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MohRokTah

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10. Two words, voter turnout. eom

Reply to JVS (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 2, 2014, 10:43 PM

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The Likud vs. Hamas war in Gaza. [View all] MohRokTah Aug 2014 OP

Whether it gets locked or not, understand you aren't alone in this view. n/t 99Forever Aug 2014 #1

If the conversation actually turned from I/P to Likud/Hamas... MohRokTah Aug 2014 #4

I don't know what's controversial about that view. joshcryer Aug 2014 #7

I think it's wishful thinking to dismiss this as a conflict between Likud and Hamas... JVS Aug 2014 #2

Teabaggers are elected in the US. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #6

And can we dismiss them as not representative of the political views of their constituencies? JVS Aug 2014 #8

Two words, voter turnout. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #10

Does that apply to Israeli and Palestinian politics? JVS Aug 2014 #11

i read somewhere that Netanyahu and Hamas both got less than 50 percent support JI7 Aug 2014 #12

Coalition governments are the norm in many parliamentary democracies tritsofme Aug 2014 #15

i didn't say it was nefarious , which is why i compared it to republican control of the house JI7 Aug 2014 #16

I guess I don't understand your analogy then. tritsofme Aug 2014 #17

Pooh! Cleita Aug 2014 #19

It looks to me like each of them wants to wipe the other off the face of the Earth. LuvNewcastle Aug 2014 #3

Yes. Thanks for this. elleng Aug 2014 #5

As far as reductionism goes, I can get behind this. joshcryer Aug 2014 #9

remember how Bush needed Bin Laden tapes and fake terror alerts to keep support ? JI7 Aug 2014 #13

You can read the Likud party platform and the Hamas charter online Alameda Aug 2014 #14

+1 and play on people's fear of being killed, but they kept on killing. freshwest Aug 2014 #20

I so agree. Two Lords trying to kill each other and taking Cleita Aug 2014 #18

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