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Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in Apparent Assination

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rocketsjudoka, Nov 28, 2020.

  1. KingCheetah

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    It’s really Netanyahu (aka “Bibi”) and trump being a “match made in Hell.” The way the Israeli parliament has been the last several years, very small extremist parties have had undue influence over Israeli actions in the region. They are using Netanyahu for their own ends, like expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, certain to promote Palestinian unrest and violence (which Bibi uses to keep the Israeli populace fearful, which is to his advantage at election time), and Bibi has most definitely been using them to keep himself in power, despite being embroiled in one scandal after another.

    trump’s arrival has given Netanyahu free rein to largely do as he wishes re Israeli foreign policy in the region, and a great deal of what he has been doing is not in the best interests of the United States, in my opinion. I keep waiting for a strong leader to come from the Israeli opposition that could toss Bibi out on his ear, but one has yet to appear. Sort of what we’ve had to deal with in the Democratic Party.
     
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    China's clout has to do with their dominance in the markets. It's why Disney has to be very careful with their Marvel movies to not offend the CCP. It's not because they are afraid of being nuked.
     
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    Winnie the Pooh isn’t popular in China for some reason
     
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    Good for US/Israel relations. Happy about this
     
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    Spoken from God to Israel

    "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

    Gen. 12:3
     
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    Spoken from God to Israel

    "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." Gen. 12:3
     
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    Then why does Israel have to murder people then if God is doing the cursing? Kind of oxymoronic. I mean let God do his work already.
     
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    Agree latest example of this is China slapping a 200% tariff on australian wines. If keeping china in check was the goal then scrapping the tpp was a mistake. The whole apac region will become more and more dependent on and aligned with China over time.
     
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    Whether you agree with the Bible or not let me say this, you're welcome to accept it or reject it but this is the POV. Israel is God's chosen people and it is their land and they have a right to defend themselves Ultimately it is sovereign God's work and will at work here and Israel is the chosen instrument and vessel in the Middle East region. Again I'm just pointing out contextually in Bible terms, if you're interested in seeing it through that lens.
     
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    What above the sovereignty of Iranians?
     
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    I will reject any arcane nostalgia you care to use to excuse murder, assassination, and theft. God's will is just corrupt religious dogma that means whatever you want it to mean.
     
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    So then the sancity of life needing to be preserved has an asterik on it? Israel has legal abortion so I guess it's OK since they are doing God's work?
     
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    Why does the US have nukes then?
     
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    judgement day
     
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    "There I will meet with you. I will speak with you from above the ark-cover, from between the two Cherubim which are on the ark for the testimony, about all the orders I am giving you for the people of Israel.” -Exodus 25:22
     
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    I think you ought to post that again. I'm not sure Bibi heard you.
     
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    "You shall acknowledge no God but me. . . . You are destroyed, Israel. . . . The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open." (Hosea 13:4, 9, 16)
     
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    Hate Your Family: Luke 14:26

    If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters… he cannot be My disciple.
     

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