" but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power.". Very true. But ugh, they get indoctrinated into antisemitism early. That's the thing - not the kids' fault how they're raised, but who the fuck is teaching them this? And yes, you're right about Trump, although we already did get attacked by Saudi Arabia…
" but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power.". Very true. But ugh, they get indoctrinated into antisemitism early. That's the thing - not the kids' fault how they're raised, but who the fuck is teaching them this? And yes, you're right about Trump, although we already did get attacked by Saudi Arabia on 9/11 and they didn't give a crap how many people they killed. Terrorism sucks, and yes, the Pals have got a lot of reason to hate Israel (and I'll say Israelis rather than Jews).
It's a difficult, ugly situation. I just find the Pals extremely unsympathetic as victims because of the antisemitism that's baked into their religion. And if we didn't have as many haters in the West Bank, where the non-Hamas gang resides, they must surely hate us now.
Honestly? I think Trump's going to be horrendous for Americans if he gets in again - and he's not ruling from jail - and it probably won't involve inviting some enemy to attack us - but I've already considered that anyone who voted for him whose life gets worse deserves it. I felt that way after he got in the first time and many foreign countries, including Canada, hit the red states hard with tariffs in response to his. That surely affected poorly those Americans there who *didn't* vote for him. That's life in the states of unpopular whack jobs, whether it's Trump's America, Hamas's Gaza or Nuttin'-yahoo's Israel.
Bottom line: I know I should feel more sympathy for the Palestinians. Working on it. It would really, really, really really REALLY REALLY help if the Islamic world overall would reject the terrorism in their Koran the way Christians & Jews have rejected much of the violence in the Bible.
" but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power.". Very true. But ugh, they get indoctrinated into antisemitism early. That's the thing - not the kids' fault how they're raised, but who the fuck is teaching them this? And yes, you're right about Trump, although we already did get attacked by Saudi Arabia on 9/11 and they didn't give a crap how many people they killed. Terrorism sucks, and yes, the Pals have got a lot of reason to hate Israel (and I'll say Israelis rather than Jews).
It's a difficult, ugly situation. I just find the Pals extremely unsympathetic as victims because of the antisemitism that's baked into their religion. And if we didn't have as many haters in the West Bank, where the non-Hamas gang resides, they must surely hate us now.
Honestly? I think Trump's going to be horrendous for Americans if he gets in again - and he's not ruling from jail - and it probably won't involve inviting some enemy to attack us - but I've already considered that anyone who voted for him whose life gets worse deserves it. I felt that way after he got in the first time and many foreign countries, including Canada, hit the red states hard with tariffs in response to his. That surely affected poorly those Americans there who *didn't* vote for him. That's life in the states of unpopular whack jobs, whether it's Trump's America, Hamas's Gaza or Nuttin'-yahoo's Israel.
Bottom line: I know I should feel more sympathy for the Palestinians. Working on it. It would really, really, really really REALLY REALLY help if the Islamic world overall would reject the terrorism in their Koran the way Christians & Jews have rejected much of the violence in the Bible.