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Predictions pretty on point by airborneirish

Gaza is flattened and Israel is not backing down
A million plus Gazans are displaced
And now we are trading bombs with houthis and Iran
And remember that our border is entirely out of control and I still think that come October 2024 things are likely to be so spicy that our focus will no longer be on the precipitating events in Gaza. They will be on our cool headed response to some awful terror strike in the US. Have folks forgotten about the attacks on London and Madrid in 2004 and 2005? Those were not minor. Something like that happening here won’t be tolerated.

Great. Just great.

Edit: not sure what I’m on about? Check the news.