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PCIntern

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21. Exactly...and
Sat Jun 8, 2024, 01:48 PM
Jun 2024

Those American estimates of Viet Cong casualties which were multiplied by 10, 20 or 50 depending on the mood of the public relations officers that day. Do people recall that in the beginning of this conflict, the Gaza ministry of health was reporting the deaths of the terrorists in Israel during the terrorist rape, mutilations, kidnappings, and murders as implied innocent casualties of the war? Oops.

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The sarcasm of your headline is duly noted! madaboutharry Jun 2024 #1
"The hamas ministry of health reports scores of women and children among the martyrs" Beastly Boy Jun 2024 #2
Just keep pretending kids aren't being bombed by our ally! ExciteBike66 Jun 2024 #42
And you keep pretending that Hamas health agency is a legitimate source of information. Beastly Boy Jun 2024 #43
According to AP it was closer to 100 Palestinians al bupp Jun 2024 #3
This is what an unnamed Hamas health official says Beastly Boy Jun 2024 #4
The wounded IDF Special Forces guy didn't make it unfortunately EX500rider Jun 2024 #5
Israel people are hostages. Palestinians are terrorists. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #6
I had the same observation when reading. onecaliberal Jun 2024 #7
They are consistent though. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #9
Oh sure. Israel invaded Gaza, killed, raped, and mutilated grandmothers and babies and took 250 hostages question everything Jun 2024 #10
So the Israelis that were kidnapped and being held in Gaza are not hostages ? JI7 Jun 2024 #11
Why do anti-Palestinians denounce the Gaza Health Ministry death counts while every official agency, east & west, accept TeamProg Jun 2024 #12
Simple answer sarisataka Jun 2024 #14
Exactly...and PCIntern Jun 2024 #21
Yah no we aren't talking about the VietNam war. Ooops! TeamProg Jun 2024 #23
Speak for yourself...I am. PCIntern Jun 2024 #30
You're free to do that but the point is not directly relevant. TeamProg Jun 2024 #34
It most certainly is... PCIntern Jun 2024 #38
From Murphy's laws of combat- sarisataka Jun 2024 #31
Ah yes, the IDF counts that way. TeamProg Jun 2024 #33
The Gaza Health Ministry would say all 37 were innocent sarisataka Jun 2024 #36
Not false, true. Look it up. The ONLY nation that does not accept Hamas death counts is.... get ready... TeamProg Jun 2024 #22
Look it up- good advice sarisataka Jun 2024 #24
Nope, no clear disagreement on the number of dead. Proportions of women, children, fighters vary. Certainly the IDF TeamProg Jun 2024 #27
And Hamas considers sarisataka Jun 2024 #28
Here ya go! TeamProg Jun 2024 #32
Here is the issue: sarisataka Jun 2024 #35
Here is a simple solution bottomofthehill Jun 2024 #41
The peculiar thing is that the "50" in the thread title came from ... the Hamas Health Ministry muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #37
DU delegation manicdem Jun 2024 #40
Good that "able bodied" are included. They have been considered soldiers, even if reservists and were question everything Jun 2024 #8
K&R betsuni Jun 2024 #13
People are complaining that it wasn't fair, not enough IDF soldiers died. Mosby Jun 2024 #15
War isn't about fairness. don't start wars. Bad Thoughts Jun 2024 #17
Good On IDF Rescuing the 4 Hostages! Too bad Cha Jun 2024 #19
+1000 ShazzieB Jun 2024 #29
That's bizarre. War as a game where players have the same number of cards. betsuni Jun 2024 #25
You hit the nail on the head sarisataka Jun 2024 #26
Choosing war means preferring force over fairness Bad Thoughts Jun 2024 #39
Statement of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Israeli Hostage Rescue Operation LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2024 #16
Jake Sullivan Quote.. Cha Jun 2024 #20
Such Welcoming News.. TY, BB! Cha Jun 2024 #18
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