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In reply to the discussion: Might Exceeding 4K Be The Trigger Point? [View all]BlueCheeseAgain
(1,983 posts)28. Gaza has a population of 2 million
Story after story about how miserable it is there and how impoverished the citizens are.
But Hamas has many thousands of well-equipped "militants" with modern army rifles. And they went and started a war with seemingly only a few days worth of fuel for their only power plant, no real plan for food and water. Do they care at all for the people of Gaza?
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Don't expect the OP to respond, but still wondering: Trigger point for what, by whom?
onenote
Oct 2023
#52
Irrelevant to the current situation and the Hamas atrocities that triggered it.
DavidDvorkin
Oct 2023
#35
It's absolutely foolish to not look at the causes of a problem that keeps on recurring
Bucky
Oct 2023
#51
Given what our government gets up to abroad, I wouldn't tug at that thread.
Act_of_Reparation
Oct 2023
#39