Status Updates From War

“Can’t you shoot them in the legs or something?” [proposed Trump about handling the Black Lives matter protests about the murders committed by police officers during their duty against American civilians because the protests made his administration “look weak”]

William McRaven former US special operations commander said: As Americans, we should be frightened—deeply afraid for the future of the nation. When good men and women can’t speak the truth, when facts are inconvenient, when integrity and character no longer matter, when presidential ego and self-preservation are more important than national security—then there is nothing left to stop the triumph of evil.

Polls in Israel since October 7 showed 65 percent of Israelis opposed a two state solution, a complete reversal from 2012 when polls indicated 61 percent of Israelis supported it

“Giving the Palestinians a state after the worst terror attack in Israel’s history and the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust? That makes total sense” said Dermer sarcastically

[yet a Palestinian state is long overdue. It was mandated by UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) in 1947 before Jewish militias revolted, kicked out the Brits, and expelled 700k Palestinians from their homes]

Before October 7, because of a 16-year blockade by Israel, 95 percent of Palestinians living in Gaza already did not have access to clean water and 80 percent relied on humanitarian aid for food

The problem I have when reading books about the current regime is that the awful behavior they describe makes me so angry I have to stop.

Biden would privately refer to Netanyahu as “a bad fucking guy” and a “liar”

The United Stated was the first nation to recognize the state of Israel, 11 minutes after its founding, 75 years ago

US intelligence said Hezbollah was not planning an attack. Biden told Bibi to not attack Lebanon preemptively so as to not escalate the Gaza war [genocide] into a regional war. Bibi said he will discuss this with his cabinet taking into account Israeli interests first. Biden said US will support Israel if it gets attacked but NOT if it starts it.
[this was 2024ish. The rest is history]