I am so upset about Gaza

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-20-1999
I am so upset about Gaza
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Sun, 01-11-2009 - 10:14pm

I can't quite express how much this has upset me.

Sucker Punch

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 4:42pm

"Gotta love those generalizations."


They are a cherrished thing for the annointed here.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 4:45pm

"Feel free to cite your evidence."


Ummm, Revelutionary war, Civil War, WW I, WWII


iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 4:48pm

"I have complete and utter contempt for Hamas when the shell innocent Israelis.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-14-2008
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 4:52pm

Who the heck are the annointed here?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-07-2008
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 4:54pm

The Revolutionary war was won by the "terrorists".

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 5:10pm

"The Revolutionary war was won by the "terrorists"."


LOL

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 5:12pm

"Who the heck are the annointed here?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-14-2008
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 5:31pm

I have no idea what you mean.


iVillage Member
Registered: 01-09-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 6:45pm

>>> If you stop one terrorist and three volunteer to take his place your net safety goes down, not up due to killing that terrorist.

Aah...again, the liberal philosophy of "peace through appeasement." It's been such a success in the past, I wonder why everyone isn't clamoring for it now? Oh, wait...it's never been successful...that's probably why no one is seriously considering it. LOL! Actually, what you've got is a case of "diminishing returns." Kill the first terrorist and three might sign up...but kill a hundred and there aren't 300 more to take their place. Kill their leadership and there aren't new, well trained guys ready to take their place and run the organization so the organization falters. Freeze their assets and cut off their supplies and suddenly the ability to carry out business becomes very difficult. Eventually, people see that being a terrorist isn't much fun...through killing and attrition it's possible to overcome a radical ideology and the people who support it.

>>> However I understand that as you havn't got an example of when this has ever worked, you have to resort to comments of this nature.

I has worked...many times. The most recent case is "Al Qaeda in Iraq."

>>Really? Negotiate? I wonder why the Israelis and the Palestinians never thought of that...oh...wait...they did...many, many, many times. And every time they negotiate Israel makes concessions and then the Palestinians break the peace and attack Israel. Old story. The point is twofold...you can't negotiate with terrorists...and the terrorists aren't interested in "negotiating", they're interested in winning.<<

>>> No one said it was going to be easy.

Right...let the rockets continue to fly with impunity...I guess dead Israeli children aren't part of your "Big Picture."

>>> Attempting to slaughter the terrorists is easy. But even less effective than another round of negotiation.

Another round of negotiation costs Israeli lives...and in 60 years, has never worked. Killing terrorists, on the other hand, results in one less terrorist to attack Israel.

>>> And both sides break their word -- or did you think those illegal settlements were somehow now in keeping with Israel's agreements.

No...both sides didn't break their word...the Palestinians did...as usual. The settlements were a buffer after Israel had been attacked and had to occupy the area in order to defend themselves. Israel, of course, eventually vacated the area and turned it over to the Palestinians who then, almost immediately, thanked Israel for it's contribution to the peace process by attacking Israel.

>>> As Israel cannot kill every terrorist and every person their collateral damage killing of civilians turns into a terrorist they are going to have to find a way to figure this out that doesn't create more terrorism. As for negotiations, according to articles linked to allready, negotiations have been going on.....

Nope...legitimately defending yourself from an attacking enemy is not an act of terrorism. And as I mentioned before...making the supporters of the terrorists pay for their support might give them some impetus to stop supporting terrorists.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-09-2009
Sun, 01-18-2009 - 6:52pm
And yet we don't hear that it's a bad idea for Hamas to bomb civilians. It's always Israel that is in the wrong...and Israel that is responding "disproportionately."

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