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Gaza: Truths Behind All the Lies › American Greatness
Victor Davis Hanson


“Occupied Gaza.” Prior to October 7, there were roughly two million Arab citizens of Israel but no Jewish citizens in Gaza. Gazans in 2006 voted in Hamas to rule them. It summarily executed its Palestinian Authority rivals. Hamas cancelled all future scheduled elections. It established a dictatorship and diverted hundreds of billions of dollars in international aid to build a vast underground labyrinth of military installations.

So Gaza has been occupied by Hamas, not Israel, for two decades.

“Collateral Damage.” Hamas began the war by deliberately targeting civilians. It massacred them on October 7 when it invaded Israel during a time of peace and holidays. It sent more than 7,000 rockets into Israeli cities for the sole purpose of killing noncombatants. It has no vocabulary for the collateral damage of Israeli civilians, since it believes any Jewish death under any circumstances is cause for celebration.

Hamas places its terrorist centers beneath and inside hospitals, schools, and mosques. Why? Israel is assumed to have more reservations about collaterally hitting Gaza civilians than Hamas does exposing them as human shields.

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https://amgreatness.com/2024/03/28/gaza-truths-behind-all-the-lies/
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Shades of Viet Nam! :facepalm2:
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Michigan ground zero as Biden pivots to left on Israel
By
Haisten Willis
March 28, 2024 7:00 am
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President Joe Biden knows Michigan will be crucial if he’s going to win a second term in the White House, and it is ground zero for the domestic political implications of U.S. policy on Israel and Gaza.

A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds the race between Biden and Donald Trump tied after the former president had been ahead in the swing state for weeks.

Michigan made headlines following its Democratic primary for the more than 100,000 voters who wrote in “uncommitted” as a protest vote against Biden’s strong support for Israel. The president has been more equivocal in recent weeks when speaking about the Israel-Hamas war.

“They have a point,” Biden said Tuesday when pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted him during a speech in North Carolina. “We need to get a lot more care into Gaza.”

Biden initially outlined a strongly pro-Israel stance following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks, recalling his first trip to the country in 1973 and flying in to meet with Israeli leaders the next week.

But pro-Palestinian protests have followed the president at nearly every stop in the months since, and the “uncommitted” campaign in Michigan threatens his stance in a critical “blue wall” state this November.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2941923/michigan-ground-zero-as-biden-pivots-on-israel/
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Eleven people arrested at Air Force base gate
March 26, 2024


Lynzie Lowe
The Reporter, Vacaville, Calif.
(TNS)

Eleven people were arrested Friday after attempting to block entry to Travis Air Force Base during an anti-war protest.

According to Fairfield Police Department officials, a group of about 20 people gathered near the intersection of Air Base Parkway and Parker Road at approximately 6 a.m. that morning.

“The group initially stayed on the shoulder and center median while bringing attention to their cause,” read a release issued by the department. “Just after 7 a.m., members of the group entered the crosswalk across Air Base Parkway and remained there, blocking traffic attempting to enter the main gate of the base.”

At that time, officials said additional group members also blocked the hospital gate entrance to the base.

https://popularmilitary.com/eleven-people-arrested-at-air-force-base-gate/
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How the Army Corps of Engineers plans to reopen the Port of Baltimore
By
Jamie McIntyre
March 28, 2024 7:06 am
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RACE TO REOPEN, JOB ONE: CLEAR THE CHANNEL: The Port of Baltimore is one of the busiest on the East Coast, with between $100 million and $200 million in cargo moving through the port every day. There are 10 cargo ships trapped by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday and 8,000 dock and other workers idled representing about $2 million in wages. So the race is on to reopen the port to minimize disruption to global supply lines.

“No matter how quickly the channels can be reopened, we know that it can’t happen overnight. And so, we’re going to have to manage the impacts in the meantime,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said at a White House briefing. “It’s America’s largest vehicle-handling port, which is important not only for car imports and exports but also for farm equipment.”

The Coast Guard is the lead agency, but the literal heavy lifting falls to the Army Corps of Engineers. “We’re going to go about this in three steps. The first is to get the steel truss out of a 700-foot wide by 50-foot deep channel,” Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commander and chief of engineers for the corps, told CNN. “Then we’re going to look at the bottom and see what concrete members are down below. When these ships come into Baltimore harbor, there’s anywhere between a foot and a foot and a half of clearance from the bottom. So any piece of concrete, any piece of steel on the bottom is just as much a hazard.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-on-defense/2942493/how-the-army-corps-of-engineers-plans-to-reopen-the-port-of-baltimore/
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Gimme a break!   His love isn't limited to just New York City. 

That said, he completely out-maneuvered Tunnell to Towers Foundation on this.

Oh shut up.
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Washington’s global system of alliances is facing extremely tough internal and external problems.   

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."

FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1796
 
Washington's admonition to Americans to avoid foreign entanglements stemmed from his own personal experience. He knew first hand how costly wars could be and wanted the young nation to maintain a goal of neutrality with all foreign governments as much as possible.  Washington continued his commentary by noting: "so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements" - Washington still intended for the United States to honor all existing international treaties.

Farewell Address | Monday, September 19, 1796

We were warned!
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Trump calling the widow and paying off her mortgage was decent, I'll give him credit for that.  I think he does love New York City, after all is said and done.


Gimme a break!   His love isn't limited to just New York City. 

That said, he completely out-maneuvered Tunnell to Towers Foundation on this.
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Obama and Clinton look to boost Biden without overshadowing him
By
Naomi Lim
March 28, 2024 6:07 am
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President Joe Biden is hoping the star power of his Democratic predecessors, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, will shine a light on his campaign against another former president, Donald Trump, during a high-profile New York City fundraiser.

But although his last State of the Union before November’s general election addressed concerns about his age, his campaign is under pressure to make sure Biden is not overshadowed, particularly by his younger, more popular former boss.

The Biden campaign dismisses the idea that the president has an enthusiasm problem, citing expectations Thursday night’s fundraiser could raise more than $25 million, with 5,000-plus attendees anticipated to be at Radio City Hall.

“Democrats are unified and energized behind President Biden’s reelection campaign, and that will be on full display this Thursday in New York City,” Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz told the Washington Examiner. “Donald Trump has no juice heading into the general: Huge chunks of Republican primary voters have made clear they have no interest in voting for him this November, Republican leaders like his own vice president are openly opposing him, and even if Trump wanted to reach them (he does not!), he has no cash or energy to do so.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2940819/obama-and-clinton-look-to-boost-biden-without-overshadowing-him/
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Biden expected to rake in $25 million with star-studded fundraiser featuring Obama and Clinton
By
Naomi Lim
March 28, 2024 8:54 am
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President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign is expected to end the day with another $25 million in its coffers after an all-star fundraiser featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

More than 5,000 people will attend the Thursday event, hosted by Mindy Kaling at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, for performances by Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and Lea Michele, in addition to an armchair conversation with the three presidents, moderated by Stephen Colbert. There will also be separate programming online for supporters who cannot be there in person.

“This historic raise is a show of strong enthusiasm for President Biden and Vice President Harris and a testament to the unprecedented fundraising machine we’ve built,” Biden campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg told reporters Thursday. “Unlike our opponent, every dollar we’re raising is going to reach the voters who will decide this election — communicating the president’s historic record, his vision for the future, and laying plain the stakes of this election.”

“The numbers don’t lie: Today’s event is a massive show of force and a true reflection of the momentum to reelect the Biden-Harris ticket,” said Katzenberg, one of the organizers, along with Anna Wintour.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2942499/biden-25-million-fundraiser-obama-clinton/
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