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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAdjusted for population, the Hamas attack would be like killing nearly 40,000 Americans
This is why the people crying about sympathy for the Palestinians will ultimately not be heard. This attack was absolutely horrendous for the nation of Israel. Worse than 9-11 when you consider their much smaller population. Think to yourself, what would Russia do if someone fired 5000 rockets into Moscow and invaded killing and kidnapping tens of thousands of people? What would we do? I won't be surprised if Israel simply razes Gaza, kicks everyone out, and annexes the land.
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Adjusted for population, the Hamas attack would be like killing nearly 40,000 Americans (Original Post)
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Oct 2023
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roamer65
(37,813 posts)1. Trump killed over 1,000,000 Americans with the CoVID virus.
Your numbers reminded me of that fact.
milestogo
(22,391 posts)2. And how many Chinese?
LuckyCharms
(21,310 posts)3. If Israel enters Gaza and mows down or displaces 2,000,000 Gazans,
then that would be the equivalent of killing or displacing 332,000,000 Americans.
Israel's goal is going to be to decapitate Hamas.
How they do that without killing innocents is the problem.
And this is the eternal dilemma.