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Biden 'hopeful' American hostages will
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Posted By: Imright, 11/26/2023 6:19:13 AM

President Joe Biden expressed his optimism regarding Hamas releasing American hostages 'soon' on Saturday. Biden has spent the weekend on the island of Nantucket, off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The president addressed a gaggle of press Saturday, and was asked about the possible release of American hostages, which include nine citizens and one green card holder, after 17 were released the same day. “I‘m hopeful you’ll see something soon,” Biden said. A four-day truce began Friday to allow for the release of two groups of hostages, who were released in two groups over the last two days. The entire first family has been met with protesters

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Reply 1 - Posted by: downnout 11/26/2023 7:24:09 AM (No. 1605130)
Thanks for setting a “price” of $1 billion for each hostage, you idiot. Did you really think paying Iran over $1 billion each for five hostages wouldn’t result in the same tactic being employed by Hamas? I guess we can expect John Kerry to present the money on a silver platter. FJB.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Samsquanch 11/26/2023 7:25:07 AM (No. 1605131)
Never let a good vacation go to waste, eh Walter?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: PChristopher 11/26/2023 7:27:52 AM (No. 1605132)
This is a definite Jimmy Carter moment.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Californian 11/26/2023 8:10:54 AM (No. 1605155)
Biden? Who is that? Isn't Obama on his third term?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: velirotta 11/26/2023 8:44:13 AM (No. 1605171)
Right. And I expect to find money and firecrackers flying out my butt.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 11/26/2023 9:07:12 AM (No. 1605184)
Biden needs to shut his lying, hypocritical mouth and let the IDF do the job they started. Holding up a major operation for the sake of nine Americans is just plain selfish and stupid but he is obviously playing to the media and to the squishy world organizations who are not fit to exist but we fund regardless. Those people are going to die anyway, Joe, as soon as Hamas realizes that they are beaten and have nothing left to lose, that's why Hamas is saving them for last. May your whole corrupt family lose every cent they stole through your entire miserable life and may you die knowing that you are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people through your blunders and stupid decisions.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: red1066 11/26/2023 9:13:17 AM (No. 1605188)
Are they really Americans, or are they just former Gaza residents that went home to visit family and get from instructions Hamas.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Rotten in Denmark 11/26/2023 9:19:42 AM (No. 1605193)
That’s it? Hopeful?? Wow if I was a hamas leader I’d crack open another bottle and have a great laugh as Effin Joe spouts platitudes…
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mifla 11/26/2023 9:24:17 AM (No. 1605197)
They are waiting for the market price on American hostages to go up. One of the Hamas leaders in Qatar needs a swimming pool.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Venturer 11/26/2023 9:28:54 AM (No. 1605203)
The Americans will be the last hostages to be released. We have a fool as President. He cannot read the handwriting on the wall. The original deal was 50 hostages, what did we get ?? 13 Hamas will be keeping them as long as their usefulness in stopping Hamas from being destroyed is paying off.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: bpl40 11/26/2023 9:44:40 AM (No. 1605220)
If Trump was President he would have threatened to send the Navyy to join the IAF bombing Gaza unless all Americans were released at once. Remember Reagan and the Mullahs?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: BarryNo 11/26/2023 10:07:20 AM (No. 1605237)
Now if only the American Hostages held in the DC gulags would be so lucky!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: rytwng 11/26/2023 10:09:33 AM (No. 1605238)
We're hopeful Biden will be traded for hostages.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: DVC 11/26/2023 10:22:14 AM (No. 1605245)
Old saying in military circles. "Hope is not a plan. Have a plan, and a backup plan." What a pathetic loser of a corrupt, treasonous thief.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: czechlist 11/26/2023 11:03:07 AM (No. 1605273)
USA Today June 2021 "OPINION Joe Biden is better on the world stage than any president since George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump all came into office with little or no international affairs experience. And it showed. David RothkopfOpinion columnist" sometimes experience just doesn't mean squat nor do partisan "opinions"
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Luandir 11/26/2023 9:00:06 PM (No. 1605508)
Biden's pathetic "hope" signals two clear things: 1) Despite Joe's boasting, the US had no significant role in arranging the exchange; 2) Hamas has just shown the world what American standing really is.
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