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The Palestinian terrorists releasing all of the hostages would likely go a long way to achieving this Jose Garcia Dec 2024 #1
Obviously, Bebe doesn't care about the hostages womanofthehills Dec 2024 #7
How did the need to get them back materialize? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #64
But when you look at the news and the genocide do you recall? arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #72
Social and for-profit news media knows jack shit about genocide, Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #77
So who/where is your source of information? arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #81
It depends on what my purpose is. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #95
And, after that, I still wait a few days, sometimes the "real" information takes awhile to come out. nt yagotme Dec 2024 #226
I've given up. Voltaire2 Dec 2024 #2
I've given up too. Last year at this time I tended to have Mike 03 Dec 2024 #20
What one does depends on how important the issue is Kaleva Dec 2024 #83
The "American people" voted to let it go on... Wounded Bear Dec 2024 #3
Would a Harris administration do more to stop it than Biden did? Martin Eden Dec 2024 #104
I actually think she would have. At least I hoped so, but now it will likely get much worse under Trump. Celerity Dec 2024 #235
Two possible reasons Kamala didn't say she would withold bombs from Israel Martin Eden Dec 2024 #240
Both I would say. Good points. Celerity Dec 2024 #241
Aside from electoral politics, the BIG question remains: Martin Eden Dec 2024 #242
The opposite of what Trump will likely do. Celerity Dec 2024 #243
They've got their hotels and casinos designed and ready to go, as soon as the bloody mess is bulldozed over. msfiddlestix Dec 2024 #120
Who are "they"? Where are the designs? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #122
There's a "concept" of a design. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #123
Oh... My bad. My total lack of compassion for humanity blinded me to a concept of a design. Shame on me. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #124
..... msfiddlestix Dec 2024 #131
Well there's this guy: Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #140
So the "they" are just one guy. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #163
It was an example, as you very well know. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #170
An example of what? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #176
Lol. Keep digging, Beast. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #179
Stop Being Silly IamHappy Dec 2024 #180
Believe me, I am very serious. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #181
Wait! H2O Man Dec 2024 #165
Of course, silly me. :) Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #168
I blame Hamas for hiding in, around and under its women and children. elias7 Dec 2024 #4
Curious, no blame from you for the murderous warmongers Netanyahu/likud/IDF commanders who keep bombing the shit... brush Dec 2024 #6
A curious deflection into something that's only been mentioned a couple of dozen times in this thread alone... Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #63
Which should tell you how biased, one-sided unfeeling and bereft of humanity your op is. Get a clue. brush Dec 2024 #65
Tell me more about the bias. and give more examples, please. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #67
Oh, it's you, BB. I hadn't noticed before. I know ou're totally one-sided on the matter... brush Dec 2024 #69
My empathy is no one's business but my own. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #73
Let's not go any further with this, pls. brush Dec 2024 #75
That is my wish, and I appreciate your offer. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #79
"my empathy for Gazan civilians, in deed and not in word, is likely to exceed that of the most vocal performers here on Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #185
Here that whooshing sound going over your head? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #190
For some ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #194
For others, discerning between a logic-based opinion and a strawman argument is a real struggle. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #218
And my ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #223
...What was your point again? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #227
It is ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #228
Since I am not getting your point, and since you replied to my post, and not post #190, Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #233
I'll go over it, but in smaller pieces for you. ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #234
Ok, I guess I did need to go over it in smaller pieces and in proper order. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #236
"Here* that whooshing sound going over your head?" Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #222
