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| Hamas: Protecting Gazans Not Our Job | |
| 2023-10-31 | |
Elected, of course, means something different in Gaza than in the West, but even given that there is no real dispute that it has asserted its role as the governing body of the region, and has been recognized as such by the international community de facto if not de jure. The US has designated Hamas as a terrorist organization, as have many other countries, but also recognizes that Hamas controls the territory. Most of us tend to think that the primary role of a government is to provide basic services, enforce the law, provide order, and protect citizens. Even tyrannical governments do most of these things, although they often pick and choose who gets the benefits of protection. Hamas doesn’t serve this purpose in Gaza. It acts as a warlord gang, not as a government. It is essentially ISIS or al Qaeda with the trappings of a state wrapped around it. Interviewer: Since you built 500km of tunnels, why haven’t you built bomb shelters where civilians can hide?They are partners: Hamas murders Jews. Gazans provide human shields. UN uses "civilian casualties" excuse to pressure USA into stopping Israeli response. | |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #7 The Tick Tok generation, looking around in horror at what they thought was a silly good time. General Lemay: "Are you not entertained?" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-31 09:47 |
| #6 ^The Tick Tok generation |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-31 09:44 |
| #5 ^ The people of Dresden would be impressed. Of course after Warsaw, Rotterdam, Coventry, and London, you get back with interest what you handed out before. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-10-31 09:41 |
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| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-31 08:57 |
| #3 ^IRS Using Fake Names to Intimidate and Harass Taxpayers |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-31 04:45 |
| #2 ^A double pronged attack on terrorizers? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-31 04:41 |
| #1 House Republicans Unveil Israel Aid -- Funded by IRS Cuts The package would deliver the sum requested by President Joe Biden in his own security package. Unlike the White House plan, however, the House plan would provide aid solely to Israel and offer no support to Ukraine. Biden had requested $61 billion in support for Kyiv amid the ongoing war with Russia. … Offsetting the cost, however, would be matching cuts to the Internal Revenue Service, according to Politico. Specifically, it would reclaim some of the funding assigned to the agency to hire 87,000 new agents from the Inflation Reduction Act. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-31 04:40 |