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    5 months ago

    Listen to your people Bibi.

    The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came a day after Biden outlined the plan, and as families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept the proposal. A major demonstration in Israel on Saturday night urged the government to act now.

    Eighteen months ago, the US traded an international arms dealer who was wanted in several nations, for a college WNBA basketball player and a retired US Marine. The numbers don’t matter. The value of the lives of your own should always be greater than retribution.

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        5 months ago

        My mistake. I’ll edit for clarity.

        Yeah, they call Viktor Bout “The Merchant of Death” for a reason. It was a wildly disproportionate exchange on paper. Biden was in full control of that decision. I think he did the right thing by listening to citizens. She would’ve died in a Russian prison had he refused Putin.