Quote:Original post by Mithrandir
Israel has a policy of "punitive deterrence". They think that if they act brutal to the arabs, the arabs will see the futility of their ways, become demoralized, and give up.
Damn that sounds sooo familiar!
Like those people that would kill villagers because partisans bombed them.
How does the saying go?
'you do not change the devil, the devil changes you'
The israelis needed their radio station and they got it.
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Gosh. Who do you think is going to be more pissed off? The 29 Israeli families, or the 166 Arab families?
Not to mention the hypocracy in claiming only the bad guys murder civilians.
Quote:Original post by Kaze
i dont give a damn, the Israelis are overeacting but what did Palestinian and the other countries think was going to happen if they support a organization that constantly fireing a ass-load of missles over the boarder
Quote:Original post by Devils Advocate
i dont give a damn, the Al Queda are overeacting but what did the US and the other countries think was going to happen if they support a organization that is constantly bombing other countries or supporting oppressive regimes
You do know that israel also constantly fires into palestine in hoping to scare the bad guys away?
Quote:Original post by Ravuya
I read or heard somewhere that it may have been an accident with an unexploded mine and not necessarily a shell job. I suspect both sides are just itching for any reason to have a fight, and Israel's government has decided to show a whole bunch of sides at once just how angry it is.
Well
I read that the military admitted doing it but say it was not their fault.
Quote:Original post by Jovan
Hey, if they want to duke it out, then let them.
Oh that should be great. One side totally dominates thanks to their powerfull allies.
Quote:The bottom line is that when an organized country has their 3rd largest city attacked repeatedly, they are going to retaliate.
Call me dumb but is not israel still in the 'occupied territories'?
OMFSM the name say that, who would have thought?
Quote:Original post by MDI
Combine this with the kidnapping of two soldiers by Hezbollah, and what did you expect? The Israeli government to sit on it's thumbs and allow it's citizens to be killed? Juat what exactly do you view the role of a government to be if it is not protecting its citizens from foreign aggressors?
Don't you understand anything?
This is the same thing EVERYONE is thinking.
Why should the Palesitinas sit on their thumbs and allow their brethren to be killed?
The Palestinians are the ones that are getting farked from day one!
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But who, exactly, are they "pissed off" at? BBC news ran a report tonight from inside Lebanon indicating that there is a very strong anti-Hezbollah feeling within Lebanon at the minute, precisely because they provoked the Israeli's into attacking.
All they know is that israelis are killing their mothers and sisters and daughters and it will be them they will hate.