Derec
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I said the Rashida Tlaib wing, especially the antisemitic feathers on the far left wingtip of the Democratic base.Biden is not trying to appease Rashida Tlaib,
"Somewhere in the middle" again reminds me of that John Kerry cartoon I posted upthread.he's trying desperately to navigate a complex issue and find a path somewhere in the middle between two extremes that both result in unacceptable amounts of death and destruction.
WWII resulted in huge amounts of death and destruction. It would still have been wrong to stop shot of victory and leave Nazis in power.
How many Germans died in WWII? Including civilians, including children? War is hell, but let's not forget who started this one. Just like we should not forget that Germany started WWII.Finding good middle-ground solutions may be difficult, but killing 100,000 Gazans is not the way to go according to way more people than merely
Tlaib is a congresswoman, so she obviously has some political power. But I wasn't just talking about her, but about all her Ilk.Rashida Tlaib who essentially has no political power.
You know, the types yelling "Death to America" in Dearbornistan.
Deplorable!
But this is only the first phase. And note that only ~30 hostages would be released in exchange for 100s of Palestinian terrorists.You skipped over the actual technical detail of phase 1 which is NOT a permanent ceasefire, but instead a ceasefire and moving Israeli troops out of POPULATED areas in Gaza. In other words, the troops are still there close by during phase 1. This is the best bet to get more hostages as a ceasefire and talks has shown to be WAY MORE effective at doing so.
It's not exactly speculation, it's part of the framework Biden is pushing.All this later speculation of a phase 2 below is something that might not even happen, not because it is not part of the proposal but instead because Israel and Palestinians hardly can keep a ceasefire:
How is the small number of hostages to be released in Phase 1, "maximizing" anything?During the second phase, it is up to Israel and Gaza to negotiate. The further along in the phases etc, the more dynamic, unknown, and frankly hard to keep to the proposal it will be. I don't believe they will be able to keep a ceasefire anyway and so some other kind of international intervention or just a NEW PLAN may be necessary. And none of that is relevant because the immediate need is to maximize hostage release while minimizing civilian deaths.
It is the only idea that would lead to a lasting peace. Call it the "German Model".That is a moronic idea that since Hamas would never accept,
It is questionable how many hostages are still alive even now. Last time there were talks about a ceasefire deal, Hamas talked about "dead or alive" hostages to be released. There is also the issue of hostages being held by different factions such as Islamic Jihad.would result in more deaths of both Gazan civilians and eventually the hostages.
The more Hamas is given for hostages, the more incentive they and other terror groups have to take hostages again.We can observe from the past interactions between Israel and Hamas that the best course of action to get hostages released is to negotiate for hostage release, not useless ultimatums.
I do not think Hamas and other terror groups will ever agree to give up all hostages, as they want that leverage.Any of those things that could be non-starters in a current negotiation can be forced later on after Hamas gives up its leverage, i.e. the hostages. Ergo, having them give up leverage (and Israeli lives) is the immediate need. You don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water.