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yardwork

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4. He seems to be saying the calculations weren't right.

Reply to TommyT139 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 04:47 PM

Aug 2025

He seems to be saying that the Palestinians had to do the October 7 attack, based on their calculations, which weren't right.

I don't understand him to be saying the attack wasn't right.

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Leader of protests at Columbia University appears to justify 7 October massacre [View all] RandySF Aug 2025 OP

"...which, it's obvious, were not right." TommyT139 Aug 2025 #1

Full quote. RandySF Aug 2025 #2

Exactly. TommyT139 Aug 2025 #3

He was referring to a miscalculation, not the immorality. RandySF Aug 2025 #6

That's why it's important to hear/read the whole thing. TommyT139 Aug 2025 #7

Thank you. H2O Man Aug 2025 #12

As if morality never enters into caculations. Eko Aug 2025 #11

He seems to be saying the calculations weren't right. yardwork Aug 2025 #4

Hope they stretched before they made that leap. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #5

Record number of Palestinian children were killed by Israel including American citizens Blue Full Moon Aug 2025 #8

If merely explaining a POV and strategy is complicity and "justification" where does that leave historians? AloeVera Aug 2025 #9

Interesting observation. Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #10

Many of them are coalescing around the opinion that Israel is committing genocide EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #13

With all due respect to the seven experts interviewed by NRC, Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #14