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Irish_Dem

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29. The Irish Great Famine killed one and a half million people.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2025, 08:05 PM

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It was genocide by the British.
There was enough food and resources to prevent the deaths.

It makes me sick to see what Israel is doing to these babies in Gaza.

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UN says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours under Israeli aid blockade [View all] groundloop Tuesday OP

War Crimes Chasstev365 Tuesday #1

And soon "Trail of Tears 2" LiberalArkie Tuesday #6

Been debunked and posted on DU. AZLD4Candidate Wednesday #32

I am sorry, I was referring to the desire to walk the Palestinians to Libya. LiberalArkie Thursday #36

My mother is native American (full blooded Haudenosaunee) and this is as insulting to me as calling Israelis nazis. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #38

Ethic cleansing?? bdamomma Tuesday #2

A retracted lie? Beastly Boy Wednesday #17

Thanks bdamomma Wednesday #24

And today the BBC buried the lede regarding the retraction. lapucelle Wednesday #30

What else would you call this but an Israeli genocide? OrlandoDem2 Tuesday #3

Final Solution 2.0. Dave Bowman Tuesday #5

But a new spelling. AloeVera Tuesday #15

How'bout a retracted fairy tale? Beastly Boy Wednesday #18

Good, but Israel is still using hunger as a weapon of war. OrlandoDem2 Wednesday #22

Who is using hunger as a weapon of war is debatable. Beastly Boy Wednesday #23

Except that this story has been debunked. n/t totodeinhere Wednesday #33

Not really. There were 3,700 kids in March acutely malnourished. AloeVera Thursday #37

Also UN: We have received permission from Israel to allow 100 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip Beastly Boy Tuesday #4

I hope that they realize that food is not an instant cure for a starving person. Only hospitals can help. LiberalArkie Tuesday #7

With relatively few exceptions that require medical intervebntion, Beastly Boy Tuesday #9

The time for the UK and the French moniss Tuesday #8

Or just read the lates retraction from UN an BBC Beastly Boy Wednesday #19

Nothing in the U.S. MSM. AloeVera Tuesday #10

I think you will appreciate this fact in a few minutes Beastly Boy Wednesday #20

No more words... AloeVera Wednesday #25

I think you are brave enough to handle just a few: Beastly Boy Wednesday #28

but, but what about the words of gaza health officials (the elected hamas government) they never lie AZLD4Candidate Wednesday #31

Please BigMin28 Wednesday #34

What does your question have to do with the UN lies? Beastly Boy Wednesday #35

Pro Life? Coolgoober Tuesday #11

It's a feature, not a bug. ECL213 Tuesday #12

What? BBC and UN stepping in the manure of their own making? Beastly Boy Wednesday #21

Good thing we got rid of "Genocide Joe" and Kamala. Wednesdays Tuesday #13

"Know Their Names" AloeVera Tuesday #14

That didn't age well, did it? Beastly Boy Wednesday #16

No more words for anyone still defending THIS: AloeVera Wednesday #26

Apparently, the BBC chairman is not impressed. Beastly Boy Wednesday #27

The Irish Great Famine killed one and a half million people. Irish_Dem Wednesday #29