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I dunno. I’m pretty sure I’m innocent of the horrors of the Iraq war even though I have been a US citizen over 60 years. Blaming civilians for the actions of their government is kind of what terrorists do.

Do you believe there is zero correlation between what citizens allow their country to do and that country's actions?

We did not protest and revolt enough over money being sent to the Middle East. America has done every wrong move in handling this, and yet I can guarantee you there are people in this country that wanted America to fuel a war.

There is some responsibility that citizens have for the outcomes of their elections.

Not sure what you want me to do. I didn’t vote for the bastards.

They were elected in 2006 (the last election in Palestine), with the average age of currently living Palestinians being somewhere around 2 years old. Not sure I'd hold them responsible for that election result.

By that logic I could put the Iraq war on your head, assuming you're American. Hamas supporters are complicit, but not all Gazans are.

47%+ of the population of Palestine and Gaza are under the age of 18, and 75.9% are under the age of 35, which is how old they'd have to be to have voted Hamas back in 2006 when they had their last election.

When almost 76% of a country has never had the ability to vote in an election, can you really say that it's disingenuous to claim that much of the people of Gaza are innocent victims?

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