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stopdiggin

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4. Thanks. I highly suspected this was something of the sort.

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:36 PM

Aug 2024

And the aid groups need to stop mealy-mouthing around about when this happens.
If your aid conveys need armed guards (understandable and defensible) - then that is part of the mission, and clearly needs to be vetted. But the idea that we're just going to 'add on' armed individuals as we go ... Who in their right mind .. ?

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US aid group admits Gaza convoy was taken over by unvetted people before IDF struck them [View all] Beastly Boy Aug 2024 OP

Is there nothing in this blighted part of the world that is not of surreal stupidity? Holy land, my ass. EarnestPutz Aug 2024 #1

Yes, I wonder just who the "armed men Cha Aug 2024 #2

Yet the knee jerk reaction was condemnation. madaboutharry Aug 2024 #3

Thanks. I highly suspected this was something of the sort. stopdiggin Aug 2024 #4

This is my shocked face: Behind the Aegis Aug 2024 #5