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glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
94. BTW,
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 12:32 AM
Nov 2012

welcome to DU. I agree that both parties have to compromise to attain true peace, my lovely wife even agrees that Hamas and Israel need to sit down and hammer out an agreement that benefits both parties and benefits the whole region.
I look forward to reading more of your thoughtful posts, you even have the attention of my wife, which is a difficult thing to do, Kudos to you.

It all depends on which side you are looking at the problem from Marrah_G Nov 2012 #1
There are no "winners" here....n/t monmouth3 Nov 2012 #2
Except the bomb makers n/t subsuelo Nov 2012 #63
True - unfortunately cabot Nov 2012 #71
Not if John2 Nov 2012 #3
+100000 glacierbay Nov 2012 #4
How foolish, you start with preconditions, then end with "sit down w/o pre-conditions". Lionessa Nov 2012 #10
When I talk pre-conditions glacierbay Nov 2012 #17
Well sorry, I didn't realize you had a different language than the rest of us. Lionessa Nov 2012 #20
You're damn right I have a deference to Israel glacierbay Nov 2012 #21
Then her family should be demanding their country Lionessa Nov 2012 #27
And your comments tell me all I need to know what you think of Israel. glacierbay Nov 2012 #29
Question though AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #59
"That perhaps there might have been other options besides the resettlement of Palestinians?" ellisonz Nov 2012 #73
The irony of a Nakba denier posting the ToS... Scootaloo Nov 2012 #85
I didn't deny anything... ellisonz Nov 2012 #88
"There was a war. Shit happened." Scootaloo Nov 2012 #91
Nice list of spurious comparisons. ellisonz Nov 2012 #92
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #93
Wow huh wut? AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #87
I did not call you "an anti-semite." ellisonz Nov 2012 #90
So what's this then? AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #95
I simply noted that you were coming close to territory... ellisonz Nov 2012 #97
The only reason I had to state that AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #101
By posting the TOS, are you claiming it's hate speech to say the Palestinians were expelled? Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #112
I'm saying it's hate speech to advocate that Israel should have never existed... ellisonz Nov 2012 #116
Wow man AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #119
Thanks for the question glacierbay Nov 2012 #84
Thank you for understanding AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #89
BTW, glacierbay Nov 2012 #94
Well she's too kind AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #98
She's been in constant contact with her family glacierbay Nov 2012 #99
High Praise Indeed and I thank you and your wife for the welcome :) AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #103
Although AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #106
Any things better than what's happening now glacierbay Nov 2012 #108
+1000! R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #34
+1000 argiel1234 Nov 2012 #60
Bullies?? cabot Nov 2012 #67
Parroting that old right wing rant only shows Lionessa Nov 2012 #68
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #70
You're an anti-Arab racist. Your unwilling to acknowledge that Palestine is being bombing says Puregonzo1188 Nov 2012 #82
you have really low standards of conduct Mosby Nov 2012 #22
But Israel isn't held to the same request, Lionessa Nov 2012 #28
Maybe because Israel has been constantly attacked and terrorized glacierbay Nov 2012 #32
You reap what you sow. Lionessa Nov 2012 #35
Yep glacierbay Nov 2012 #37
Don't feed the anti-semites cabot Nov 2012 #69
Exactly. bunnies Nov 2012 #72
Wars have consequences... ellisonz Nov 2012 #74
The map lies? bunnies Nov 2012 #77
The map is designed to support a certain political opinion. ellisonz Nov 2012 #79
That map has been debunked so many times, King_David Nov 2012 #96
No one is dying because of the blockade Mosby Nov 2012 #42
Oh it's you. Lionessa Nov 2012 #43
Back atcha. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #44
Let aid through and let Israel's right to exist be acknowledged cabot Nov 2012 #66
Agreed cabot Nov 2012 #65
what do you mean by dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #6
Like I said, each persons "truths" are formed from their PoV Marrah_G Nov 2012 #14
Hamas drops call for destruction of Israel from manifesto Ash_F Nov 2012 #81
Respectfully disagree.... CuriousAboutPolls Nov 2012 #104
And some of us say it's both. Iggo Nov 2012 #5
