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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1
This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
Rats with GOF-d rabies. I liked the Brad Pitt World War Z more than the book, Yonkers gave me an aneurysm, my brains are eminently vulnerable to hydrostatic shock even if zombies aren't.
It would fit the cycle of escalation seen in the 20s, and serve as a nice palate cleanser alongside getting the aliens watching to suspend disbelief when the Isreal-Palestine conflict ends.
Well, if teaching microorganisms to only attack Islamists fails, I think nerve gas might work, I'm sure there's some variant that rapidly degrades and isn't too lethal unless you're stuck breathing it. Maybe just pump carbon monoxide, and have sensors that detect the leaks where Hamas opens the air holes every now and again.
Or starve them out. Bunker busters. And as someone suggested, flood them.
There's a reason that even us lazy interns in a government hospital in India didn't fuck around with jabbing our patients who got so much as scratched by a stray cat with their shots. And we chased people who suffered road traffic accidents out onto the streets, as soon as we were reasonably confident they wouldn't die as soon as they left.
If you watch archival footage of the rare cases caught on video, it's a horrible way to go, the only way to ease their passing is to sedate them into oblivion.
I'm glad I've never seen a real case, even India isn't so backward that a normal doctor, even in a rural area, can expect to see one.
Probably the worst thing bats have done for us, COVID notwithstanding.
It's not something I've thought about, but after looking it up, it seems what kills them isn't a lack of fluid, per se, but pretty much every organ in the body shutting down.
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What's a good anti-tunnel strategy for the Israelis? A few things immediately come to mind:
I think the tunnels are the main infrastructure advantage for Hamas, and Israel will need to confront them directly somehow.
Rats with GOF-d rabies. I liked the Brad Pitt World War Z more than the book, Yonkers gave me an aneurysm, my brains are eminently vulnerable to hydrostatic shock even if zombies aren't.
It would fit the cycle of escalation seen in the 20s, and serve as a nice palate cleanser alongside getting the aliens watching to suspend disbelief when the Isreal-Palestine conflict ends.
Well, if teaching microorganisms to only attack Islamists fails, I think nerve gas might work, I'm sure there's some variant that rapidly degrades and isn't too lethal unless you're stuck breathing it. Maybe just pump carbon monoxide, and have sensors that detect the leaks where Hamas opens the air holes every now and again.
Or starve them out. Bunker busters. And as someone suggested, flood them.
I just re-learned about rabies, in the last 10 days:
There's a reason that even us lazy interns in a government hospital in India didn't fuck around with jabbing our patients who got so much as scratched by a stray cat with their shots. And we chased people who suffered road traffic accidents out onto the streets, as soon as we were reasonably confident they wouldn't die as soon as they left.
If you watch archival footage of the rare cases caught on video, it's a horrible way to go, the only way to ease their passing is to sedate them into oblivion.
I'm glad I've never seen a real case, even India isn't so backward that a normal doctor, even in a rural area, can expect to see one.
Probably the worst thing bats have done for us, COVID notwithstanding.
Do you know why IV fluids fail to hydrate? I am only going off wikipedia here, and maybe errantly...
It's not something I've thought about, but after looking it up, it seems what kills them isn't a lack of fluid, per se, but pretty much every organ in the body shutting down.
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