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Skriven 2006-07-17 09:30:42 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Alan Hess
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Alan Hess -> BOB SAKOWSKI wrote:
 AH> Whilst masticating on <Jul 16 06>, BOB SAKOWSKI (1:123/140)
 AH> wrote to ALL:

 BS>> [snip]
 BS>> Hamas and Hezbollah attacked military targets--kidnapping
 BS>> soldiers on military patrols may be an act of war and a
 BS>> provocation, but it is not terrorism.  (And yes, Hezbollah
 BS>> and Hamas have carried out terrorist attacks in the past
 BS>> against Israeli civilians.  I'm not ignoring those acts,
 BS>> I condemn them, but we need to understand what the dynamics
 BS>> are right now.)  Israel is not attacking the individuals
 BS>> who hit their soldiers.  Israel is engaged in mass punishment.

 AH> Cry me a river.  Nobody forced Hamas and Hezbollah to constantly fire
 AH> rockets into Israel, and kidnap Israeli soldiers.  Nobody forces Lebanon
 AH> to allow Hezbollah to hide amongst civilians because they know Israel
 AH> tries to avoid killing civilians (unlike Hamas, Hezbollah, et al, who
 AH> intentionally target civilians.)  Israel was withdrawn from Gaza and
 AH> Lebanon, yet were continually attacked from those areas, and responded.
 AH> Don't like it?  Talk to the parties responsible.

 BS>> How did Israel respond?  They bombed civilian targets and
 BS>> civilian infrastructure and have killed many civilians.

 AH> Lebanon could have prevented all of this by controlling Hezbollah in
 AH> southern Lebanon.  They chose not to.

 BS>> Let's see if I have this right.  The Arab "terrorists"
 BS>> attack military units, destroy at least one tank, and are
 BS>> therefore terrorists.  Israel retaliates by launching aerial,
 BS>> naval, and artillery bombardments of civilian areas and
 BS>> they are engaging in self-defense.  If we are unable to
 BS>> recognize the hypocrisy of this construct then we ourselves
 BS>> are so enveloped by propaganda and emotion that, like the
 BS>> Israelis, Hezbollah, and Hamas, we can't think rationally.
 BS>> We can only think in terms of tribalism and revenge.
 BS>> [snip]


 BS>> Once again Johnson is hits the nail dead center.  Bush and his

 AH> Not even close, actually.  *adh*

Good for you, Alan.  40 years of holding Israel back, and now when they finally
are forced to respond, all the goddamn liberals like Sakowski can do is try to
blame it on Bush.

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