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So that’s my point. Going back to the US and Roosevelt: on one hand, he was inept and Pearl Harbor accidentally occurred. On the other hand, he “let” it occur so he would have a reason to enter the war.

This isn’t conspiracy this is a factual aspect of the war and if we look at individuals who were prominent around this time, especially E. Bernays and the work he had done on propaganda, you begin to see how “ineptness” is a very valuable excuse.

From Roosevelt, to G. Bush, and many others, a lot of these leaders just happen to be “inept” and the wrong times.

Open to feedback though 😀

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Well, A.ex and I do not think "ineptness" occurred "on purpose." I think sometimes they underestimate the extent of the disasters and don't want to over-react to some information. But they don't see how their own actions (or even lackof preparation) might precipitate what happens. Still, if the Palestinians had a "side" or "point of view," they negated it with this terrorism. So I'll wait to see Part II here. Some of Alex's point seemed a bit contradictory or obfuscated in Part I. But I agree, Netanyahu didn't want 1300 people killed. It was a little less clear why Alex thinks he didn't want to take this action in the Gaza strip if he was developing more and more Israeli settlements in it. Or exactly how he thinks he failed, other than ineptness or lack of foresight.

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Geography strikes again! You have Gaza confused with the West Bank. There are no Israeli settlements in Gaza. And Hamas controls Gaza, not the West Bank.

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Yes, I already acknowledged that--I didn't read it right and mixed it up.

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