That America would end up slaughtering thousands of civilians on a dubious military justification with dubious military goals is exactly why I opposed the invasion of Iraq, protested against it, and voted against George W. Bush in 2004.

I don’t know that, because of all the people I’ve met (including some Jewish people) who use or endorse that phrase, not a single one views it as “a direct call for the area to be cleansed of Jews.” It is a call for Palestinian freedom. Israel is the sovereign authority over Gaza. No one else has sovereign authority…

Huh. So Israel is doing exactly what their enemy wants?  Not sure that’s the best strategy.

Yeah, still don’t get your point, not really interested in it anymore.  Enjoy.

I’m not seeing the double standard.

Why should Palestinians have to leave their homes at all? The overwhelming majority of the 7+ million Palestinians living in areas controlled by Israel have done nothing wrong.  It shouldn’t be up to the Arab states to take them (although ALL states, U.S. included, should be welcoming to any Palestinian refugees who…

Yes, how could slaughtering thousands and thousands of innocent people, hurting thousands more, destroying the homes of millions more and forcing widespread displacement, possibly be counterproductive. Obviously all the innocent people hurt, displaced, and the families of those slaughtered, will never develop any…

Where in the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free,” explicitly a call for freedom for Palestinians, do you see a call for the destruction of anything or the murder of anyone?

I saw multiple outlets calling the race for Owens. Would be great if that was wrong!

shut the fuck up you idiot.

So Palestinians deserve to be executed without due process? Palestinians deserve to have their property confiscated with no due process? Palestinians deserve to be uprooted and displaced, on potential pain of death, without due process? Palestinians don’t deserve basic civil political rights?

Do you think all Palestinians are terrorists? Because that’s the only way in which it’s fair to say I care about terrorists. I don’t really care too much about the 25,000 or so Hamas members who have committed themselves to being combatants, I care about 5 million Palestinians subject to the authority of Israel, but…

When I’m attacked I kill thousands and thousands of people who had nothing to do with it.  That’s basic self-defense.

She ended up losing, right?

If Israel didn’t kill Palestinian civilians with such impunity, I would have no cause to criticize them. But 4,000 children have been slaughtered by Israel in a month, in response to an attack that killed 1,400 Israeli civilians. If the latter is savage butchery, what is the former? Historically in this conflict,…

Can you maybe CC Joe Biden on this as well?

Also:

“counterproductive to promoting peace.”

If slaughtering 1,400 is evil and hateful, how do you describe Israel’s actions? Before October 7, Israel’s actions had killed 3,900 civilians, including 1,100+ children. Is that not evil and hateful? As an example, in 2014, Israel responded to Hamas murdering 3 Israeli teenagers by launching a war that killed over…

“have”