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22. "One miscalculation can end its very existence."

Reply to marybourg (Reply #21)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:11 PM

20 hrs ago

You said it. Not me. This strike is a major miscalculation.

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It's not a question what Israel had on Trump to drag him down this path. [View all] Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago OP

Don't count out the Israeli lobby and the Christian rught Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #1

Why blame Israel? yardwork 21 hrs ago #2

No one is blaming Israel, gab13by13 21 hrs ago #3

Reread the OP. yardwork 21 hrs ago #9

Both men are using this to evade other matters. With djt it's Epstein; with Bibi, it's avoiding allegorical oracle 20 hrs ago #24

There was no trial 25 years ago. AloeVera 20 hrs ago #31

I was born Jewish. Intractable 20 hrs ago #25

It's traditional to blame the Jews. marybourg 21 hrs ago #4

A majority of the Jews are victims of the war mongers and ultra-nationalists too. PufPuf23 21 hrs ago #6

Not all Jews. Just one. Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #7

Reread the OP. yardwork 21 hrs ago #11

Yes, there was one Jewish person named there. Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #14

Read the subject line of the OP out loud. yardwork 21 hrs ago #16

We need to ask the OP if they meant "all Jews, everywhere" Wednesdays 20 hrs ago #20

See reply No. 18. Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #28

It's not just Bibi. It's a whole political party and movement. Intractable 20 hrs ago #26

Every news source across the seas and in the US Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago #8

But that's not what you wrote. yardwork 21 hrs ago #10

The ugly fact is that Netanyahu is the driving force in Israel. Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #18

The real ugly fact is that Israel's very existence is constantly at stake. marybourg 20 hrs ago #21

"One miscalculation can end its very existence." Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #22

You may of course be right. Time will tell. marybourg 20 hrs ago #23

It's sadly amusing to me how the trurh gets twisted when it comes to Israel. AloeVera 19 hrs ago #33

Thos is important- blaming the political state of Israel for legitimate transgressions is NOT anti-semitic. 3_Limes 20 hrs ago #30

OMG Skittles 19 hrs ago #34

Then stop. yardwork 17 hrs ago #39

NEWSFLASH Skittles 17 hrs ago #40

Just like the US, Israel is being led by a megalomaniac. Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago #5

Height of naivety to think Israel and its lobby - and Trump's donors - are not behind this. AloeVera 21 hrs ago #12

"Or something." yardwork 21 hrs ago #15

Do you blame Israel too - or just Trump? Nt AloeVera 20 hrs ago #27

I blame Netanyahu and Trump. yardwork 17 hrs ago #38

It is an old trope sarisataka 20 hrs ago #17

Israel is a modern nation-state as well as an intheflow 20 hrs ago #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 19 hrs ago #32

Fuck Netanyahu. He needs to be cut off completely. Initech 21 hrs ago #13

From Where I Sit, Almost the Only Critters on Earth Who Seem to Lack "Leverage" (As in Blackmail) The Roux Comes First 20 hrs ago #29

You can bet your ass they have a full copy of ALL the Epstein files nt Javaman 19 hrs ago #35

I Don't Think Deep State Witch 19 hrs ago #36

THere is no question. Trump is enjoying all this. ananda 19 hrs ago #37