From: mikedilger at 11/03 10:29
> I'm sure we do disagree as to the facts if October 7. I reviewed hours of disgusting videos. I then listened to Hamas repr in Lebanon explain. His words were consistent with the videos. Israels were not. If you think the videos must then be biased, they were from Ben Shapiro.
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I'm having trouble parsing your statement. I agree that the disgusting videos were consistent with some of the statements from Hamas. One in particular said that there will be many more Oct 7ths to come. I believe that is his intent, and the intent of Hamas. I heard one Hamas spokesman try to state that civilians were not targetted. That's patently absurd since so many civilians were killed in abhorent ways. That particular spokesman then walked away from the interview refusing to answer why so many individuals were tortured and killed.
I've also listened to the Isrealis, and their accounts are also consitent with the videos and the testimony.
So, with the exception of the one Hamas guy who claimed that civilians were not the target, I find both Hamas and Isreal to be in agreement about Oct 7th.
I'm not sure what Ben Shapiro has to do with anything, or why you thought you should bring him into this argument. I'll agree with you that he is not neutral in this situation; but then who could be?
Are you suggesting that the videos that you and I both saw, and the testimony that you and I both heard, were somehow faked? Is it your contention that Israel took a small event, and enlarged it as an excuse to declare war on Hamas?