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Toot by Keri SvendsenKeri Svendsen (mastodon.online)

@quinn Honestly it takes a lot of work because we're not talking about a simplistic or even long-lasting conflict. I can't count the number of times I've had people say to me "they've been fighting for thousands of years why should they stop now/why should we be involved" and all I can do is shake my head because this isn't true at all. For starters, both sides have legit grievances and claims.

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Playing Politics with the Gaza Terror Attack by Jay Kuo
Screen capture courtesy of NBC’s Meet the Press There once was an unspoken tradition in U.S. politics that, in the face of an attack by an enemy, either upon U.S. citizens or those of an ally, the parties would put aside politics for the moment and unite behind the President. It was important, once upon a better time, to present a united rather than a divided front, because otherwise the enemy could exploit our divisions and gain an advantage. There was no precedent for immediately blaming the White House, instead of the terrorists, for an attack like we saw out of Gaza on Saturday.