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In reply to the discussion: Children are starving in Gaza. [View all]
EX500rider
(12,214 posts)66. I think their government started a war they knew they were going to lose....
...and refuses to surrender and is dragging out the war to their citizens detriment. The cheering crowds in Gaza as they bought back bloodied & raped Israeli citizens did not make it look like a unpopular action either. "sow the wind and reap the whirlwind" has come home to roost.
Hamas surrenders and gives up their hostages and the war and the killing ends then, that's how you know it's not attempted "genocide", genocide would be if they did that and Israel continued the airstrikes etc.
US killed over 2.5 million+ Japanese after losing 2,400 dead at Pearl, the US stopped the bombing after Japan surrendered, ie not genocide but warfare.
The European Jews could have surrendered all they wanted to Hitler and the trains to the death camps would have kept on rolling, = genocide
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"Since Trump is in the area, why doesn't he work to get food to these starving children? "
Johnny2X2X
May 2025
#2
I sort of get that, but shouldn't some people have understand the kind of "president " he was from his first term....
electric_blue68
May 2025
#92
The kids will have to get by with just 2 dolls from now on. Food, shelter, and medical care are unneeded luxuries.
Ping Tung
May 2025
#15
Sad and also sad that DU still has apologists for Israeli behavior in Gaza. /nt
artemisia1
May 2025
#16
Yes, but curiously, they seem to stay away form the Iraelis starvig the Gazans posts...
brush
May 2025
#29
Do you or anyone have anything besides anecdotal evidence for this starvation claim?
Mosby
May 2025
#36
It always amazes me that there are those that take the word of HAMAs as the gospel,
MarineCombatEngineer
May 2025
#46
No, this is data collected by international experts on famine, including UN bodies
muriel_volestrangler
May 2025
#52
How much weight do you think these starving children lost in the past three and a half months?
Beastly Boy
May 2025
#49
Still can't or won't distinguish between Hamas militants and civilians - or starving kids, for that matter.
AloeVera
May 2025
#75
Sure I can. I can also tell what their hefty weight has to do with the starving children.
Beastly Boy
May 2025
#78
Spare me. You are impervious to reality. Hamas has controlled the food and energy markets in Gaza since at least
Beastly Boy
May 2025
#87
Only the UN, NGOs, Western doctors that have returned from Gaza, some Western media..
AloeVera
May 2025
#40
Not an excuse any longer and no one believes BB or his homies. If an NGO shows Hamas caused the ...
uponit7771
May 2025
#70
The USA and other western countries are not arming either the Sudan government or the RSF
muriel_volestrangler
May 2025
#44
I'm not a US citizen for that matter - I'm British, though this is of course an American website
muriel_volestrangler
May 2025
#57
Ok, so your objection is not on behalf of the US taxpayer. Good, one flagrantly ridiculous objection out of the way.
Beastly Boy
May 2025
#89
You've added a phrase to my quote, and then claimed it's inaccurate
muriel_volestrangler
May 2025
#90
I think their government started a war they knew they were going to lose....
EX500rider
May 2025
#66
We can walk and chew gum at same time, this issue we have more control over and ditect input
uponit7771
May 2025
#71
And motherfucker and his Israli warlord BFF want to turn it into a billionaire beach paradise.
Initech
May 2025
#88
Trump is too busy trying to starve the children of AMERICA while feeding the uber-rich,
Jack Valentino
May 2025
#94