It lists “68,800 deaths,” 25,000 of them Hamas fighters; another 10,000 are “natural deaths.” And the other 34,000 includes civilians “killed by Hamas and associated militant groups.” So: “Even when using Hamas’s numbers, Israel’s civilian-to-combatant death rate is close to 1:1, an unheard-of accomplishment in an urban war setting, let alone one in which much of the territory has been turned into Hamas human shields.” “At this point,” it’s “pretty silly” to “even consider the ‘genocide’ accusation.” Plus, “military-aged men” are “a far larger share of fatalities than their share of the population,” debunking the “malignant” lie from the likes of Sen. Liz Warren that paints the Jews as “baby killers.” Argh: “The disappearance of book reading in high schools and colleges — caused in good part by the habits of the screen — is now an accepted and regretted fact.” Skeptics were told, “The tools are neutral,” kids just had to learn “how to use them wisely.” Yet “those predictions of better learning fell flat.” In 2026, the United States is “facing the worst academic outcomes in decades despite billions spent on digital tools.” And in Maine, where it all started, students scored the “lowest in three decades on nation’s report card.” President Trump’s “critics stereotype him as rejecting both military action and diplomacy,” Mark Penn & Andrew Stein note at the Wall Street Journal, yet his “original approach to foreign affairs” actually “combines negotiation with military action without alienating his supporters who are wary of overseas entanglements.” The “extreme views” of the likes of “Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens” have “little sway with actual Republican voters,” as polls show 70%-plus of MAGA Republicans “back regime change in Iran,” “continued military aid to Ukraine” and “taking over Greenland.” Indeed, his “nonideological” policy as he stands up “to terrorists, drug traffickers and dictators who otherwise would flourish” is a “decisive and effective” approach that “wins the favor of most Americans.”
Author: Post Editorial Board
Published at: 2026-02-22 23:30:14
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