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vanessa_ca

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4. Brave man for speaking up if only more of our leaders would listen.

Reply to Nanjeanne (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 02:17 PM

Jul 29

When professional soldiers like this are so shaken up, you know we are in very dark times. The world needs to step in immediately.

"The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it, but using it as an excuse to justify the genocide of the Palestinian people." - Norman Finkelstein

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"Designed as Death Traps": Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes [View all] Nanjeanne Jul 29 OP

His earlier BBC interview is worth watching as well. Nanjeanne Jul 29 #1

Thank you malaise Jul 29 #2

And this - from his meeting with Sen. Christ Van Hollen Nanjeanne Jul 29 #3

Sen. Christ Van Hollen is a good man! Thanks for posting this -eom vanessa_ca Jul 29 #5

Horrific. This needs to be entered into the Congressional record. Have him testify to Congress vanessa_ca Jul 29 #6

Brave man for speaking up if only more of our leaders would listen. vanessa_ca Jul 29 #4

Kick dalton99a Jul 29 #7

That soldier is too brown, though. The Knesset is like,. "Meh." LuvLoogie Jul 29 #8

I didn't realize American contractors were over there, Bayard Jul 29 #9

Gaza internal checkpoint to be staffed by US private armed contractors (January 30th, 2025, posted Jan. 31st, my time) Celerity Jul 29 #10

Shades of ICE Mblaze Jul 29 #11

I never watch linked videos RockCreek Jul 29 #12

He was amazing wasnt he? Nanjeanne Jul 29 #13