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Nunya's avatar

Well said! This IS insanity and how warped that media use “goodwill gesture” at all!

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Kelli's avatar

It makes me feel sick.

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Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

And you are almost certainly right—there will be a price for this; we just don’t know what it is yet.

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Pebbles's avatar

Ah Kelli. What the fuckety fuck indeed. I too am glad to see him home, and yet I despair at the “deal”. I despair with Trump, who is talking about lifting sanctions for Syria where people are being slaughtered by the new Jihadi dictator in town, Jolani. I had high hopes for Trump when it comes to Israel, but now I too need to realise that I was blinded once again by wishful thinking and that the guy will sell out Israel for the sake of his deals with the Gulf States. There will be a price to pay for Edan Alexander, and it will be paid by Israel not by the US.

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Kelli's avatar

It just feels like there is no sense or reason in the world anymore.

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Chris thorpe's avatar

Anx one mans' sense is another mans NONSENSE.

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Not so young anymore.'s avatar

Yes. There is always a price.

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Chris thorpe's avatar

THOSE ARE CIGARETTE BURNS ON HIS ARMS.

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Not so young anymore.'s avatar

He was tortured.

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Jayne's avatar

I had the very same thought!

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Dan Solomon's avatar

My biggest fear is that Trump is going to make a deal with Iran that will require Iran not to enrich uranium beyond 3.6 % without proper gurantees that the IAEA will be able to inspect the underground nuclear facilities at Fordow and Natanz. This was the biggest flaw of the JCPOA reached under Obama.

After four rounds of negotiation between Iran and the U.S. without input from Israel, it is possible that Trump will announce a "breakthrough" in the negotiations and a "great new deal". Behind the scenes, Trump will have traded the release of Edan Alexander, the lone remaining American hostage, for a nuclear deal that exposes Israel and the sunni Gulf States to an Iran that will in a short time have atomic bombs.

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Kelli's avatar

Your fears are legitimate trump is completely unpredictable.

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Peter Samuel's avatar

Witkoff is compromised by the Qatari Benefactors of Hamas Death Cult.

He was dealing with the Qatari when Trump appointed him.

Iran told USA send Witkoff to negotiate with us, if you send Rubio we will not come to negotiate.

Oman is another puppet of Iran and helps the Houthi degenerates as well.

Witkoff “arranged” for the 747 so that Trump will keep on agreeing to any “deals” as the Benefactors desire.

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April's avatar

Absolutely.

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Joy B's avatar

I wondered what price was on his life too. But it was good news. A few more goodwill gestures would be nice, but they're not US citizens so 🤔

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Not so young anymore.'s avatar

Hamas has no goodwill. Ever.

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Kelli's avatar

Exactly

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Joy B's avatar

I know that! My tongue was lodged in my cheek

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Gerard DiLeo's avatar

Yeah. The describing this as a "goodwill gesture" twanged that thing in me that only has one knee-jerk reaction...to say, "Really?" REALLY??!!

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Kelli's avatar

Same.

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bernie davis's avatar

This is a 10 year war

Stop worrying about trump

How do you stop the Muslim invasion of America

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Meet Up's avatar

You write so well. Express yourself so clearly and sensibly. Joy to read, though the subject is anything but joy

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