Bernie's gravest offense: modestly overestimating the level of carnage wrought by Israel in the 2014 Gaza war http://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-accused-blood-libel-over-wrong-gaza-casualty-figures-444968 …
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Replying to @mtracey
@mtracey He likely recalled *wounded* #'s—~10,000—by mistake & his broader pt on ISR's egregious response = correct. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/26/israel-bombing-stunsusofficers.html …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @reedfrich
@reedfrich Right, that's what I was thinking -- he was roughly correct in terms of total casualties.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @reedfrich
@reedfrich Yeah, no doubt he should be expected to have a more precise grasp of casualty figures from that war.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mtracey
@mtracey@reedfrich Bernie's small gaffe nothing compared to NYDN pretending "so-called settlements" aren't flagrant violation of int'l law2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar@mtracey Good rule of thumb: use of "so called" offers an insightful shorthand into that person's grasp of truth/reality.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@reedfrich @mtracey Very true. And in this case, even "settlements" is a euphemism for colonies; the "so-called" is already baked in.
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