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TheKentuckian

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23. With no other connection with the arms dealer than

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Fri Dec 8, 2023, 11:18 PM

Dec 2023

being related to him it seems unsettling to throw such out there.

It feels like it can only act as guilt by association.

There is plenty of room for unrelenting fury at Hamas, Hezbollah, their supporters and funders without adding witch hunts to it.

Robespierre and Joe McCarthy can stay where they are.

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The uncle of Amal Clooney is arms dealer Ziad Takieddine, major supplier of weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah. [View all] milestogo Dec 2023 OP

A lot of people have shitty relatives. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #1

Arms dealer for Hamas is about as shitty as it gets. milestogo Dec 2023 #3

What is she supposed to do about it? MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2023 #10

Probably about as meaningful as the fact Mary Trump's uncle is the orange menace. Takket Dec 2023 #2

Or Joe Biden TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #4

His son is accused by imbeciles of criminal behavior. He is not a criminal. Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #6

You really don't think that Hunter Biden broke the law? TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #7

He's innocent until proven guilty. Deuxcents Dec 2023 #12

He ADMITTED the crimes TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #13

What crimes? I know that he checked the wrong box on a gun application years ago, and Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #15

I'm pretty sure you can do the Google research yourself TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #16

Yep. Your article pretty much agrees with what I said. Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #20

Post removed Post removed Dec 2023 #22

His admission was to two tax misdemeanors. Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #24

Ok, he's an idiot Pisces Dec 2023 #11

Yes. Definitely an idiot. Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #21

Well, I think of the (beyond horrible) Stephen Miller, whose Uncle disowned him long ago and hlthe2b Dec 2023 #5

"it may mean nothing" - sounds like a smear attempt does it not nt msongs Dec 2023 #8

so? Lunabell Dec 2023 #9

And what? choie Dec 2023 #14

May mean something. When do we start forming "committees" fur das safety auf der outsiders? I mean, it means ... marble falls Dec 2023 #17

She's Lebanese and a human rights lawyer? And? .... What are you suggesting? marmar Dec 2023 #18

My K&R is for, "interesting" - nothing more (at this point). UTUSN Dec 2023 #19

With no other connection with the arms dealer than TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #23