100%
i think this plan has more of a vision to it.
Israeli media and socials are ecstatic. it's wild.

This is the first time in my adult life that Israeli media mention end-of-conflict scenarios. Suddenly no more pundit nonsense about 'total victory'. There is worry about disarming hamas, enforcement, etc. I don't remember this level of optimism since i was a kid.

🤣

...one morning and everything is different today than it was yesterday. Usually it's for the worst, but not always."
This morning is one of those days. I see the first glimmer of optimism in my adult life. 2/2

Maybe settlements are supposed to be the price

Nothing explicit against settlements in the strip either. Only implied in pt 16.

In his world only fancy people get horses

I still don't get why Palantir and not any of the other firms with no real product or market...

The difference is that the Biden WH at least thought about what they were doing and packaged their pressure as part of a current of both domestic and Israeli politics. They could have been tougher but I'm not sure it would have helped.

so many war movies and books tend toward a trope of the older generation's last war.
The only one I can think of where that's central to the story is "last flag flying".

I just can't get over them calling themselves that. AQ should sue or whatever.

ripe old ages for alcoholics, though