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Orrex

(67,398 posts)
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 09:41 PM Aug 2025

The OP is starting a discussion; your post attempted to end it

You assert (without evidence or rhetorical support) that Hamas has agency in this.

You would meanwhile have us believe that Israel, with the most advanced and well-funded military in the region, is somehow powerless to act in the face of this mysterious foe. We've heard that rhetoric for many decades.

You are advocating--with conspicuous vigor--for the continued slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians, and here is the essence of your argument as you've presented it:

Hamas saying that they want to commit genocide is much, much worse than Israel actually committing genocide with the generous financial support of the US.


Again, I wonder how history will view Israel's actions in this.

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