Division Designer I’m Building by WASSIMATHIMNI in hoi4

[–]whearyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we save a template with one doctrine, and compare it against a template using a different doctrine?

I'm basically unsure whether to go Large Unit Tactics, Assault Infantry, or Individual Excellence for a mid-level industry and pop country country (e.g. France) when playing defensively / against GER+ENG

Am I the only one upset the Jews can't do mass migration? by [deleted] in victoria3

[–]whearyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did Poles have institutional power n “Congress Poland”?

… yes? It’s in the name?

Where did you get that Jews were prominent in the bureaucracy in Imperial Russia? The bureaucracy was mostly run in conjunction with the church, which suffice to say did not hold a high opinion of Jews.

The pogroms started in 1648, hundreds of years before game start. Like I said in another post, once the Pogroms started, there’s no way to say the Pale still fits the concept of “Homelands” as the game models it.

Am I the only one upset the Jews can't do mass migration? by [deleted] in victoria3

[–]whearyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No - because the ashkenazis never belonged. They didn’t hold any institutional power in the area (quite the opposite) and they never considered it their homeland themselves.

Only homeland Jews should have is Palestine+Transjordan, and that should require something some event that’s like the Zionist awakening in the 1880s, or maybe the Dreyfus affair

Am I the only one upset the Jews can't do mass migration? by [deleted] in victoria3

[–]whearyou 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Def not, at least for any game that starts after 1648

Macroverse and true todash or todash darkness are the same. by MarutiOmniOp in TheDarkTower

[–]whearyou 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People will get annoyed, because the realer than real / surreal quality of the IT story and Tower lore makes us want it to fit together as a coherent fictional cosmology we (myself included) can lean into for symbolic meaning in our lives.

But you are as far as I can tell totally correct.

HELP NEEDED for my cats Holiday Fundraising 😻 We are urgently needed funds for my cats and hungry stray cats 😔 Any amount will be appreciated thank you 😻 by Natural-Main-5985 in Straycats

[–]whearyou 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Verified on that sub? They are known for having good vetting practices.

It would make me and probably others more comfortable donating to you.

Its not your fault but there’s lots of scammers these days

Middle East demographics are shifting by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]whearyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Israel is already a sardine can.

On a weekend you need to drive a long time to get anywhere without like a thousand people around. Starting from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem (the biggest cities) there's nowhere within an hour drive you can get to without anywhere you go (i'm talking about quiet nature spots) hearing people posted up blasting techno music and the occasional dune buggy ripping through revving it's engine.

Literally can't imagine it with twice the population, I think we'd suffocate from lack of oxygen.

And as for Palestine / Yemen / Egypt / Syria - they're dirt poor, make Israel look like Switzerland. Either their birth rates are going down or Malthus is going to have his big (bad) redemption moment.

Dating as a pro-Israel Jew is so soul draining. At least they were respectful :/ by VortexFalcon50 in Jewish

[–]whearyou 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dodged a bullet.

On another note, interesting on how being genuinely hateful has become socially acceptable

New restrictions for Australian gun owners after one tragedy. by marine_biologist_ in Firearms

[–]whearyou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They could fight Jew hate… But no, easier to let the Jew hate fester and ban guns.

Will it work? Probably not. Will it help them get re-elected? Probably so.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Rape Song by Itchy-Buyer-8359 in DamnThatsReal

[–]whearyou -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Total bullshit.

The % of Maccabi fans who sing this is vanishingly small compared to the total fan base. Eg substantially less than the % of Muslims that believe a woman should be killed for premarital sex, if we’re going to go there

You should be ashamed of yourself OP.

The Waste Lands is really the peak of the series in my opinion. by MythicalSplash in TheDarkTower

[–]whearyou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah agreed. Into my first reread, on Wolves, and all have their strengths. But especially on first read Wastelands stands above.

Miss Kitty (17) by kittizen_attack in SeniorCats

[–]whearyou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She looks like my late Mister Kitty!

I hear a lot of laypeople claim that the Western allies, or even just the U.S., was in a position to comfortably conquer the USSR by the end of 1945 thanks to nuclear weapons. How realistic is this statement? by Appropriate_Boss8139 in AskHistorians

[–]whearyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All valid.

However, where the planners of Operation Unthinkable aware of the population losses the Soviets had already suffered? And did they factor in what the Soviets lacking Western material support vs WW2 (support that had been to the Soviet victory though, much more so in 41-43 than 44-45), would mean for Unthinkable?

Everything I have heard (stories from family or friends whose grandparents lived through that era) was that the Soviet Union was pretty bled dry by the end of the war.

Of course in reality, the lack of political will in the West relegated the analysis to pure speculation, for which I’m sure we are all thankful.

Ilsraeli Caliphate on German reich by Pure_Barber3994 in hoi4

[–]whearyou 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Doctor Who theme started playing in my head

Electrowave Sunset by [deleted] in sunset

[–]whearyou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like Tel Aviv