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In reply to the discussion: What is going to happen to the 2 million people who cannot escape Gaza in 5 days? [View all]slightlv
(7,881 posts)the only people I think are dancing right now are the evangelicals... they've got their apocalyptic war started, just like they wanted. Hope their white Jesus doesn't disappoint them. I also hope the nuke falls on them first.
Me... I'll be crying for the women and children, and innocent men of Israel and Palestine who have tried to reach across and make inroads for ages. I've read their stories through the Israeli papers. They're the peacemakers in this story... and they're all probably already dead. On both sides. It all tears my heart out. Yes... what Hammas did is horrible. And I have every reason to believe it was backed by Iran, egged on and backed by Putin, who got the initial information by *rump... which means, at the core, we are to blame because our country elected him to have access to top secret documents. Which we willingly gave or sold just to sow chaos and for his own self gain. We also have intimate knowledge of what happens when you ghettoize thousands of people without access to good work, enough food, water, and medicine into ever decreasing spaces. You get riots and eventually full blown violence. That isn't an excuse. It's an understanding of human nature and how Putin and Iran pushed buttons. And it didn't happen overnight. This was 1000 well trained, well-armed men that did this. But Palestinians are more than just Hammas... and they are much more than just these 1000 men. And word is going around (unsubstantiated (at least by me) that Bibi had some forewarning that something big was coming down... much like Bush about 9-11.
I'm thankful we have President Biden in office right now. I'm fearful we have a repug house of Reps. I'm also fearful of the repugs we have in the Senate, but thankful we hold the Senate in the Majority... just wish we held a larger majority. I also don't want us to push Ukraine to the background in all of this, which is what Putin is hoping for. Just because Putin can't walk and chew gum at the same time, he thinks we can't either. And where Repugs are concerned, he's right. Thank god for Biden. I trust him in a time like this to do what is right by Israel, and to the United States.
The whole thing is just f'ed up as a whole. We (as a world people) knew that when we threw people off the land and created a state for Israel... which was at the time, the only thing that could be done. And it's been chaos ever since. Trump giving the entire Arab nation the information on the Iron Dome just blew through Israeli defenses (that's the unsubstantiated part I was talking about above). But what happened to the fabled Israeli military I've always heard so much about? I know this was a surprise attack. I know it happened during a feast day. But still... I thought their Intelligence was even better than our own. Their Military and Mossad was suppose to be the best in the world. I sit here dumbfounded and sick at heart for everyone concerned... so please, don't kick my butt too hard.