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Glorious bastard

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3. If Hamas had no bodies of hostages to return, they signed a cease fire deal in bad faith.

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 08:40 AM

Oct 16

They knew before signing they couldn’t deliver on it.

The over two thousand Palestinian prisoners, including 250 criminals serving life sentences for murder and terrorism, were detained and convicted in the course of due process of law. You may not like the process, and neither do I, but it doesn’t compare to abduction by force of innocent civilians to be held for no other purpose than extortion. Hence the distinction between hostages and prisoners.

If these distinctions escaped you, your claims of impartiality are rather disingenuous, and you know which side you are on.

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IDF receives two bodies from Red Cross; Hamas claims to have returned all dead hostages it could find [View all] question everything Oct 15 OP

Well, that didn't take long. mwmisses4289 Oct 15 #1

Seeing Hamas and the general Palestinian population can't find a lot of their own Aussie105 Oct 16 #2

If Hamas had no bodies of hostages to return, they signed a cease fire deal in bad faith. Glorious bastard Oct 16 #3

Wrong again - as surely you know. AloeVera Oct 16 #4

How many of them were ambushed and abducted to be held for ransom and no other reason? Glorious bastard Oct 16 #6

Many of the hostages held by Israel received no trial Orrex Oct 17 #12

I'm on the side that's not Hamas n/t Polybius Oct 18 #20

Should Israel resume their bombing over corpses? Resume starving the populace? maxsolomon Oct 16 #5

Should we overlook Hamas' deceptions yet again and deflect to speculating about Israel instead? Glorious bastard Oct 17 #7

the idea that hostage bodies are unrecoverable below bombed buildings isn't outrageous. maxsolomon Oct 17 #8

Corpses of hostages are a good enough reason to demand maximum pressure on Hamas to deliver what they Glorious bastard Oct 17 #9

To this point, "maximum pressure" has meant starving 2 million people, some to death. maxsolomon Oct 17 #10

as per my post, maximum pressure on Hamas by the international community and humanitarians of all colors. Glorious bastard Oct 17 #11

Other than Netanyahu's years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder... Orrex Oct 17 #13

For one, condemn them at least as frequently as they do Israel Glorious bastard Oct 17 #14

How will that put pressure on Hamas? And who's making excuses for them? Orrex Oct 17 #15

You think it will not? Glorious bastard Oct 17 #16

Seriously? Orrex Oct 18 #17

This is getting even more bizarre. Glorious bastard Oct 18 #18

In an unsurprising move, you resort to mischaracterizing my position. Repeatedly. Orrex Oct 18 #19

So much effort to avoid one simple question! Glorious bastard Oct 18 #21