Wow!!!! MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #224
No, but I certainly feel superior to the purveyors of performative outrage, and not just on DU. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #193
Never malaise Dec 2024 #187
When America drs are seeing toddlers with gun shots in their heads womanofthehills Dec 2024 #9
You are aware they came to power directly with Bibi support years ago? IbogaProject Dec 2024 #12
Did you see these articles from Haaretz? people Dec 2024 #13
This. So much this. ZRB Dec 2024 #15
Israel imilitary just assumes that any Palestinian man is Hamas erodriguez Dec 2024 #22
Israel's produced precious little evidence that snot Dec 2024 #26
That didn't age well, did it?Less than 24 hours after the end of operation, the evidence. And it's just a start. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #220
Thank you. Could you please provide the source for your info? snot Dec 2024 #237
Sorry, here it is: Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #238
Fwiw, here is the Guardian's account of what appears to be the same attack: snot Dec 2024 #239
Yes, I read the article. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #244
This message was self-deleted by its author spapeggy Dec 2024 #27
What you write PhylliPretzel Dec 2024 #30
Except confessions of Hamas leaders of doing just that. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #71
Post those videos, we would like to see your proof. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #80
If you insist. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #96
"confessions of Hamas leaders" Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #87
Doesn't look like these Hamas terrorists are being tortured, does it? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #97
This is a good example of non sequitur with a dash of Israeli propaganda and two scoops of bullshit in the mix. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #137
Are you saying they DO look like they are being tortured? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #142
I wasn't talking about these guys and your reply has nothing to do with the op. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #147
Wait a minute... let me process this... was I supposed to reply to YOUR post with something that has to do with the OP Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #156
"your ridiculous presumption that ALL of them were tortured?" Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #166
Why a diversion all of a sudden? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #173
This doesn't work for BB any more uponit7771 Dec 2024 #32
Look what you made us do" is the mentality of abusers & psychopaths. Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #42
I blame the gullible and/or complicit for uncritically spewing Israeli propaganda. AloeVera Dec 2024 #56
Don't support Starbucks either, every cup of beverage purchased, a percentage goes to Israel. People akbacchus_BC Dec 2024 #111
Are you telling me there are still progressive types overpaying for that muddy piss just to show off? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #125
Spot on! thank you. comradebillyboy Dec 2024 #113
Congo and Darfur are much more concerning Fichefinder Dec 2024 #5
No place is more concerning than the other womanofthehills Dec 2024 #10
Uh huh. How curious far worse slaughters NEVER get mentioned Arazi Dec 2024 #11
Excellent observation. There are any number of comradebillyboy Dec 2024 #115
Then please do post some OPs on them iemanja Dec 2024 #85
Nobody really cares about those places because comradebillyboy Dec 2024 #116
We cared about Iraq iemanja Dec 2024 #145
No words for Sudan again I see... Arazi Dec 2024 #8
I'm curious quakerboy Dec 2024 #19
The OP is about the slaughter of innocents Arazi Dec 2024 #21
The dead and hungry quakerboy Dec 2024 #41
US involvement isn't the point of the OP however Arazi Dec 2024 #43
Id say it is. quakerboy Dec 2024 #48
Why can't we effect change in Darfur? Or Congo? Arazi Dec 2024 #49
How? quakerboy Dec 2024 #74
Removing US aid would not stop Israeli action in Gaza Arazi Dec 2024 #92
I dont agree. Period. quakerboy Dec 2024 #134
I just did a search under your name for Darfur, Congo, and Sudan iemanja Dec 2024 #82
It's not about *my* fixation Arazi Dec 2024 #93
Your singular point iemanja Dec 2024 #144
It's a very short post and not difficult to read iemanja Dec 2024 #78
Again I repeat, it's not *my* fixation Arazi Dec 2024 #94
You're the one continually raising it as an excuse. iemanja Dec 2024 #143
I'm curious sarisataka Dec 2024 #23
There is a difference in power over the situation, in my perception quakerboy Dec 2024 #40
No, but it makes us as taxpayers complicit in the genocide iemanja Dec 2024 #84
Just to show how superficial and fallacious this argument is, Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #99
62,000 is the number of dead I see for Sudan womanofthehills Dec 2024 #53
Sudan: "..up to 150,000 people had been killed in the conflict across the country." EX500rider Dec 2024 #66
Whataboutism iemanja Dec 2024 #76
