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There is truth to what you say except for the first sentence that it will be remembered for those things. Put your hand in a pail of water and pull it out. The speech will be remembered for as long as it takes the water to become still again.

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So true...Yet it will be remembered by historians as a missed opportunity and the very few that take their eyes off of social media to read history...as a missed opportunity.

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I don’t know what you think would have been the right thing to say about Gaza. Right now Hamas is saying they won’t release the hostages. They do nothing to reduce the harm to civilians. Iran is our enemy and is pulling the strings to make this a bigger conflict.

There are internal politics in Israel and here that make this a very difficult problem.

Do you suggest we give in to Hamas or do you suggest we go after them so Israel doesn’t? I think it is easy to say things are going very badly,but what will solve the problem and how will a speech make it happen? My sense is that when you push too hard publicly you are likely to stiffen people’s position.

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You have drunk Biden's cool-aide on this topic.

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Perhaps you should drink it too. Our glass is half full. Biden is a shrewd negotiator. This problem has been around since the inception of Israel. The solution takes time. Biden knows that but he has proved himself to be tenacious and wise.

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You demonstrate a complete ignorance of American complicity in the genocide happening in Gaza.

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