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    Thumbs down Not a good thing

    Iran fires a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel.

    Iranian missiles follow Israel’s ground raid into Lebanon
    The missiles sharply escalated the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas threatening to push the Middle East closer toward a regionwide war.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    Sure it is... Let them clean up their mess..... I'm tired of that region.

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    "Netanyahu vows to retaliate..."
    - AP

    Tit for tat. Though I support Israel's efforts, both sides have a non-ending retaliation loop.

    Hunter
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    Apparently "don't" didn't work.
    OPINION....a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    Sure it is... Let them clean up their mess..... I'm tired of that region.
    I get it, but the problem is the indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Quite sadly, loss of life is the cost of war. another current war situation is in Ukraine
    OPINION....a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

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    People hating each other to the point of killing them is nothing new...War is the same thing en masse......Ben
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