does canada export a substantive amount of ammunition to the united states? seems backwards.

i interpreted it as a meaningless and in fact truly foolish political decision by ms. jolie who, like other fake left and actually very conservative politicians who have recently made the mistake of sympathizing with hamas, may be in for some political consequences for her foolishness.

i would advise the americans against making much of an issue out of it. i mean, look at the actual numbers. they can't be substantive.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada-arms-sales-for-israel

i have stated repeatedly that the uk's primary concern here should be to prevent german rearmament, not to contain russia.

germany has attacked britain a great deal many times over the last two thousand years, including the premise of the shakspeare play hamlet and accounting for the fact that the british people today speak a dialect of german. also, world wars one and two.

the closest thing to a war between russia and the uk was the crimean war, which involved the uk attacking russia. rather, the uk and russia are historical allies when things get tough, and they usually align against the damn germans.

what's happening now - germany rebuilding it's army to fight an aggressive war in ukraine against russia - puts britain at imminent threat of danger from it's primary recent historical antagonist. for that reason, the british should be seeking to wrap this up like a cupcake at tea time.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvdyd4nnzro

hamas is not a rational actor. that should have been obvious from day one, and you'd have to be pretty fucking stupid not to figure it out immediately. you don't treat hamas with respect or as an equal or as a rational negotiating partner. you have to step on it's throat until it coughs.

i consequently have a different suggestion to israel, at this point, and it's probably overdue.

if the previous offer of negotiation was to release the hostages immediately or face complete annihilation of your city-state, hamas has chosen complete annihilation, and the people that live there are overwhelmingly in support of it. that's reflective of a low level of education in the region (and the culture..) but so be it. you can't fix stupid.

israel actually needs to escalate, in response.

israel should start executing palestinian prisoners daily until the hostages are released, and the number killed per day should slowly increase until the hostages are released.

that's how you deal with hamas. that's what hamas understands.