All wars are brutal, ugly and inhumane. And it seems to me that that ugliness has impacted DU.

[PatrickforB]

117. No, I'm motivated by genuine change at the policy level that will ensure

people have enough, they have a level playing field where working hard can actually get you ahead, and ideally, I'd like to see a world, and help build one, where justice does prevail.

What I work for every day of my life is to make the world a better place because I have lived.

Any problem with that? Really?

Just because I'm asking a pointed question about people not having enough to fill their material needs?

Gosh, I thought that is what Democrats stand for. You know - upholding the rights of workers, standing for better pay, better benefits, economic justice.

Again, punishing the 2 million Palestinians crammed into Gaza for what Hamas did is bad policy. It will merely create more lasting hatred, and that region has already had decades of it. Does compassion for children in harm's way ring a bell? Compassion for poor working schmucks just trying to make a living? NOT Hamas. No compassion for them. Please read that - I'm putting it in BOLD lest you miss my point.

But wouldn't it be better if everyone had things like a decent job that pays a living wage? Healthcare? Dental care? Good schools? A world where people's lives are held equal in importance to shareholder profits?

Will we ever get there? Not if we on here cannot even agree about whether Israel should utterly crush Hamas (they SHOULD and we should help them), or whether Israel should crush both Hamas (yes) and the rest of the two million Palestinians in Gaza (no).

Please - really? Don't you get that? That basic thing?