President Trump announces the United States will Take over and Own Gaza

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The implications of the United States owning and controlling Gaza…

• Geopolitical and Strategic Implications:
—— Direct U.S. control over Gaza would represent a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, potentially aiming to stabilize the region by controlling a key area that has been a focal point of conflict.
—— This could involve setting up military or administrative bases under the guise of humanitarian aid.

• Regional Power Dynamics:
—— this could alter the balance of power in the Middle East, potentially escalating tensions with neighboring countries like Egypt, Lebanon, and Iran, who have vested interests in the Palestinian territories.
—— It might also affect relations with allies like Saudi Arabia

• Humanitarian and Legal Concerns:
—— this will place the U.S. directly responsible for the welfare, human rights, and legal obligations concerning the Palestinian population.
—— this may possibly violate international humanitarian law.

• International Reputation:
—— The U.S.'s international standing could be severely impacted, with accusations of imperialism or neo-colonialism.
—— This could lead to a loss of moral high ground in international forums and complicate diplomatic relations, especially with nations critical of U.S. policy towards Israel and Palestine.

The political cost could be high, especially considering the influence of pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian lobbies, as well as the electorate's views on foreign policy.

• Reconstruction Costs:
—— The U.S. would likely be responsible for the enormous cost of rebuilding Gaza, which has been repeatedly destroyed in conflicts.
—— This would be both a financial burden and an opportunity to shape the region according to U.S. interests.

• Aid and Development:
—— While the U.S. has shown willingness to provide humanitarian aid, direct control would necessitate a comprehensive strategy for long-term development, governance, and economic stability, which could be seen as either an opportunity or an overreach.

Military and Security Considerations:
—— The U.S. would assume responsibility for security in Gaza, dealing with ongoing threats from militant groups, managing borders, and possibly engaging in peacekeeping or counter-insurgency operations, which would stretch military and diplomatic resources.

• Risk of Escalation:
—— There's a significant risk of escalation, where the U.S. could become a direct target for attacks, both within Gaza and potentially from regional actors opposed to U.S. presence in the area.

What do you all think?
 
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This should get those A-holes in the middle east attention. Straighten their shit out or have the big Satan in your back yard with Trump resorts. I bet the back channel chatter is loud.
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I watched the press conference when he said it. I think even netanyahu thinks Trump is out of his mind. I hope he's just setting out an outrageous position to get to some sort of deal.
 
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Wait! Is this instead of making Canada, eh? the 51st state or in addition to?
He's just thinking out loud. I firmly believe he does it just to get the left strokin' out.
And no, I'm not tired of winning yet!
 
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Fuk Gaza, flatten everything there

Fuk Canada, flatten everything there

Fuk Mexico, ruin that country and it will ripple to the tip of South America

Fuk China, shutdown all trade and isolate them bastards, let then cannibalize themselves
 
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GOPerfect said:
This is a stupid idea. I do not like this at all.
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Yea, I am in favor of most of Trump's actions, but not this one.

I see zero upside and a hell of a mess to get there.

Gaza is the cess pool that nobody in the middle east even wants.

WtF do we want it for ?

"Taking over Gaza" is basically like bidding on a porta-john at an auction. If the porta-john was overflowing with shit and currently on fire.
 
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Back when much of that area enjoyed a relative freedom, Lebanon was a destination, Beirut was the 'Rivera' of the eastern Mediterranean, a place people flocked to. No one dares go there now, and they have built at least three generations of hate filled people to insure nothing changes for a long, long time and that is nothing compared to the hate stored in Gaza, build it up, prettify it but the dark energy of hate will eventually erupt. Not even their fellow islamic Arabs want them in their country. Pretty sad, that area we call Palestine housed the best educated and cultured Arabs in the near east, now, just haters.
Even so,I guess its' worth a try.
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"What Trump did was force a hard reset on the Gaza problem, with the dual sticks of an American military presence/forced removals and the carrot of international development. Either way, the other Arab nations can get serious about divorcing Gazans from their terrorist ambitions… or maybe they get the stick."

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Crazy Talk, Vol. 2: Trump's Radical Plan to Take Over Gaza

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This sounds far more likely.

Trump is not dumb enough to actually want any part of Gaza.

Best case, they make the Egyptian take it back.

Then they can deal with the Hamas problem efficiently, since the whole world won't care how they do it.

Anyone but Isreal would have just killed anyone who even thought about jointing Hamas by now.
 
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CNYJohn said:
Fuk Gaza, flatten everything there

Fuk Canada, flatten everything there

Fuk Mexico, ruin that country and it will ripple to the tip of South America

Fuk China, shutdown all trade and isolate them bastards, let then cannibalize themselves
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Hey hey hey, I want Canada to just become South Alaska. The people in the big cities there can leave though.
 
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pshift said:
It will be a nice vacation spot for the uber-wealthy, to be sure.
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He did say he'd turn it into another Rivera, which would bring economic prosperity to the region and if the US owns it, then the argument with the Palestinians turns into one with the US....IIRC, Israel removed all the Jews from Gaza and made it Palestinian territory and smouldering piles of rubble are damn hard to live on...'course there is the argument they're Indians being moved to a Reservation, which might not be a bad thing either...anyway, it's way above my pay grade, and I'm happy Trump's getting shit done here at a record pace, so I'll go along.
 
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