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boston bean

(36,221 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2018, 09:10 AM Nov 2018

This is not the best analogy and I am talking about the visual only.

The southern border. It looks like Gaza.

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This is not the best analogy and I am talking about the visual only. (Original Post) boston bean Nov 2018 OP

Not really. madaboutharry Nov 2018 #1

Some parts do. panader0 Nov 2018 #2

Gaza is a giant prison camp. With one of the highest population sinkingfeeling Nov 2018 #3

madaboutharry

(40,211 posts)

1. Not really.

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 09:19 AM

Nov 2018

There are no little children at the border with Gaza, rather there are men. The political backdrop is entirely different. One is a century old dispute over land ownership. The other is about seeking refuge. The only similarity is the tear gas, which can be compared to many locations. Most recently, Paris.

panader0

(25,816 posts)

2. Some parts do.

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 09:24 AM

Nov 2018

I live about 10 or 12 miles from the border. I am in the shadow of Miller Peak,
the highest, southernmost mountain in the US. At 9466 feet tall, there is no
mountain taller further south. It's green here with trees, creeks and deer.
In the old days many crossers walked through my land. I gave what I could.
Cochise County, Az.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

3. Gaza is a giant prison camp. With one of the highest population

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 10:30 AM

Nov 2018

densities in the world, 44% unemployment, poor healthcare, and over 90% 'food insecure'.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20415675

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