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18. That insistence on the hostages being released before negotiations begin has gotten us nowhere.

Reply to Beastly Boy (Reply #17)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 12:19 PM

Thursday

It's dumb and not backed up by history. Even Nixon and Reagan, both accused of treason and prolonging respectively, the Vietnam War, and the Iranian hostage crisis, had enough sense to engage in back-channel talks with the enemy to achieve the end of the Vietnam War (Nixon), and the Iranian hostage crisis (Reagan).

Netanyahu/Likud need to take a lesson from history and, like I said, get the fucking Gaza/West Bank war over.

It's way past time.

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When will Netanyahu stop the attacks? brush Tuesday #1

Once everyone in Gaza is dead Bettie Tuesday #4

We're so complicit...continuing to supply the weapons and letting it happen. brush Tuesday #8

When he has convinced a few countries to take in Palestinians for "humanitarian reasons" or because they have no choice. AloeVera Tuesday #5

Another Nakba. The inhumanity is so infuriating, and the US has it's hand in it... brush Tuesday #7

Looks like he already persuaded one country Beastly Boy Wednesday #10

When armed terrorists quit hanging around food warehouses. Beastly Boy Wednesday #9

BB, come on. You can do better than that. When will Netanyahu... brush Wednesday #11

No, I cannot do better than this. And I suspect no one can. Beastly Boy Wednesday #12

Let's just get it done finally. No more back and forth, then one side... brush Wednesday #13

There can only be one end to the negotiations. When all hostages are home, dead or alive Beastly Boy Wednesday #17

That insistence on the hostages being released before negotiations begin has gotten us nowhere. brush Thursday #18

What has gotten us here in the first place is the abduction of the hostages. Beastly Boy Thursday #19

Welcome to another 75 years of hostilities then. brush Thursday #20

If hostage taking is tolerated in any way, you are absolutely right. Beastly Boy Thursday #21

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with malaise Tuesday #6

When will Hamas Mountainguy Wednesday #14

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If anything, Israel has been holding back Mountainguy Wednesday #16