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iemanja

(54,160 posts)
65. "We're not even in this war"
Tue May 7, 2024, 11:12 PM
May 2024

It's our tax dollars paying to kill those children. You can pretend our hands are clean, but they are not. Why do you suppose there are protests throughout the nation? Do you think that are imagining a US connection?

Not to mention that this site contains no small number of people who justify on a daily basis the bloodshed taking place in Rafah, as this thread demonstrates.

They've been dehumanized. [View all] onecaliberal May 2024 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author FSogol May 2024 #1
Yes it has Johnny2X2X May 2024 #2
Thanks for the info. n/t FSogol May 2024 #3
You're welcome Johnny2X2X May 2024 #4
Agreed. n/t FSogol May 2024 #5
Terrible?????? DENVERPOPS May 2024 #22
. TomDaisy May 2024 #60
So tell Hamas to surrender and return the hostages. n/t Coventina May 2024 #6
... or the kid gets it LuvLoogie May 2024 #16
Plenty of kids were massacred by Hamas in the Oct. 7th attacks. Coventina May 2024 #21
So keep shooting until Netanyahu LuvLoogie May 2024 #23
Jewish lives mean nothing. Got it. n/t Coventina May 2024 #26
How many Hamas are left? LuvLoogie May 2024 #30
Seven missiles fired at Israel today from Gaza. It's daily. LeftInTX May 2024 #43
So what Israel is doing isn't working? Cuthbert Allgood May 2024 #115
and collective punishment is a textbook war crime TomDaisy May 2024 #62
It's the Hamas underground network system that Israel is targeting, wnylib May 2024 #110
So tens of thousands of innocent civilians, PatSeg May 2024 #116
I agree. I don't agree with all the 2,000 lb bombs which has caused so much destruction. LeftInTX May 2024 #117
Every "retaliation" from Israel soldierant May 2024 #120
Genocide is Netanyahu's plan. Got it. n/t TomDaisy May 2024 #61
How many dead Palestinians are necessary iemanja May 2024 #66
No, actually every Jewish Israeli life seems to be worth about 20 or 30 DemocraticPatriot May 2024 #102
Operation Lavender, Where's Daddy? OrangeJoe May 2024 #37
Did the allies refrain from invading Berlin in 1945? Happy Hoosier May 2024 #24
Hamas did some really heinous shit. Hassin Bin Sober May 2024 #31
Hitler's army was destroyed by April 1945 Happy Hoosier May 2024 #32
Yeah, Hamas' Panzer divisions and Luftwaffe are a bitch. LuvLoogie May 2024 #108
Please stop with the WWII analogies Redleg May 2024 #109
👍 Tickle May 2024 #74
So tell Netanyahoo to quit and surrender to the world court n/t DemocraticPatriot May 2024 #101
Exactly! SharonAnn May 2024 #118
Where is Egypt? mzmolly May 2024 #7
They refuse to help because they want Israel to look bad. Coventina May 2024 #8
Or maybe because Hamas/the Muslim Brotherhood are banned in Egypt... sir pball May 2024 #19
One would think they could set up camps along the borders? mzmolly May 2024 #20
Gaza has received billions . . . Richard D May 2024 #27
Mostly from the US and Europe. Coventina May 2024 #29
True. It is a good question. Richard D May 2024 #35
Ugh. mzmolly May 2024 #114
Egypt is literally right there and could evacuate women and children JCMach1 May 2024 #9
Egypt may not wish to take Israel's refugees. Gaza people are in the homeland now,. David__77 May 2024 #75
They're not interested in taking male teenagers and young men, apparently. BannonsLiver May 2024 #11
Bottom line is they are doing nothing about the humanitarian JCMach1 May 2024 #103
I think this is a big flag worthy of more assessment and discussion FlyingPiggy May 2024 #104
I don't know that I "support" an invasion of Rafah. maxsolomon May 2024 #10
I don't think that Hamas COL Mustard May 2024 #12
Hamas also believes it is ok to kill off the lower classes of their own people for the righteous cause. keithbvadu2 May 2024 #34
Israel is responsible for its own actions Shermanator May 2024 #14
Israel is in the same boat as Ukraine. jimfields33 May 2024 #51
And if Ukraine was slaughtering Russian children Shermanator May 2024 #57
When is Genocidal Gang Rapists Hamas Going to Cha May 2024 #98
The ghouls don't care. demmiblue May 2024 #13
Yes the Bloodthirsty, Genocidal Terrorist Org Hamas Cha May 2024 #97
Post removed Post removed May 2024 #15
