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The October 7 attack was inevitable

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  Why was  October 7 inevitable ?   One word: Extortion By James Terminiello     It’s difficult now but if you run a web search to find images of the Gaza Str i p before the current war , you w ould encounter a  place of wrenching poverty ; decay ; and , until recently , qui e t despair .     As an economic entity Gaza could not and did not operate without funds injected from many sources including the U.S., some Arab nations, and, yes, Israel. Naturally, as with all aid from afar, too much of it finds its way into the wrong pockets most of the time. As a place to live Gaza practically stewed in depression which easily and naturally turns into envy and fury - particularly when you see other nations prospering on your mobile device.     Isr ael’s forlorn hope was that if you lined the pockets of Hamas and other minor semi-political, semi-military, semi-religious organizations with extortion money they would slurp up the cream and use the meager rest to keep the popul

Putin, not Israel, is getting away with mass murder

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Putin’s w ar d warfs G aza – Where are the protesters?   By James Terminiello   The Fog of War being, well, foggy we will not know the full body count in the two currently raging battles until years into the future ... if ever .  Nevertheless, the nearest estimated figures , as of this writing , are :     Israel-Gaza War                50,000 casualties   Russo-Ukraine War        500,000 casualties     These hideous numbers include gobs of non-combatants – women, children, the elderly, foreigners, the handicapped, people in hospitals, kidnap victims, aid workers , journalists. All the usual collateral victims of war. Each of these unfortunates are equally dead or maimed no matter the justifications for these conflicts.     And s peaking of justifications. Consider this:     Israel was the victim of a sneak attack. Vladimir Putin’s war is one of choice .     The Gaza fighters are disguised and comingled with the local populace. Israeli, Russian , and Ukrainian sold i ers