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‘I thought we voted for America first’: Trump Gaza plan has US lawmakers skeptical

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-06 2025-02-06 04:15|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top
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#1
Wait for it.
Trump 1st proposes something that drives the offending, or surrounding nations crazy. That places the USA at the head of the table and in control.

Then the offender(s) must beg and/or negotiate for the USA to give ground. The results being the offender(s) properly addressing the issue they have failed or avoided in doing.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-06 05:00|| 2025-02-06 05:00|| Front Page Top

#2 You notice they're talking Gaza, not Palestine.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-02-06 07:40|| 2025-02-06 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 They have divided America all my life.
They have dominated American headlines all my life.
They have dominated the UN all my life.
They have dominated foreign aid all my life.

Solving this problem is solving a problem that has recurred all my life and is a problem America has to deal with time and time again.

Posted by mossomo 2025-02-06 12:35|| 2025-02-06 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Gaza, not Palestine.

What’s your point, Procopius2k?

Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-06 12:58|| 2025-02-06 12:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Then turn it into a new Buc-cee's.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-02-06 13:10|| 2025-02-06 13:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Gaza, not Palestine.

If you will allow me a stab or two...

Palestine has been an insolvable problem for decades.
Gaza is about what to do with the Gazans while the ruble is bulldozed and we negotiate on what to rebuild for the future.
In a nutshell, saying Gaza instead of Palestine reframes the problem and allows for discussions that otherwise could not take place.

It also opens the topic of why neighboring countries will not take in the Gazan refugees. Seems unneighborly, eh? Is there something fundamentally wrong with the Gazans?

Posted by SteveS 2025-02-06 13:47|| 2025-02-06 13:47|| Front Page Top

#7 It also opens the topic of why neighboring countries will not take in the Gazan refugees. Seems unneighborly, eh? Is there something fundamentally wrong with the Gazans?

See: Black September, Hama Rules, Lebanon devastated by the PLO. The cockroaches bring success and prosperity wherever they go

Posted by Frank G 2025-02-06 14:10|| 2025-02-06 14:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Got it, thank you. I was stuck at the literal level, not thinking in terms of getting past no in the negotiation.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-06 15:37|| 2025-02-06 15:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Hama didn't actually involve Palestinians (except, maybe, as part of Assad's forces).

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-06 15:45|| 2025-02-06 15:45|| Front Page Top

#10 #6 That doesn't make it Israel's responsibility: Israel absorbed Jewish refugees from Arab countries. "Palestinian" refugees are Arabs' problem.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-06 15:48|| 2025-02-06 15:48|| Front Page Top

#11 Setting the table and defining the language is a strong position.

I suspect Moran is playing a part to get past the 'no', but everyone gets attention right now.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-02-06 15:54|| 2025-02-06 15:54|| Front Page Top

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