Posted on 09/27/2025 4:35:28 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Former US president Barack Obama has said there is no military rationale right now for continuing to pummel what is already broken in Gaza, and he said it was unacceptable to ignore the human crisis that is happening there.
He said children there were starving and that a starting point in the crisis would be for both sides to acknowledge each other’s history, in a bid to break the cycle of violence.
He told a paying audience at the 3Arena in Dublin that where the truth becomes whitewashed, “you lose touch with reality and it puts you in a position where you are willing to dehumanize others and say anything is justifiable to win”.
He said that the conflict in Gaza was caused by both sides willfully ignoring history and the past.
”Not just the Palestinians, but also folks outside of the conflict oftentimes will efface or erase or ignore the very real history that led the Jewish people to insist on a homeland of their own, because of their historic vulnerabilities that resulted, in Europe, in the systematic slaughter of millions,” he added.
He said if you do not acknowledge that truth, it is difficult for Israelis to listen because that is such a profound truth for them.
Mr. Obama said Israelis also refused to acknowledge that Palestinians were displaced from their lands, often violently and that what had occurred since was an occupation that created “a second-class citizenship, or not a citizenship at all but a no-man’s-land and that would be intolerable for most people.” …
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Yep, Islam is ready to break the cycle of violence. Won’t happen until Jesus reigns on earth.
Are all members of Hamas disarmed or dead? Only then should hammering Gaza should stop
How much did he get paid to travel abroad to take cheap shots at Israeli military strategy?
How bout releasing the hostages, hmmmm?
Apparently things aren’t going to BO’s plan.
This from the guy along with Hillary that allowed/caused, the spring uprising to explode
It will all magically get better if we airdrop him there
Their mighty odongo is.....well.....irrelevant.
Typical Obama. Almost everything he said in this statement is a lie. Hamas must surrender. Then the violence will end. This time anyway.
Which is exactly what the democrats have done while letting islamic jihadists run roughshod over the entire country, like in Iran.
“there is no military rationale right now for continuing to pummel what is already broken in Gaza”
Oct 7, 2023. How quickly they forget.
“ both sides to acknowledge each other’s history”.
Specifically, that Palestine has none, other than 80 years of trying to kill Jews. Israel’s history goes back 3,400 years, long before there were any fake Palestinians claiming land that never belonged to them.
Acceptable to ignore Obama.
It’s so cute that Obamalamadingdong thinks he’s a respectable person that people should listen to.
Barry Soetoro-D evil
One side of this dispute does not wish to peacefully coexist. One side of this has a religion that calls for the dominance over, subjugation of, and murder of the other. One side of this could care less about persons within their ranks that committed unspeakable atrocities not even one year ago - and we’re all supposed to do what? Forget it happened?
Yes Barry, peace is the objective. How much more blood will need to be spilled to demonstrate that one side simply does not want it?
Evict, construct borders, and use lethal force to defend. It’s simplistic and effective.
Remove all Gazan humans - then there will be no human crisis
Barry should pack a bag and take Big Mike with him to Gaza.
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