me too BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2024 #14
Why do posts like this never mention Hamas? perdita9 Dec 2024 #16
Because Hamas are "freedom fighters like Mandela" BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #37
Hamas: mr715 Dec 2024 #52
Because it's not a war - it's a one way slaughter womanofthehills Dec 2024 #54
So who's been killing IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #62
Hamas and Hezbollah did not form in a political vacuum. lees1975 Dec 2024 #70
Of course not. They wouldn't exist if Iran didn't prop them up in their quest to destabilize the entire region. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #102
The reason for their formation and existence was present long before Iran got involved. lees1975 Dec 2024 #114
Hamas was founded in 1987. Hezbollah was founded in 1985. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #119
I think you are well aware of the reason. Just as an example, after Oct 7, there was sparce condemnation of what Hamas JohnSJ Dec 2024 #106
Great post. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #117
Because now it's not Hamas doing the slaughtering? AloeVera Dec 2024 #157
You are presuming that hiding among civilians in humanitarian zones is not an atrocity. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #225
It is a reason there will never be peace. Violence begets violence and revenge seems to be a basic human instinct. surfered Dec 2024 #17
real talk: no one. quakerboy Dec 2024 #18
K&R 2naSalit Dec 2024 #24
The bib got dump elected. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #25
Others want credit as well sarisataka Dec 2024 #35
Hamas is going to stop "Bibi and the Complicit West" by returning the hostages. maxsolomon Dec 2024 #28
I gave up on Israel when Bibi MuchBetterThanThis Dec 2024 #29
Aid enid602 Dec 2024 #39
The hostages have been in the terror tunnels for well over a year. Richard D Dec 2024 #31
Someone give Israel their own planet, in another galaxy please Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #45
If you can't care about the hostages Hamas took, you can't care about the civilians killed in the war either NickB79 Dec 2024 #46
You're right . . . Richard D Dec 2024 #47
Oh I know revenge has nothing to do with it. Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #89
This word salad is as meaningless as it is familiar. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #105
It infuriates me. AloeVera Dec 2024 #127
Ah so Jewish people defending themselves is pure evil. ZRB Dec 2024 #139
Evil is evil, even when Jews are committing it. AloeVera Dec 2024 #153
So, you agree then, that Hamas is very evil? yagotme Dec 2024 #229
And routinely disregarding evil with one conspicuous exception smacks of special dispensation, doesn't it? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #232
Wanna cracker, Polly? Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #183
"False atrocity propaganda" . . . Richard D Dec 2024 #148
Touched a nerve... AloeVera Dec 2024 #155
Pathetic Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #162
Thank you for this. AloeVera Dec 2024 #212
New health dept report heading to the UN. (WARNING) Mosby Dec 2024 #213
You and I both know that there are those who will deny this MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #214
Hi MCE. AloeVera Dec 2024 #219
Hi AloeVera, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #221
Just be careful, that's how Willie Nelson got hurt,,, yagotme Dec 2024 #230
Hitting the road again? AloeVera Dec 2024 #231
Are you for real? Mossfern Dec 2024 #160
Plenty of information from reputable Human Rights organizations Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #167
I'm talking about the atrocities of 10/7 Mossfern Dec 2024 #169
Here's your answer Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #171
Uncaptured media Mossfern Dec 2024 #177
You hit the nail on the head. AloeVera Dec 2024 #59
Excellent points AloeVera Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #90
That's a gross overestimation. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #108
The sad and harsh truth malaise Dec 2024 #100
That's the problem. You don't care enough to ask yourself what the reason for such discrepancy is. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #101
Bingo. Cruelty is what netenyahu has unleashed on the Palestinians. That was his goal all along and akbacchus_BC Dec 2024 #112
If cruelty was his goal all along, Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #126
Everything you say is what Israel is doing to their prisoners womanofthehills Dec 2024 #55
Who has the video? How many hostages are "many"? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #109
And guess what? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #118
Ha. Only because there is video. AloeVera Dec 2024 #172
Ha!!! MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #174
Some divides are chasms too wide and deep to bridge, MCE AloeVera Dec 2024 #184
I do love a good challenge. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #189
