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thesquanderer

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12. Israel has squandered the international good will that followed 10/7 the same way we squandered...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:04 PM

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...the international unity that supported us in the aftermath of 9/11.

We both used an horrific attack to justify a wildly disproportionate response. The 9/11 and 10/7 attacks found success, not because of what the perpetrators did, but because of what the victimized did in response. Bush/Cheney and Netanyahu did more damage to their countries than Al Qaeda or Hamas ever did.

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U.K, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S. [View all] riversedge Sunday OP

Is that going to stop the genocide? AloeVera Sunday #1

Acknowledging a state is the right thing to do, but it will not stop Israel's genocide. Lonestarblue Sunday #2

Exactly. Why is that not happening, I wonder? AloeVera Sunday #3

The US has the greatest influence iemanja Sunday #6

the rest of the world should take teh folowwing stepa moonshinegnomie Sunday #4

I was wondering if you thought Hamas had any culpability at all. Username1234 Sunday #7

As long as the US supports Israel's total impunity, only #4 will happen. AloeVera Sunday #8

I'm so old that I remember when there was a country called "Palestine." OMGWTF Sunday #5

When was that? Mosby Sunday #13

Yeah really, Hieronymus Phact Sunday #16

Words Tetrachloride Sunday #9

"... and a two state solution...". What REAGAN insisted upon! NM Grins Sunday #10

This will shake things up some. republianmushroom Sunday #11

Israel has squandered the international good will that followed 10/7 the same way we squandered... thesquanderer Sunday #12

71% of French, 87% of UK public against Palestinian state recognition without Hamas conditions Mosby Sunday #14

News reports about Gaza don't immediately make me think of Hamas or Netanyahu democrank Sunday #15

Once again, with regrets. The only two things that are certain are death and war in the middle east. twodogsbarking Sunday #17