So then why did so many plead guilty to that charge?
We'll have to ask them. I suspect denial of decent council.
And why couldn't Your Dear Leader have bothered to lift a finger to help these people?
Out of office by the time the Maoist junta got going?
had any kind of "vice-grip on power", why are they not capable of accomplishing anything?
The conservative view (at least nominally) is to let you manage your own life, with special support for those conceived, but as yet unborn.
when each individual reforms,
That's really not how this works, sorry. There will always be a spectrum, within and across individuals.
You said recruitment is down. IF that is the case - and you give me more and more reason to doubt it
Oh, shut up. There is copious evidence, but it takes intellectual honesty to deal therewith.
You found the equivocation that you wanted to see. I have stated many times that plenty of blame belongs to both sides, and that the Oct 7 attack was terrible.
This is the equivocation. Oct07 is purely, 100% owned by Hamas. They voided the sympathy warranty there.
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