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See the Pentagon Announcement Here: theconservativetreehouse.com... ot-battalions-along-with-expanded-prepare-to-deploy-orders/#more-252263
I’m not going to narrate against this Pentagon announcement today,
I’m just going to share.
Something is happening that is beyond just Israel going into Gaza.
Claims that the people of Gaza are responsible for Hamas rest on two central pillars, both deeply flawed. The first is that Gaza voted for Hamas in the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006, which led to the group taking power by force the next year. The second is that if Gaza residents don’t want to be governed by a terrorist organization, they could throw Hamas out. Since they haven’t done so over the last 17 years, this implies acquiescence at least, if not affirmative approval of Hamas’s ideology and activities.
To begin with, most Gazans alive today were either not yet born or not yet adults when that election took place. Hamas won it with less than 45 percent of the vote in Gaza and the West Bank, though it did win a clear majority in Gaza City. And polling data suggested that voters were motivated not by Hamas’s eliminationist stance toward Israel, but rather its promises to clean up corruption and improve internal security. In fact, an exit poll from that election found that three-quarters of Palestinian voters wanted Hamas to change its stance on Israel and around 80 percent supported a peace agreement.
And of course, the Palestinians haven’t gotten a second chance at democracy. When Hamas took over in 2007, it expelled the Palestinian Authority and formed its own Islamist government in Gaza. This violent takeover scuttled a national unity government and led to an acrimonious split between Palestinian leadership in Gaza and the West Bank, which persists to this day and has become one of the main obstacles to progress toward peace or Palestinian statehood. Hamas, which does not actually believe in democracy, has not held further elections or allowed the operation of any political opposition in Gaza. That’s the inherent vulnerability of democracy to authoritarianism; democrats need to keep winning elections, whereas dictators only need to win once.
The people of Gaza are the victims.
originally posted by: WeMustCare
Likewise, Americans are being brought closer feeling repercussions that FAR surpass the economic pain inflicted on us thus far, by Biden-Democrats...
originally posted by: Nugget2
a reply to: quintessentone2
The people of Gaza are the victims.
As are the American citizens and those of other nations who 'elected' and let our current administration lead us all into this mess.
originally posted by: Euronymous2625
originally posted by: WeMustCare
Likewise, Americans are being brought closer feeling repercussions that FAR surpass the economic pain inflicted on us thus far, by Biden-Democrats...
This is the aftermath of Trump and his endless spending/complete failure at handling a pandemic. Anything Biden has done to the economy hasn't really had time to settle in yet.
originally posted by: margo6044
a reply to: Euronymous2625
No is not, my friend, this is the rampant spending of biden and the democrats, I am trying to figure out where the 1.7 trillion dollars of biden budget has gone.
Because we economically has gotten worst.
originally posted by: buckstopper
Too say that Americans who voted for Biden/democrats asked for war in the middle east would be like saying the Americans that voted for Trump/republicans asked for the capitol to be attacked.
originally posted by: alienjuggalo22
originally posted by: Euronymous2625
originally posted by: WeMustCare
Likewise, Americans are being brought closer feeling repercussions that FAR surpass the economic pain inflicted on us thus far, by Biden-Democrats...
This is the aftermath of Trump and his endless spending/complete failure at handling a pandemic. Anything Biden has done to the economy hasn't really had time to settle in yet.
LMAO how stupid can someone be? My god you are dumb
originally posted by: yuppa6969
a reply to: WeMustCare
well no worries. if Jerusalem is obliterated AGAIN though, then you know its the final act prolly.