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Israel/Palestine

hlthe2b

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5. Imagine if Americans showed no interest at all/demanded no answers to how 911 could have happened

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 10, 2024, 02:49 PM

Oct 2024

with the US seemingly so unprepared and incomprehensibly failing to communicate threats known to some to those responsible to act. Imagine if multiple credible female soldiers or officials came upon the plot and actually had transmitted their knowledge to the highest levels of US government--to the White House/Pentagon--yet their entreaties were ignored...

Imagine no one wanting to look at that, to know how that could have happened, who was responsible, how we could prevent a similar attack in the future.

Imagine...

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IDF Ignored Female Soldiers' Warnings Pre-Oct. 7. Then They Were Massacred Amanpour and Company [View all] Uncle Joe Oct 2024 OP

This is a story that leaves me absolutely cold. Was it blatant misogyny? Incompetence? Something else? hlthe2b Oct 2024 #1

My own gut feeling is that it was "something else." Uncle Joe Oct 2024 #2

It is absolutely remarkable how many stories about Hamas invading Israel and killing over 1200 Beastly Boy Oct 2024 #3

That would be remarkable if time didn't exist before October 7th nor after, but no day exists in a vacuum. Uncle Joe Oct 2024 #4

Imagine if Americans showed no interest at all/demanded no answers to how 911 could have happened hlthe2b Oct 2024 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Oct 2024 #6

Those are YOUR words, not mine. Why do you not want to know what happened? hlthe2b Oct 2024 #7

We have been screaming for answers Israeli Oct 2024 #11

There are many here who NEED to hear from you so I'm glad you are weighing in... hlthe2b Oct 2024 #12

Ive been saying the same since Israeli Oct 2024 #13

There are a large number here who are with you. hlthe2b Oct 2024 #14

There are also a large number here who are against me Israeli Oct 2024 #15

The story in question covers the events immediately prior to the Hamas attack and Beastly Boy Oct 2024 #8

I don't know of any murder investigation that doesn't cover the immediate past, Uncle Joe Oct 2024 #9

Amazing! Aussie105 Oct 2024 #10