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In reply to the discussion: Sanders says Americans don't 'want to be complicit' in 'starvation' in Gaza [View all]betsuni
(27,125 posts)51. I cracked open a book!
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Sanders says Americans don't 'want to be complicit' in 'starvation' in Gaza [View all]
David__77
May 2024
OP
35,000+ Gazans have already been held accountable whether they were Hamas or not. That's a kill ratio of about 30:1.
Marcuse
May 2024
#11
The UN just HALVED its estimate of actual deaths. Hamas has always provided the numbers
oldsoftie
May 2024
#13
It's not "the UN death number". It's the number of fatalities reported to the UN by Hamas.
lapucelle
May 2024
#34
Yes, I know. The UN is publicly reporting the Hamas numbers with a disclaimer appended.
lapucelle
May 2024
#39
Deuteronomy authorizes far worse for cities like Gaza, but logistically you can't kill them all. You create even more.
Marcuse
May 2024
#30
Hamas doesn't want that. Hamas doesn't value civilian lives THAT is why they hide among them.
Oopsie Daisy
May 2024
#16
Please show your work. Can you direct me to the facts you are basing your opinion on.
mjvpi
May 2024
#31
Oh, Bernie, there you go being all Humanitarian again. Trying to stop the killing and feeding people.
Ping Tung
May 2024
#10
"Biden has learned a lot from Bernie who has been pushing Biden to help poor people."
betsuni
May 2024
#22
Actually yes. Biden's agenda incorporated lots of Sanders' ideas. Biden's agenda the first two years........
mjvpi
May 2024
#37
The working class guy from Scranton famous for taking the train, supporting unions didn't help poor people.
betsuni
May 2024
#43
Myth of Democrats as out-of-touch establishment elites ignoring the working class just won't go away!
betsuni
May 2024
#46
I can't find any of these alleged big policy changes in the Democratic platform that Biden "followed"
betsuni
May 2024
#45
No more than anyone else. From Chris Whipple's "The Fight of His Life, Inside Joe Biden's White House":
betsuni
May 2024
#49
Only humanitarian aid? What about guns, poison, bombs, rockets, drones, and other products
Ping Tung
May 2024
#53