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agingdem

(8,479 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...

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Can we please leave the [View all] 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