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slaacaa @lemmy.world

7mo ago

Things you should never ask

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this is like second or third worst kept secret in the middle east
- now you have me wondering what is the first
  
  that israel has nukes
  
  Those back-alley 'marriages' to 13-year-old "virgins" aren't going to last.
  
  Religion is just there to keep the masses down
  
  That Israel is a terrorist state at this point.

Why would a diplomat have a direct line of communication with a powerful military force in the region? That seems like a pretty straightforward question with an obvious answer lol.
- shhhhhh it's conspiracy theory time...
  
  It's not a conspiracy theory that Iran and Hezbollah are allies.

Yeah, we sure showed that 10 year old!
- Damn the Iranian ambassador sure was young
  
  Don't forget all those Hamas nurses and doctors. Totally not indiscriminate terrorism against civilians. Israel never does that!
  
  Enjoy losing the electronics handheld market to the Chinese as everyone gets paranoid about Western smartphones. Will you still be laughing when this hack inevitably leaks and is used to harm you or your family. I'm a computer hacker and it's looking more and more like these were done by hacking the devices and detonating the battery. But hey, at least you got to do a completely militarily impotent terrorism against a group fighting a genocide.

I'd be surprised if he didn't.

Did he?
- He did
  Apparently he lost an eye and the other is damaged.
  
  Well, now he looks just like Salman Rushdie, sounds fair...sort of.

What is a "Hezbollah pager"
- Pagers were precursors to cell phones, there's a little screen and it buzzes but the primary purpose is just to tell you to call someone.
  Hezbollah is a political party / paramilitary group in Lebanon, aligned with Iran against Israel. And Lebanon shares a border with Israel so a famously fraught relationship there and it has only gotten worse since October. They use pagers because the Israeli intelligence agency is notoriously good and they would likely hack any cell phone.
  Speaking of which, Israeli intelligence planted bombs in pagers sold to Hezbollah by a 3rd party over the last 2 years, and recently detonated the bombs, killing or wounding many members of Hezbollah. Also an Iranian ambassador.
  
  Also killing 2 children and wounding many more... You know, the thing that tends to happen when you randomly set off bombs all over the place in between civilians and families.

It was on discount on Jihad R Us.
But seriously, doubt the relation can be considered much of a secret.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager

Why does anyone have pagers anymore?
- Because the terror state next door can target you if you have a cell phone.
  
  But also they can target you if you have a pager too.... Clearly.

You can ask "him" but you'd have to repeat the question to each of his ears (which are several meters apart).

not just crunchy, burnt.

Communication? Lebanon has a right to defend itself. It's like questioning why Biden has a line to the Israel Prime Minister.
- Hezbollah is a right wing religious militia, not the government of Lebanon
  
  they're not the government but they are a political party with 15 seats in the parliament.
  
  They are like the minutemen, but have worse PR.
- Why should the US president be in regular contact with the perpetrator of an ongoing genocide?
  Almost makes you think the US supports continued Israeli apartheid.
  
  You're asking why the US formed an ally 75 years ago with the only stable democracy in the middle east and has a continued interest in maintaining stability in the region?
  Of course not, you can only operate in sound bytes, buzzwords and catchphrases.
- Pagers are one directional, and cant be traced.
  To view a different way, why do they have a pager, rather than just calling an embassy, "state department" or cell phone?
  
  If they have nothing to hide, why don't they let themselves be killed?

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