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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t believe she navigated it well at all. What an utter disappointment [/quote]
What did you want her to say that she didn't say?[/quote]

‘And let me be clear, I will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself," she said

"What has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost, desperate hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking,"

That’s what she said. Reading this you’d think the Palestinians were victims of some sort of natural disaster that just happened on them. The language used here about Israel and Palestine is very different. She is playing with words, she doesn't say the same words about Palastinian such as right to self defense, independent government and sovereignty of their lands. Also talking about being devastated by whats happening in Gaza and in the same breath talk about  how you will be ensure the entity that is inflicting this to defend itself and provide arms is the gaslight i was missing in my playbook. She vowed to protect Israel. I wanted to shout at her: protect against WHO? Babies, children, women, medical workers, volunteers, teachers, journalists, geriatrics??? She speaks of the Palestinians as if they are they're victims of a natural disaster (their suffering is "heartbreaking"), rather than victims of an ongoing US-backed sl@ughter. She does so while promising unrelenting military backing for the government killing them. Not a peep about an arms embargo, not a whisper about upholding international law[/quote]

And how do you propose she say that with such nuance in the context of last night's speech? I would contend that she said enough to placate the people who continue to protest, and it is certainly more than the GOP would provide.

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You really don’t think she couldn’t have found a way to say this if she wanted to? When she has the top speechwriters in the country working for her? Are you serious? Did we need to hear Israel have the right to defend itself one more time? We dont even talk about America having the right to defend itself- is Israel the only country in the world that has the right to defend itself? You don’t think she could’ve said , i used to be a prosecutor and i stand for international law and that means I will stand for the right of the Israeli n Palestinian citizens to live in peace, sovereignty? Did the speech really have to be about Israel defending itself and us providing arms? [/quote]

Exactly. So sick and tired of our political class regurgitating what AIPAC instructs them to say. These politicians have whored themselves out an have zero actual integrity. It's sickening.[/quote]

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