Goku de la Boca

Oh 100%, anyone who understands a bit about psychological warfare can see that the attacks on October 7th were made with that in mind. Hell, I don't have a clue about any type of warfare but to me it's clear that Hamas want the international community to pressure people in power to condemn Israel and their actions on Gaza. Thankfully the big powers are not budging, they aren't stupid enough to be manipulated into that. Where they fuck up is when they go woke and try to take down Palestine flags at events at whatnot. I understand trying to avoid division but what they do only makes things worse I think. The "politically correct" agenda pisses me off to be honest. Hamas are safe from their homes in Qatar knowing Israel can't touch them there, while sacrificing all their compatriots back at their original homes in Gaza.

I have empathy for both sides, which is why I think this whole conflict is fucked from the start. Antisemitism meant the Jewish people couldn't live in peace. They'd get killed by Stalin and Hitler in Europe, then they'd move to the newly created Israel and get killed and chased out in MENA. They needed their own country. Where Zionism fails for me is that they wanted a very specific spot which was always going to be a disaster. Hell in most places it would have created problems but especially in a place where religion is taken to the extreme overlooked by the big daddy (the Saudis), it was a big risk to take, and while it worked for them, it came at the expense of someone else. On the other hand, I also have empathy for the Palestinians. You can't just take somebodies land just because you used to live there, or does the law really think it'd be OK for me to kick the people living in my old home just because I used to pay for it? As a result, this is a never ending loop, and I don't agree with radical decisions from either side, but I do have sympathy with both to some extent.

I am by no means an expert, nor the word of god on this subject, and I say this because I don't want half the forum coming onto me for my next opinions. If you disagree I'm sorry, but your comments is feeding Hamas exactly what they want to hear. While Israel are destroying Gaza, they are watching it with popcorn all the way from Qatar. Both are on the wrong, but I refuse to be manipulated into these sort of comments when Hamas are doing this so people condemn their actions. They knew exactly what would happen.

Maduro is capable of shooting himself in the foot like that, we'll see. This isn't a new dispute but with the discovery of gas and oil Venezuela is taking it to new extremes.

Wasn't around for Voice of Reason but I did see Kel on here and AFF and while we avoided paths, yeah she was a bit of a psycopath.

Mugged.

He was serious. He just had piss poor education, I know this because I live in a country that struggles with the same thing and there's a lot of Teso's as a result. In my time there was nobody worse than him, nor was there anyone even close.

Teso literally banned himself. He had such an agenda against me that he was blinded in every way. All he had to do was accept that I was back on the forum and he wouldn't have been banned. Worst member I've seen anywhere on forums. He wouldn't have lasted much longer anyways.

I mugged half the forum with this Though to be fair Egypt could be seen as being in Asia as well, just that almost all it's population lives on the African side.

North American and European politicians will try to be "politically correct" and take down Palestine and Russia flags but yet they are totally silent on the Essequibo conflict. I'd think at least the USA would give a shit about the amount of oil they could lose if Venezuela manage to annex Guyana.

Find it disgusting how little the news is giving a shit here while they focus on Gaza and Ukraine consistently. Here is a bit of a backstory.

The "people" have spoken! Venezuela will invade Guyana. I put that in quotes as I highly doubt it was a genuine voting system.

Today we find out if Venezuela will choose to invade Guyana or not.

Another theory going around is that Maduro is doing this to suspend elections next year.

Good luck Guyana then. All hopes on the UK now.

Venezuela does not have nuclear weapons and Guyana is one of USA’s trading partners for oil. Also with Russia focused on Ukraine there’s no way Putin will be there to help them.

Fuck me, I thought it was just a tiny portion that they would try to annex, not half the country

Would USA get involved as well as UK due to oil trade/commonwealth? If so this would mark the beginning of the end for Maduro. @Dr. Gonzo

Referendum is tomorrow, all on the Venezuelan people to stop this.

Since it’s commonwealth, would the UK get involved?

This referendum won’t end well, Venezuelans are struggling and all the Oil could help them again (or at least they’ll believe that as I don’t buy that with Maduro remaining in power). Maduro proving once again to be the scum of the continent. Always mentioning Simon Bolivar even though he was about liberating the land and not annexing it for his personal gain. All on board with Guyana in this conflict. Venezuela has done too much damage to this continent in the past decade and I refuse to support them until Chavismo as a concept is dead.

Shit, Venezuela looking to go to war with Guyana over Essequibo for oil reasons. Referéndum to be held. This doesn’t bode well. I hope it’s regional only like Peru when we were at war with Ecuador in the 90’s and doesn’t escalate into something bigger.

Gonna have a read at this

Haha, it's my legs moving forward you fuck!

Yeh don't think that would have been my first question for him not gonna lie