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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Being President
Date: 10/18/23 2:02 PM
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Biden got other countries on board before meeting with with Israel's war cabinet and was able to convince Israel that allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza would help in maintaining international support for the operation against Hamas. - co

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There is just so much wrong here i don't know where to begin....

First of all, Joe shouldn't be there and his presence is a distraction. Israel and those who support them should be encouraging one thing loudly and consistently, "Hamas is evil and must be destroyed". That is exactly what Israel is up to and they need all the support they can on that simple goal. Of course Palestinians, the MSM, college professors, and most of the Arab world have already started talking how Israel is killing innocents calling for ceasefires and/or whipping up hatred for Israel.. Well the fact is, this is true. In any war there are civilian casualties and I give Israel high marks for avoiding civilian casualties "as much as possible."

But when you enemy embeds himself in the schools hospitals and fabric of communities, you either admit defeat or do what you know has to be done. Get it over with.

Meanwhile, there will be horrific damage so Hamas and those who oppose Israel can air some truly awful pictures and videos of the carnage of war, every day. Disgusting. But the fact is you are going to bombarded with that so be ready. We cannot let international pressure once again force Israel to fall short of completing what we all know must be done. We can talk about a post Hamas Palestine later, right now it is a detraction. A distraction such as Biden admonishing Israel to not occupy Gaza. A post victory consideration but quite irrelevant since the ground action has not even started.

None of those humanitarian supplies will make its way to Hamas, right? Yeah, Right. How exactly will that work and what sort of operation will be setup and how will it be managed? That takes resources away from the task at hand. So inspections will be superficial or non existent. Once a can of pork and beans makes it way past the inspection point, how will that can of beans be tracked to a dinner table and determining who is eating dinner that night.
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