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boston bean

(36,527 posts) Sun Aug 4, 2024, 12:36 PM Aug 2024

Can we please leave the [View all]

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 [View all] boston bean Aug 2024 OP

and this isn't Vietnam... we don't have a dog in this fight... agingdem Aug 2024 #1

You do malaise Aug 2024 #3

still our boys aren't dying in defense of Israel.. agingdem Aug 2024 #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 2024 #16

Speak for yourself. My family is different. Tetrachloride Aug 2024 #4

My parents were Holocaust survivors...my family is different.. agingdem Aug 2024 #8

This is horrible! How devastating to you question everything Aug 2024 #15

The U.S. just upped its presence in the Middle East a couple days ago. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2024 #5

we have US military presence all over the world... agingdem Aug 2024 #7

Exactly -- we have dogs in all sorts of fights. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2024 #10

Lets just agree that Charmin One Aug 2024 #2

Any guarantee his replacement won't be more extreme? newdeal2 Aug 2024 #9

Hopefully Charmin One Aug 2024 #12

Boston Bean, you have expressed it perfectly Hekate Aug 2024 #11

Even a slightly more pluralistic nation in a region Frasier Balzov Aug 2024 #13

I can and will. But unfortunately, I can't speak for RandomNumbers Aug 2024 #14