There’s a lot of lobby money tied into that but there’s another policy pill that’s hard to swallow, as well. The US has stated numerous times that after the assault on Hamas is over, Palestinians should and need to be the ones to govern themselves either through a new government or the Palestinian Authority which has been kept out of power since Hamas assumed rule in the West Bank. Israel hasn’t committed to that solution and without the US, there is no one to make them commit. So if the US pulls out, now, Israel still won’t stop and the resolution will be Palestinians living under Israeli rule. There isn’t a right answer or path forward so they’re opting for the least bad, long-term.

Yeah, but he did maintain a positive outlook all the way through.

It’s perjury which carries actual jail time if any of the other cans pop up.

If I have 100 acres of land and cut down 66 acres last year, this year my maximum output is 50% of last year’s output but 100% is still going to be gone.