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In reply to the discussion: What body count is Israel looking for this go round? They are at 1000 and counting... [View all]BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)206. I'm saying governments often have a difficult time rounding up factions
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What body count is Israel looking for this go round? They are at 1000 and counting... [View all]
morningfog
Jul 2014
OP
Thank you, as a pro-Israel poster for having the candor of putting a number,
morningfog
Jul 2014
#20
And killing civilians by the hundreds *doesn't* send the message that violence is the answer?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#77
The alternative is to simply sit there and take as many rockets as Hamas wants to shoot?
hack89
Jul 2014
#84
And Israel prefers it that way (the parties in power since 2001, anyway)
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2014
#128
Israelis bomb schools, hospitals and refugee shelters. That is not even in dispute.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#181
They don't need to. They have the US bankrolling their "legitimate" bombs, which hit schools,
morningfog
Jul 2014
#188
Israel is the only party responsible for killing the civilians it kills. Period.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#224
Hamas is the only party responsible for killing the civilians it kills, comma....
George II
Jul 2014
#225
Maybe the Israelis should give back Gaza as a good will measure to build trust ..oh wait.
hack89
Jul 2014
#101
The Prime Minister who disengaged from Gaza is dead, his chief rival is now Prime Minister
Hippo_Tron
Jul 2014
#222
Are you okay with that? Did the children of Palestine have anything to do with
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#26
The Palestinian birth rate is higher than the number they kill every few years.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2014
#107
but it's easy to dismiss Hamas, and the feeling of moral superiority is addictive and tempting
Puzzledtraveller
Jul 2014
#28
The Israelis have given Palestinians a lot of reasons to want to repay them with interest.
BillZBubb
Jul 2014
#4
This is the thing we all need to remember, from the start of the whole thing, so many years ago...
Bettie
Jul 2014
#56
Perhaps Israel should stop targeting children, schools, hospitals and shelters.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#83
"They are religious fundamentalists." So are Israel's leaders, by and large.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#78
"Keep knocking them down until they get the message that violence will not work."
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#27
The most powerful military in the Middle East and the only one with nuclear weapons.
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2014
#61
your logic here is so deeply flawed, that it's actually funny, if it weren't so tragic.
2banon
Jul 2014
#67
Over the last almost seventy years Israel has given them every reason to state that as a goal
cpwm17
Jul 2014
#51
That's nonsense and more and more that is how the world is seeing these talking points.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#31
Don't waste your time trying that 'hatred for Israel' routine. It is shock and horror at the Far
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#46
Our tax dollars are not funding Hamas, Hamas has zero influence over this government
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#55
If all those powerful countries want to give them advanced weapons, why haven't they done so?
eridani
Jul 2014
#97
If it did that and ended the land and resource theft as well. Hamas would no longer have support
eridani
Jul 2014
#111
No. Corralling the crazies so that popular support of moderate views is possible is what is needed
hack89
Jul 2014
#142
In other words, the Palestinian civilians that have been killed by Israel are innocent
morningfog
Jul 2014
#144
Then Israel commits war crimes by knowingly and intentionally killing them.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#146
Hamas is to the Israel hardliners as Al Qaeda is to the American Military-Industrial Complex.
Maedhros
Jul 2014
#72
Absolutely. THey have a number of dead in mind. They'll only stop when they think
morningfog
Jul 2014
#14
Exactly, mostly I blame the US for this. Without the US support for just about
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#39
AIPAC is just another lobbying group. I agree our politicians are in fear of opposing
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#49
A DU member once gave an accounting of how much aid we gave to UAE states and to
truedelphi
Jul 2014
#178
It's despicable, billions spent on killing people overseas, and they fight like crazy to deny
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#182
Netanyahu doesn't realize or doesn't care about the damage he is doing to Israel's standing in thr
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#60
i agree, Netanyahu needs to go , he is like dragging down the country like Bush did here
JI7
Jul 2014
#65
There are about 6,000,000 Jews in Israel/Palestine, and about 6,000,000 Arabs in Israel/Palestine
DemocraticWing
Jul 2014
#66
No, I think there is a number of dead that beyond which it is no longer politically
morningfog
Jul 2014
#154
They could try blowing up planes, trains, and automobiles, like the Palestinians have done.
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#89
well...last onslaught the death toll was 1400, and this one is said to be more widespread... nt
ellenrr
Jul 2014
#82
Your first paragraph is absurd. But you at least acknowledge that Hamas is not legitimate.
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#88
'Israel' is sloppy wording. There are quite a few pro-peace Israelis
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2014
#104
The war will go on until Hamas is either unwilling or unable to continue firing rockets.
WatermelonRat
Jul 2014
#211