“If NATO had really been (or is) convinced that Russia is serious about expanding westwards, all NATO troops would have been on the ground in person long ago. The fact that they weren't shows that they don't really believe in this intention. They never believed in it because the real intention was to harm Russia and bring both Ukraine and Russia itself under control."

I quite agree.

"Israel is defeated"

I also agree with that.

I was discussing this with another Hive user earlier, pointing out that Netanyahu created and funded Hamas since before Israel assassinated Arafat, and the IDF were war criminals, isolated, and had exactly one ally and ~200 enemies. He said this.

"It is totally appropriate, moral and with extensive historical precedent for the losers of a war they started to lose land and have to be resettled. Ask the Hungarians, Germans, Pakistanis and Indians, Cypriots and many others.

"It is perfectly acceptable under all relevant international treaties.
I suggest you read them, as the ridiculous and meaningless term "ethnic cleansing" has no place in international law.

"Trump's plan is perfectly legal, moral and practical and WILL be implemented in some form because the vast majority of Israelis and Americans support it and the Gazans themselves want to leave.

"The opinion of everyone else is irrelevant. Trump and Bibi have the leverage to force Egypt and Jordan to comply. After all Israel supplies almost all Jordan's water and energy and most of Egypt's energy and the US supplies huge aid and weapons.
"They will fold or fall."

Part of my response follows.

"Hamas and the Palestinians didn't lose. Israel did. When you fight a war with an insurgency, if the insurgency lives, it won. When Hamas delivered hostages, it showed that it was still at full strength, and despite the horrific destruction and hundreds of thousands of civilians Israel murdered unlawfully they were so deep underground Israel couldn't touch them.

"Henry Kissinger predicted that Israel would not exist in 10 years prior to his death. Nine years and counting now."

I think you and I have the right of it, and Israel is probably not going to survive long except as Trump Resorts and Casino Tel Aviv: Boystown, or something. I completely agree that the US needs to pull in it's horns, as the disastrous foreign anti-policy of the four measly years of the degeneracy administration has managed to outrage and disgust just about every polity on Earth, and I don't think that was an accident. Because it wasn't accidental to strip the USA of international support, I think that suggests China is going to make a move, and that means you're absolutely right that the USA needs it's troops at home.

Don't think that's on Trump's playlist though. I'll be happy if he gets troops out of Syria and keeps them out of Gaza. It'd be a great idea to get them out of Africa and give China something else to do than occupy BC and Alaska, too.