"Who is going to stop Bibi and the complicit West?" J_William_Ryan Dec 2024 #33
This is, unfortunately, the way it is calguy Dec 2024 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #36
This kind The Bopper Dec 2024 #38
So am I. It's far past time for Hamas to surrender. tritsofme Dec 2024 #44
You, my friend, are not the only one sick of the IDF shit! Genocide, plainly. Jit423 Dec 2024 #50
THIS malaise Dec 2024 #58
Answer: mr715 Dec 2024 #51
What's the likelihood of that? AloeVera Dec 2024 #57
As likely as democracy to win at home mr715 Dec 2024 #68
I don't see it. AloeVera Dec 2024 #159
And now they have bombed the last hospital malaise Dec 2024 #188
Three babies froze to death in the last few days. AloeVera Dec 2024 #192
Not to defend how out of proportion edhopper Dec 2024 #60
Feeling pretty healthy about the far worse slaughter everywhere else? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #61
Bibi isn't at blame. He is responding to the threat to his people. Groundhawg Dec 2024 #86
I watched a great documentary the other evening. It's called "The Bibi Files". Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #88
Why the 7 Oct 2023 Attack in Southern Israel? C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #91
Are we justifyig hostage taking now? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #110
Ask Donnie Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #98
Beyond sick. marble falls Dec 2024 #103
Netanyahu is setting up World War. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #107
Those that murder civilians are never the "Good Guys". Ping Tung Dec 2024 #121
What is your opinion about killing illegal combatants who commit a war crime of perfidy? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #128
The same as my opinions about "legal" combatants who kill, starve, torture civilians. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #129
Which is... what, exactly? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #130
That they're war criminals. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #132
Ok, I must have misunderstood the purpose of your post. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #135
OK Mossfern Dec 2024 #161
The only thing that works in stopping a bully OP is ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #133
How about the Arab countries, get off their asses, and make some demands of Bibi, and rescue fellow Arabs? amuse bouche Dec 2024 #136
I believe that you have a good point. nt Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #138
You see there's a really good reason for that... ZRB Dec 2024 #141
Who is the pro-Hamas crowd? iemanja Dec 2024 #146
I don't know what else to call people parroting Hamas propaganda ZRB Dec 2024 #150
Systematically bombing hospitals is mass murder iemanja Dec 2024 #154
What systematic bombing of hospitals? ZRB Dec 2024 #178
There are 22 Arab countries amuse bouche Dec 2024 #191
Everywhere I look...I see HAMAS! Lemons UK Dec 2024 #149
I hate it too, but it isn't just Bibi and the west. 58Sunliner Dec 2024 #151
Hamas can stop it's terrorist activities. nycbos Dec 2024 #152
No one in power cares... WarGamer Dec 2024 #158
And I'm sick of the anti Israel propaganda posted here. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #164
"anti Israel propaganda posted here" Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #182
Genocide and war crimes malaise Dec 2024 #216
Sorry, not buying what you're trying to sell here. nt MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #217
Am I lost? LiberaBlueDem Dec 2024 #175
Yes, unfortunately I noticed that also. That's a damn shame. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #186
Democrats aren't pacifists. Mosby Dec 2024 #200
The continued slaughter is no longer self defense within the confines of this current war Martin Eden Dec 2024 #195
Israel should continue to degrade Hamas Mosby Dec 2024 #196
"They don't want a country, they want to destroy Israel." Martin Eden Dec 2024 #199
I think Native Americans might have come to that conclusion too. y AloeVera Dec 2024 #203
Native Americans, in their desperation and grief, turned to the Ghost Dance. Martin Eden Dec 2024 #206
Sometimes words can't either. AloeVera Dec 2024 #211
A very thoughtful response malaise Dec 2024 #197
The US is protecting our interests there.. by supporting Israel Arazi Dec 2024 #201
But no issue with the higher death counts in other recent wars? EX500rider Dec 2024 #198
Gaza is the worst slaughter of civilians in a "war" by any measure in the last 20 years or more. AloeVera Dec 2024 #202
So killing 10 people in a country with 20 people would be worse then killing 3 million in a country with 23 million? EX500rider Dec 2024 #204
Lol!! AloeVera Dec 2024 #205
Lets use the UN number maybe? EX500rider Dec 2024 #207
I thought your side didn't trust the UN. AloeVera Dec 2024 #208
"unverified, unproven, evidence-free, totally made-up claim that the death toll of around 45k" EX500rider Dec 2024 #209
Ah, selective editing. AloeVera Dec 2024 #210
Correct malaise Dec 2024 #215
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