I understand the image you are painting and it's real.
He's also senile, not the smartest, a narcissist and has little government experience, aside from the 4 year dysfunctional freak show of his presidency.
My understanding is that Hamas runs Gaza as an armed ideological dictatorship and suppresses opposition ruthlessly.
No offense to Canada, but I never met a person who entered their family's legacy business who didn't believe they had some special talents conferred at birth. In the business of politics, the trick is to make it look like you don't believe that.
This is where the nasty business of negotiating cash for hostages could become problematic. Some might object to this statement as criticism of the Biden Administration, but it's simply the general nature of hostage negotiations...........damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Does Israel have a "no negotiations" policy?
I didn't mention this because it has to be the case.
I guess. OTOH $6B given a few weeks ago is but a drop in the bucket considering Iran's overall budget.
Hmmm.........it doesn't sound like a lot in Western budget terms, but it is almost 2% of Iranian GDP. The mullahs haven't exactly ushered in an era of prosperity.
