Josh Howie

That Nick Fuentes clip that's doing the rounds explains Lotus Eaters et al. They are cowardly sheep who followed the fashion of being anti-Israel just to stay relevant - even to the point of laundering antisemitism (under the spell of a Lebanese nationalist). There was a time when they were cosying up to Tommy Robinson, but now Charlie Downes is their flavour of the month with the kids, and they want to keep the yoof audience - who are manipulated by the precise bullshit Fuentes is talking about (and proliferates). It wouldn't be so bad but Lotus Eaters guys are old enough to know better. Carl Benjamin is my age for fucks sake. Sad and pathetic. I stood firm in my beliefs by defending Israel because it is the right thing to do. Everything Israel has done since 2023 has been defensive action, and 100% justified. Israel has been under sustained attack on all sides from Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran, and there is no negotiated peace with people who want to destroy you. Hamas turned Gaza into a forward operating base for Jihad, from which countless rockets have been fired over the last twenty years, with the express intent of killing civilians. All the while the world has urged Israel to show restraint. But restraint got them nothing. Just more of the same. They've had to further fortify their borders with Iron Dome, and still Hamas sent in a rape-murder squad to massacre civilians in an orgy of violence. Nothing excuses that. Nobody is obliged to simply tolerate that, and in so doing Palestinians forfeited any right to a state. 7/10 necessitated everything that's been done since in Gaza, not least because Gaza is a military bunker complex, as is Southern Lebanon. It requires a comprehensive military response. That Gazans have suffered is 100% on Hamas. Ultimately, it's not more complicated than that. Israel won its right to exist through its war of independence, and to this day defends that which worth defending - an imperfect but stable democratic civilisation. Choosing a side has never been easier. You're either on their side, or you side with the anti-west, anti-capitalist Islamo-leftist alliance - along with dysfunctional despotic basketcase Arab regimes, and far-right antisemites. The pathological losers of the world. It should be recalled that Israel never wanted any of this. This is a country that just wants the safety of a homeland for the Jewish people in their place of origin - and with good cause. But it's Iran and its proxies who have attacked Israel. Israel has been uncompromising in its self-defence - and it is right that we have come to their aid. Our foreign policy cannot simply be "let the chips fall where they may". Personally I have zero sympathy for Palestinians. Every hand of compromise has been slapped away and every chance at peace has been squandered. There are causes and peoples more deserving of our sympathy, attention, and aid. I do lament that Gazans are very much held hostage by Hamas, and for that reason I wish Israel every success in hunting them down and destroying them. The sooner it is done the better. They should get on and finish the job. There is a curious phenomenon in the West where very often the militarily illiterate will always side with the underdog, but Palestinians are underdogs for a reason. Palestinian society is a death cult, perhaps incurably so. They only enjoy sympathy from the rest of the world because the rest of the world does not have to live under a barrage of Hamas rockets. It's very different for Israelis who've been fighting for their own survival from the beginning. Hamas started this was but Israel is finishing it. They've been ruthless in their execution, but that's what it has come to. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. There is an outstanding debate as to the extent to which the West should involve itself, where there is room for disagreement, but I am proud that the RAF participated in the defence of Israeli air space when Iran attacked them. I also do not think the threat that Iran poses to the entire region can simply be ignored. Isolationism has its own consequences. Inaction also has a cost. That policy disagreement, though, doesn't change the fact that Israel has every right to defend itself, and should not be condemned for being good at it. FAFO is a sound basis for foreign policy. The basic lesson from Gaza is that wars are bad and it is unwise to start them, especially when you lack the means to win. Hamas, of course, knew it didn't have the means to win and has since put their own people in harm's way to garner sympathy and drum up international condemnation of Israel. It's emotional blackmail. It was likely to succeed precisely because the Western media is so gullible, cowardly, weak-minded, and in many cases outright antisemitic. The children at Lotus Eaters and Restore Britain can count themselves among them. Moronic losers, the lot.