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Oh that was Hamas remember? They were executing people attempting to flee from Gaza City in the North to safe zones in the South?

That's ridiculous. They were invaded in Oct 7th it started a war. Hamas can surrender at any time. They're choosing not to. They're saying that the casualties they've suffered are acceptable. They choose when the war ends. They have continued to choose war.

And quite frankly they were poorly prepared for a war. They spent $0 on civilian bomb shelters, $0 on AA/Sam or other air defense, $0 on tanks. They were poorly prepared for the war they started and they shouldn't have started it. What's happening is the expected outcome when a modern army engages with a poorly armed foe.

No, but the fault of civilian deaths in a was is the fault of the aggressors, in this case Hamas.

Honestly I worry it is dementia. Some days he's clearly sharp and other days he barely knows where he is. That's what the early stages look like.

You can make the claim for anyone 65 and up truthfully. That's the downside of running old ass candidates.

Sure but how long would he try to hold onto power? What level of decline would trigger his resignation? What things is he doing to ensure VP Harris is ready for a takeover etc...

Just showing that he has done the planning necessary is a huge step. Nobody wants another vegetable like Dementia ridden Reagan or Stroked out Woodrow Wilson; whose stroke status led to him botching the WW1 peace process and directly contributed to WW2.. Right now his (Biden's) campaign is pretending that any sort of cognitive decline is a complete impossibly and that's just irresponsible.

According to actuarial tables it's actually significantly more valid now than it was before. There's something like a 90% chance that Biden experiences cognitive decline in the next 4 years (assuming he lives that long). And that's not surprising since 50% of people over the age of 70 experience cognitive decline in America (and it's higher for males).

Ignoring it last election for both candidates was a mistake. And Biden and Trump should both in theory put out a "I'm fine but if I develop dementia during the next turn this is the plan" plan. For Biden, that will help a lot of people who are on the fence between him and nobody see him as a better candidate and turn out in higher percentages.

Low turnout is the main thing Biden should fear. He will loose a low turnout election.

No, he has not been convicted.

flex X on the fools does verbose logs only.

Not really pro-Israel. More anti-rape and anti-slavery.

The United States, I'm an American.

Because it would be devastating to the above point.