Michael Moynihan
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So the empire that controlled the land, the British Empire, said the Jews can have a territory in this land. Then I see the UN establishing the state of Israel. So if you believe in international law at all, I guess you'd have to recognize that. And then the Israelis fought a war in 1948 to take the land. So even by the law of conquest, you see the establishment. And so you might say,
well, I don't like how that war turned out, or the subsequent wars. You might say, I don't like the UN. You might say, I don't like the British Empire. But if you accept the most basic premises of our international system, going back to the Peace of Westphalia, it's really hard to make a coherent argument for the ethnic cleansing that the Free Free Palestine movement wants to effect.
well, I don't like how that war turned out, or the subsequent wars. You might say, I don't like the UN. You might say, I don't like the British Empire. But if you accept the most basic premises of our international system, going back to the Peace of Westphalia, it's really hard to make a coherent argument for the ethnic cleansing that the Free Free Palestine movement wants to effect.
well, I don't like how that war turned out, or the subsequent wars. You might say, I don't like the UN. You might say, I don't like the British Empire. But if you accept the most basic premises of our international system, going back to the Peace of Westphalia, it's really hard to make a coherent argument for the ethnic cleansing that the Free Free Palestine movement wants to effect.
So then at that point, with logic gone totally out the window, All that the political movement can come down to is a kind of senseless violence where they're going to start murdering civilians to affect political ends, which is the basic definition of terrorism that was always built in.
So then at that point, with logic gone totally out the window, All that the political movement can come down to is a kind of senseless violence where they're going to start murdering civilians to affect political ends, which is the basic definition of terrorism that was always built in.
So then at that point, with logic gone totally out the window, All that the political movement can come down to is a kind of senseless violence where they're going to start murdering civilians to affect political ends, which is the basic definition of terrorism that was always built in.
And if you've fallen for this kind of rhetoric up until this point, I think at this moment, you have to say, all right, this is a bridge too far. And as is often the case in politics, you kind of have to pick a side.
And if you've fallen for this kind of rhetoric up until this point, I think at this moment, you have to say, all right, this is a bridge too far. And as is often the case in politics, you kind of have to pick a side.
And if you've fallen for this kind of rhetoric up until this point, I think at this moment, you have to say, all right, this is a bridge too far. And as is often the case in politics, you kind of have to pick a side.
It wasn't a tough question. It's so easy.
It wasn't a tough question. It's so easy.
It wasn't a tough question. It's so easy.
Even if you are the most pro-free, free Palestine person in Congress, and she might actually hold that title. She's definitely up there.
Even if you are the most pro-free, free Palestine person in Congress, and she might actually hold that title. She's definitely up there.
Even if you are the most pro-free, free Palestine person in Congress, and she might actually hold that title. She's definitely up there.
At the very least, you're asking, couldn't you just say, oh, yes, we're praying for the victims. Rick, we asked Scott and Pache, you know, I'll say a prayer and move on. If you can't muster even that most basic, I mean, look, when, when, uh, Any political opponent gets sick. Joe Biden just got sick. He just announced he had cancer.
At the very least, you're asking, couldn't you just say, oh, yes, we're praying for the victims. Rick, we asked Scott and Pache, you know, I'll say a prayer and move on. If you can't muster even that most basic, I mean, look, when, when, uh, Any political opponent gets sick. Joe Biden just got sick. He just announced he had cancer.
At the very least, you're asking, couldn't you just say, oh, yes, we're praying for the victims. Rick, we asked Scott and Pache, you know, I'll say a prayer and move on. If you can't muster even that most basic, I mean, look, when, when, uh, Any political opponent gets sick. Joe Biden just got sick. He just announced he had cancer.
Every single Republican I saw, no matter how much they despise Joe Biden, they said, okay, well, we say prayer. Cancer's awful. He's a fellow human being. I'll raise him up in prayer. That's the most basic thing you could possibly say. She couldn't muster that. It just shows the level of contempt with which she holds her opponents.