Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) called some of his colleaguesā€™ quickness to blame Israel for the hospital blast in Gaza ā€œdisturbingā€ in a statement Wednesday.

ā€œItā€™s truly disturbing that Members of Congress rushed to blame Israel for the hospital tragedy in Gaza,ā€ Fetterman said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

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    Anybody who has been through a war knows the term ā€œfog of warā€ is absolutely accurate. The first story is rarely true. But, itā€™s the first story, and it will be believed, due to bias confirmationm, even after it has been disproved.

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      ā€œA lie can get round the world before the truth has got its boots on.ā€

      But the truth is that these two sides have been killing each other since before my parents were born and Iā€™m too sick of all of it to give a damn. Nothing will stop either of them so maybe if they kill each other entirely we will finally have peace in The Holiest Place on Earth.

      Oh wait, no, Christians will still get into fights there.

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      Whatā€™s sad is all these media companies race each other to be the first one out there. In the digital realm it is simple to offer contractions and edits so they have no reason to wait until all the facts.

      Just pump out anything that will generate engagement, who cares if most donā€™t see the retraction. They got their clicks so they donā€™t care

      https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/02/trump-campaign-bad-america-good-cbs

      Man, who would have expected the ride weā€™re all having right now? This is pretty amazingā€¦ Who would have thought that this circus would come to town?

      But, you knowā€“it may not be good for America, but itā€™s damn good for CBS, thatā€™s all I got to say.

      So what can I say? Itā€™sā€“you know, the moneyā€™s rolling in, and this is fun.

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