From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/15/23 11:10 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   > On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:13:59 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 12/14/23 11:10 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>> On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:58:39 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>> On 12/13/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>> and in case you wondered why they were there living a luxurious   
   lifestyle....   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The U.S. played a direct role in helping set up the Hamas office in   
   Qatar during the Obama administration, seeking appeasement and soft diplomacy   
   but ultimately failing to control the terrorist group as it festered in Gaza.   
   [....]   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Qatar's Ambassador to Washington Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani wrote in a   
   Wall Street Journal op-ed that his government set up the Hamas political   
   office in Doha "after a request from Washington to establish indirect lines of   
   communication" in 2012.   
   >>>> No, trying to blame Obama when Netanyahu is still in power is useless.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-u   
   -hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/   
   >>>   
   >>> Plenty of blame to go around. Obama/Biden had a long track record of   
   kissing terrorist ass.   
   >> Reagan sold missiles to Iran.   
   >   
   > because letting Saddam conquer Iran would have been so much better.   
      
   So it's possible to deal with unsavory state actors if there's a good   
   reason?   
      
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