Yes- and some say it's both Marrah_G Nov 2012 #15
It's not hard to find the bad in either side. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #45
I agree Marrah_G Nov 2012 #46
Agreed. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #48
Oddly, Turkey is thought to favour Israel in general intaglio Nov 2012 #47
Bingo. nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #56
. GermanSmoker Nov 2012 #7
More leaders need to speak thusly the truth about Israel Lionessa Nov 2012 #8
Then that entire population should glacierbay Nov 2012 #19
Israel, like the USA, is a bully and Lionessa Nov 2012 #23
A few tiny blasts? glacierbay Nov 2012 #25
Comparatively to the bombardment and blockades, Lionessa Nov 2012 #30
Once again glacierbay Nov 2012 #33
Once again, you're either intentionally or Lionessa Nov 2012 #36
Israel forced on Gaza? glacierbay Nov 2012 #38
The funny thing about causality... regnaD kciN Nov 2012 #57
The irony here... regnaD kciN Nov 2012 #39
I am certainly not of the second class as Lionessa Nov 2012 #40
Maybe the USA should stop giving Apartheid Israel free Money, Weapons and Intel PerceptionManagement Nov 2012 #61
I found this on youtube a couple of days ago... TeeYiYi Nov 2012 #24
You should post this as an OP. Lionessa Nov 2012 #31
You're welcome to. ...nt TeeYiYi Nov 2012 #41
yeah, that's just what we need. More heat. less light. cali Nov 2012 #75
Wow. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #107
Erdogan would not have made that statement if only Israel had apologized for... Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #9
He is such a hypocrite, that would not have changed anything ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #12
Kurds are a different matter, though. DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #11
They are a different matter, but they should be entitled to their own homeland as well. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #58
Nobody powerful in that part of the world would want freedom for the Kurdish people. Selatius Nov 2012 #120
That kind of statement coming from him is the worst kind of hypocrisy ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #13
Meh, you bring up something that happened 100 years ago because you have no argument now. Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #16
Turkey's illegal occupation of part of Cyprus is ongoing today ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #18
Sure, sure. And the Native Americans are still getting a bum deal from the Federal Govt. Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #26
The topic is the Turkish PM's statement...which I have pointed out is quite hypociritcal ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #80
How about Turkish repression of the Kurds? hack89 Nov 2012 #49
Are you attempting to justify the actions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party? Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #53
No - I am talking about the day to day discrimination Kurds face in Turkey. hack89 Nov 2012 #55
I find the total vilification of either side pretty interesting, Dash87 Nov 2012 #50
Hmmm, and what Turkey did to the Armenians and is doing to the Kurds is what? People in glass still_one Nov 2012 #51
They don't throw stones. They use Israeli drones. aquart Nov 2012 #54
Kill a Kurd lately? aquart Nov 2012 #52
Excuse me if I don't take the words of a genocide-denier eissa Nov 2012 #62
Didn't Turkey shell Syria? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2012 #64
K&R DeSwiss Nov 2012 #76
doesn't Turkey go after its own citizens? dlwickham Nov 2012 #78
Why, Turkey most feared enemy is in complete disorder... happyslug Nov 2012 #86
The US should not support the rulers in Turkey. David__77 Nov 2012 #83
Turkey is a terrorist state by what they're doing to the Kurds!! center rising Nov 2012 #100
Israel elects war criminals as leaders ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #102
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight glacierbay Nov 2012 #105
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #110
Yitzak Shamir ring a bell? azurnoir Nov 2012 #113
I'm a scientist AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #109
A scientist? right. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #111
Relax and give me a bit to look into this AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #115
Right, so Sharon is going to have to take a trip to the Hague AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #117
look up Yitzak Shamir and then get back to me mmmmkay n/t azurnoir Nov 2012 #114
I don't have to AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #118
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