(09-10-2023, 06:37 PM)R2x1 Wrote: Perhaps NZ could send a conscripted band of front line persons to serve on both sides, selected by serial number, Even numbers serve with Hamas, odd ones serve with the invaders who have been deported as routine for about the last 6K years. The selection process could be entirely from ACT supporters, so maybe the quality of the populace could be enhanced on both sides of the globe?
It's worth a shot, maybe even a volley or two.
There was I, reading that & trying to work out where you were going with it... & then it hit me! You devious bugger! Excellent idea....
Sadly, Hamas is not doing themselvesd any favours, theyre now threatening to kill hostages, one every time Israel bombs Gaza.
And Israel's idiot leader is also busily posturing & threatening.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-eas...nyahu-says
"The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has warned that it will kill an Israeli hostage every time Israel’s military bombs civilian targets in the Gaza Strip without warning.
Abu Obeida, the spokesman of the Qassam Brigades, said in an audio released on Monday night (local time) that the threat was a response to intense air strikes by Israel on civilian areas.
“We have decided to put an end to this and as of now, we declare that any targeting of our people in their homes without prior warning will be regrettably faced with the execution of one the hostages of civilians we are holding,” he said.
Hamas says it is ready for a long battle to end an Israeli occupation it says is no longer tolerable. Desperation has grown among Palestinians, many of whom see nothing to lose under unending Israeli control and increasing settler depredations in the West Bank, the blockade in Gaza and what they see as the world’s apathy. "
"Israel has vowed to increase its strikes on Gaza in response to Hamas' unprecedented surprise attack.
“We have only started striking Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations.”
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)