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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 11:32 AM
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6. Systematic shooting?
What are you talking about? I would hardly call the deaths of Palestinian militants as "systematic shooting". Fighting the militants is necessary for Israel's safety, and regrettably some civillians are caught in the crossfire. Civillian death is always to be avoided in any conflict (except when most of the rules are off the table, such as in WWII area bombing). I know Israelis who served in the IDF and fought in the West Bank. They are by no means monsters and they say that all their comrades tried to avoid killing civillians.

I think in the US it is easy to make the Israelis look like the bad guys. Our terrorist opponents live thousands of miles away for the most part. Israeli citizens, even those who live in "Israel proper" (although I think Israel has a right to some or all of the West Bank) make their homes only a few kilometers from the hotbeds of terrorism. You can imagine the kind of pressure this puts on IDF soldiers. I feel bad for Israelis and the Palestinians, but I believe the IDF has the moral high ground over Hamas and PFLP.
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  - Let's not forget:  Bread and Roses   Jan-17-04 11:03 AM   #1 
  - Mission accomplished  Muddleoftheroad   Jan-17-04 11:05 AM   #2 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-17-04 11:28 AM   #5 
  - Camps?  Muddleoftheroad   Jan-17-04 01:18 PM   #15 
  - Hmmm.  Jackie97   Jan-17-04 12:51 PM   #10 
     - It's ALWAYS acceptable  Muddleoftheroad   Jan-17-04 01:19 PM   #16 
        - It would help if Sharon wanted it  Axel   Jan-17-04 02:05 PM   #20 
  - Going postal with bombs  Axel   Jan-17-04 11:12 AM   #3 
     - Amen  bluesoul   Jan-17-04 11:13 AM   #4 
     - Systematic shooting?  rockymountaindem   Jan-17-04 11:32 AM   #6 
     - No  bluesoul   Jan-17-04 11:34 AM   #7 
     - The "IDF" is commiting slow-motion genocide  Axel   Jan-17-04 11:54 AM   #8 
        - Excellent real-world post  mmm   Jan-17-04 12:08 PM   #9 
        - What unadulturated crap  Muddleoftheroad   Jan-17-04 01:21 PM   #17 
           - The goal is the same  Axel   Jan-17-04 02:03 PM   #19 
              - No, the goal would NOT be the same  Muddleoftheroad   Jan-17-04 02:52 PM   #22 
                 - He wasn't talking about those "non Jews" in Israel  bluesoul   Jan-17-04 02:53 PM   #23 
     - Amen Axil!  brainshrub   Jan-17-04 01:00 PM   #11 
     - terminology will out  Bread and Roses   Jan-17-04 01:05 PM   #12 
        - All legit  Axel   Jan-17-04 01:15 PM   #13 
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           - Your comments are insulting  GabysPoppy   Jan-17-04 03:25 PM   #24 
           - Class  Muddleoftheroad   Jan-17-04 03:29 PM   #25 
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        - Is a rose a rose by any other name?  brainshrub   Jan-17-04 01:15 PM   #14 
  - Then people wonder  Gimel   Jan-17-04 01:33 PM   #18 
     - I agree  rockymountaindem   Jan-17-04 06:52 PM   #27 
 

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