Russian propagandist Sergei Mardan said Russia would benefit from the escalation as the world would “look away from Ukraine for a while and get back to putting out the eternal fire in the Middle East.”

15 comments

1. Don’t hold your breath, Israel doesn’t need our help to destroy Hamas

2. This might be true in the short run. In the long run, Israel will finally recognize who their real enemy is. Once Hamas is done with, Israel will join the alliance with Ukraine against
   Russia. Hamas is making a huge mistake killing and taking Americans hostage. Unfortunately it will be the innocents who suffer the most.

   “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:”

3. I have no doubt that Russia and Iran are behind support for Hamas as a partial distraction from the war in Ukraine to buy Russia some time.

   I could also make the assertion that the GOP Trump supporters are also behind this terrorist attack because they support Putin / Russia which supports Iran / Hamas.

   Trump and GOP are enemies of US Democracy! Thats what this means.

4. He defeated himself with his own argument. The “eternal conflict” in the middle east is exactly that… eternal! No one will “look away” for long. Russia’s ally, Iran, is behind this (as usual) and the west will draw the appropriate conclusions. To hell with Putin and the ayatollahs!

5. They will say anything

6. Wouldn’t doubt Russia funded and organized it

7. the only result of this will be a castrated Iran and Israel firmly in the western camp.

8. Someone needs to remind the Wannabe-Superpower that an Actual-Superpower can do two things at once.

9. A part of me thinks Russia was somehow involved in stirring up this attack.

10. We all heard the quiet part already, even before he said it out loud.

11. Not sure Russians understand metaphors. Why would you bother trying to put out an eternal fire?

    And defending Europe is vastly more important than defending Israel – who will openly obliterate Hamas and Gaza now without needing much help from anyone, while sitting firmly on the moral high ground again after a while of being a fashionably pseudo-apartheid pariah for contrarians.

    Logical brain says this is the absolute end of Palestinian statehood, Gaza. Hamas and not likely to make anyone forget what’s happening in Ukriane besides. Good job, Russia. Every incremental decision in your unilateral attempt to ignite WW3 is a parade of winning so far.

    These delusional Cold War ghouls are so trapped in the most evil death cult variant 20th century thinking.

12. No, western politicians won’t touch the conflict after the Oslo agreement turned into an embarrassing farse.

13. I may get downvotes but Mardan has a punchable face. Slava Ukraini and I stand with Israel.

    As someone said downthread, Superpowers CAN do more than one thing at at time! Take that, RuZZia!

14. Misdirection. “Don’t look here, look what we have there”

15. Don’t count on it, Sergei. Many of us hate Russia more than we love Israel.