Plenty have made it pellucidly clear how they feel about Jews, in all contexts. tritsofme May 2024 #17
And plenty have made it clear how they feel about Palestinians. Avalon Sparks May 2024 #25
I think the point is Tickle May 2024 #63
There were many Palestinians being killed before Oct 7, 2023 iemanja May 2024 #70
Who was killing Palestinians Tickle May 2024 #71
Israel, the IDF iemanja May 2024 #72
Apparently I live under a rock Tickle May 2024 #73
Here is a Wikipedia summary with numbers iemanja May 2024 #77
Did you read what you sent me? Tickle May 2024 #80
What? iemanja May 2024 #81
The Wikipedia in itself is Tickle May 2024 #83
Wikipedia is unreliable iemanja May 2024 #85
😂😂😂 enjoy your day NT Tickle May 2024 #86
You've been given ample evidence iemanja May 2024 #87
You gave me a Wikipedia Tickle May 2024 #90
This is not two countries iemanja May 2024 #92
Thank you for admitting the deaths Tickle May 2024 #96
Since that Wikipedia page is labeled casualties of war iemanja May 2024 #79
I guess you have no link Tickle May 2024 #82
Here is a sample since 2000 iemanja May 2024 #84
It talks about, once again conflict between the two countries Tickle May 2024 #88
Palestine isn't a country iemanja May 2024 #89
You are correct Tickle May 2024 #91
Settlers, stealing land questionseverything May 2024 #106
One of our great humanists may post the results of the 2006 Gaza election again Prairie Gates May 2024 #18
Don't forget . . . Richard D May 2024 #28
You're naive Shermanator May 2024 #41
I so hope . . . Richard D May 2024 #45
There are no good guys here Shermanator May 2024 #52
So sorry . . . Richard D May 2024 #100
+1 Oneironaut May 2024 #111
Didnt Bibi say that even with the release of the hostages Eko May 2024 #50
Really? iemanja May 2024 #67
Where was the outrage when Hamas was firing missiles at Israel... PeaceWave May 2024 #33
After the attack on October 7th Shermanator May 2024 #36
Genocidal Gang Rapist Hamas are Sick Fucks. Cha May 2024 #94
Peacewave...look for the love.. Hope22 May 2024 #40
Post removed Post removed May 2024 #44
I don't know who they is. Hope22 May 2024 #48
K&R onecaliberal May 2024 #55
Ah yes . . . Richard D May 2024 #53
I call them like I see them Shermanator May 2024 #56
No It isn't, Shermanator.. Fucking Genocidal Bloodthirsty Cha May 2024 #93
Hear, hear. I am and have advocated for the innocent in every corner of the planet. onecaliberal May 2024 #54
I really thought nothing could make me cry anymore Hope22 May 2024 #107
There was WIDESPREAD outrage at those events iemanja May 2024 #69
Why is he scolding the American citizens, when we're not even in this war? FakeNoose May 2024 #38
They could have easily enabled the creation of a Palestinian state thucythucy May 2024 #47
Exactly! Other than Egypt they are still looking away to this day FakeNoose May 2024 #58
We fund a lot of things for that country, so yeah, we're looked to. onecaliberal May 2024 #68
"We're not even in this war" iemanja May 2024 #65
You need to remember the rest of the picture Warpy May 2024 #39
Why is it that every single mention of dead gazan children and civilians glosses over tha fact that Beastly Boy May 2024 #42
It is an inconvenient truth. sheshe2 May 2024 #95
Rec.. TY Tragic Excellent questions. Cha May 2024 #99
The terrorist playbook has always included using their own women and children as human shields. PeaceWave May 2024 #46
I don't see how anyone can still say that. Butterflylady May 2024 #59
It is as true today as it was in the beginning. Beastly Boy May 2024 #112
Kickin' Faux pas May 2024 #49
The responses to this thread iemanja May 2024 #64
It is so obvious Israels forces consider the lives those children as worthless. David__77 May 2024 #76
It's one of the first thing they do in war, dehumanize the enemy...nt Wounded Bear May 2024 #78
10/7/2023 is a day that now lives in infamy alongside 12/7/1941 and 9/11/2001 PeaceWave May 2024 #105
We clearly and quite literally learned NOTHING from 9-11. onecaliberal May 2024 #113
The Hamas cowards are to blame for hiding among civilians and using them as human shields. Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #119
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