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@JesseKellyDC I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers to you and your family.

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@SteveDeaceShow Clarifying my Yes vote. If he has 16 children and he's not into idolatry, prosperity gospel or a cult. If you are genuinely doing the lords work, what does it matter what size the house is?

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@CHPAlerts @LAPDHQ @LAPDPIO Once upon a time time we just called it a missing person. Now we segregate our missing people in the name of... what? Racism?

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@SteveDeaceShow I'll buy that.

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@DeaceProducer Congratulations!!!

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My Thoughts on this weekend:

I am having a hard time writing coherently about the events because of the amount of emotion still involved. It was the worst terror attack in the modern history of Israel, including those that occurred during both Intifadas. As of writing this, the death toll is over 600. Given that Israel is a country of just over 9.3 Million people and the bodies are still being counted, this will end up being the equivalent of at least 10 9/11’s for the country. It was also easily the worst massacre of Jews in one day since World War II. We won't know the full details for weeks, but I also suspect that dozens of Americans will be among the casualties or hostages.

The level of failure here is unprecedented and a lot of people in the Israeli government and military will have to answer for it after the war is over. The images of dead women and children lying in the street and at bus stops will haunt me for a long time. These events have changed the Middle East for years to come as Israel must now accept again that they are fighting for their survival and cannot settle for anything less than full security for its citizens moving forward.

A few other scattered thoughts:

1) This was a choice by Palestinians in Gaza and now both sides will pay a heavy price for it. Israel took a very controversial step in 2005 by unilaterally withdrawing from Gaza and allowing Palestinians to govern themselves. This included Israel forcibly removing Jews from their homes to establish a clearer border and eliminate settlements. Since then, those Palestinians have had a choice between peace and prosperity or hate and terrorism. They chose the latter at every turn. They elected a terrorist group to rule over them. Instead of investing in hospitals, schools, or farms, they spent all their time focused on building terror tunnels, stockpiling Iranian missiles, and launching constant attacks.

That choice has also become the primary impediment to a permanent peace deal because the justified perception among Israelis now is that any land they give up or deals they make will just be used to stockpile weapons and prepare for more attacks against Israeli civilians.

2) The Biden administration has a lot to answer for here. Their entire approach to the region has been a failure. They restarted aid to Gaza without any conditions. They have continually enabled Iran, including with a recent deal that gave Iran $6 Billion extra to fund the very types of attacks and missile stockpiles we saw used this week. Finally, they have downplayed and ignored the scandal of their administration being compromised by an Iranian influence operation that connects back to the Iranian government. That Iran hostage deal was negotiated by Qatar, which is where the Hamas leadership lives in luxury while planning terrorist attacks against innocent civilians.

3) While it is true that reality is always complex, that does not mean that morality is relative. There is clarity between good and evil. There are real differences between those who value innocent life and those who want to destroy it. It is disheartening watching such an act of evil being celebrated by millions of people, but that's the reality we live in and we must face it head-on. We cannot be confused about who are the good guys and the bad guys. You can argue about different responses or levels of involvement, but Putin, Iran's regime, CCP, Hamas etc. represent evil and those they seek to undermine and destroy, while not perfect, are not comparable.

4) The early headlines have downplayed the severity and nature of the attack. MSNBC’s coverage all day on Saturday was ignorant and deplorable in trying to excuse the actions of the terrorists. Similarly, The New York Times actually published an article on the same day suggesting that the Gaza suffering from the Israeli blockade was the real problem. Now the coverage and reactions are inevitably pushing on Israel to accept a more muted response. The answer should simply be no. That expectation would never exist for any other country facing this type of attack. This is a full war and Israel must do whatever it takes to win it decisively and ensure the security of its citizens is protected moving forward. At a minimum, that means an end to Hamas as the governing entity in Gaza.

Now I pray for Israel to do what must be done quickly and with as much precision as possible. It will take a miracle to recover the numerous hostages because they were mostly taken to try to force Israel to rethink a proper response in Gaza, which they cannot do. But I will pray for such a miracle anyway.

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@SteveDeaceShow I just can't understand why anyone would prefer Trump over DeSantis.

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@SteveDeaceShow It'd like he's not even serious... he doesn't want to win. He just wants to bitch, moan and complain about how everyone has done him wrong. He takes no responsibility for the parts he's played in anything. They screwed him, but he allowed it and provided him the screw driver.

[Casey DeSantis @CaseyDeSantis]

We will not allow you to exploit the innocence of our children to advance your agenda.

When you come after our kids, we fight back.

We are no longer silent.

We are united.

We are Mamas for DeSantis.

...and we will elect @RonDeSantis President of the United States.

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@SteveDeaceShow Rated! Just got home from the theater... had high expectations of this movie and yet it exceeded my expectations. If there is just half an ounce of integrity left in Hollywood (which I doubt), Sean would win an Oscar hands down.

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@GrantDGriffiths @SteveDeaceShow Great movie!

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@SteveDeaceShow Field of Dreams.... crap....now I gotta go watch it.

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@SteveDeaceShow Nobody should be surprised at the depths that Boston Children's will go to. May I remind you of the medical kidnapping of Justina Pelletier? They didn't pay a price for their evil...so they are confident in doubling down.

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@SteveDeaceShow Would be completely stupid to use this to elect Ttump again. We have at least one better candidate in DeSantis. Do we need to remind people that Trump put the current FBI director in there? So much for draining the swamp.

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@laura_hoftyzer @SteveDeaceShow Ditto.

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@SteveDeaceShow I've done it myself... shit people of all the stupid things he's done this is at the bottom of the list. His foot got caught FFS. I can't believe I'm having to defend him on this one. But, yea, I am....because I spent years on a bike and it's happened to me, once in traffic.

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@AmieWohrer Just say no to man buns.

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@RepAdamSchiff Vaccine doesn't work you nimrod.

[Todd Erzen @DeaceOnline]

Progressivism is cancer