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boston bean

(36,411 posts) Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:36 PM Aug 4

Can we please leave the

Israel/Palestine issue at the door. When we all KNOW any democratic admin has better policy for both sides.

Dear gawd please lets not be split on this issue.

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Can we please leave the (Original Post) boston bean Aug 4 OP

and this isn't Vietnam... we don't have a dog in this fight... agingdem Aug 4 #1

You do malaise Aug 4 #3

still our boys aren't dying in defense of Israel.. agingdem Aug 4 #6

I don't personally think we can stand by and let Israel be destroyed-this latest thing was caused by Hamas not Israel. Demsrule86 Aug 4 #16

Speak for yourself. My family is different. Tetrachloride Aug 4 #4

My parents were Holocaust survivors...my family is different.. agingdem Aug 4 #8

This is horrible! How devastating to you question everything Aug 4 #15

The U.S. just upped its presence in the Middle East a couple days ago. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 4 #5

we have US military presence all over the world... agingdem Aug 4 #7

Exactly -- we have dogs in all sorts of fights. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 4 #10

Lets just agree that Charmin One Aug 4 #2

Any guarantee his replacement won't be more extreme? newdeal2 Aug 4 #9

Hopefully Charmin One Aug 4 #12

Boston Bean, you have expressed it perfectly Hekate Aug 4 #11

Even a slightly more pluralistic nation in a region Frasier Balzov Aug 4 #13

I can and will. But unfortunately, I can't speak for RandomNumbers Aug 4 #14

agingdem

(8,469 posts)

1. and this isn't Vietnam... we don't have a dog in this fight...

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:39 PM

Aug 4

we don't have a draft, our 18 year olds aren't dying in a faraway country...

malaise

(276,115 posts)

3. You do

Reply to agingdem (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:43 PM

Aug 4

The US has armed one side

agingdem

(8,469 posts)

6. still our boys aren't dying in defense of Israel..

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:57 PM

Aug 4

Israel was attacked on October 7...Israeli mothers/fathers/children were massacred and the Palestinians rejoiced...somehow that seems to have been forgotten...Israel has every right to retaliate without asking permission...

Demsrule86

(70,703 posts)

16. I don't personally think we can stand by and let Israel be destroyed-this latest thing was caused by Hamas not Israel.

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 04:03 PM

Aug 4

I think Netanyahu needs to go. He is a war criminal, but I can't vote in Israel.

Tetrachloride

(8,328 posts)

4. Speak for yourself. My family is different.

Reply to agingdem (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:50 PM

Aug 4

agingdem

(8,469 posts)

8. My parents were Holocaust survivors...my family is different..

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 02:07 PM

Aug 4

I had cousins in Israel until one morning they had the audacity to sit in an outdoor cafe when Arab terrorists blew up the cafe, killing them and 20 other innocent Israelis...

question everything

(48,529 posts)

15. This is horrible! How devastating to you

Reply to agingdem (Reply #8)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 04:00 PM

Aug 4

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,502 posts)

5. The U.S. just upped its presence in the Middle East a couple days ago.

Reply to agingdem (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:56 PM

Aug 4

agingdem

(8,469 posts)

7. we have US military presence all over the world...

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 02:01 PM

Aug 4

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,502 posts)

10. Exactly -- we have dogs in all sorts of fights.

Reply to agingdem (Reply #7)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 02:14 PM

Aug 4

Charmin One

(137 posts)

2. Lets just agree that

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:42 PM

Aug 4

Netanyahu must go

newdeal2

(662 posts)

9. Any guarantee his replacement won't be more extreme?

Reply to Charmin One (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 02:11 PM

Aug 4

Charmin One

(137 posts)

12. Hopefully

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #9)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 02:19 PM

Aug 4

Hopefully the extremist Likud Party will be voted out entirely

Hekate

(93,820 posts)

11. Boston Bean, you have expressed it perfectly

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 02:17 PM

Aug 4

Frasier Balzov

(3,417 posts)

13. Even a slightly more pluralistic nation in a region

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 03:48 PM

Aug 4

deserves the support of Democrats, it seems to me.

When the subject is existence.

RandomNumbers

(18,077 posts)

14. I can and will. But unfortunately, I can't speak for

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 03:52 PM

Aug 4

the pro-Palestinian folks, not to mention the blatantly pro-Hamas.

That said, I trust Harris to make the right decision. Really, there's nothing else I can do.

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