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Igel

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21. It's something the Turks should understand well.
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 03:38 PM
Nov 2012

When there are mortars and rockets that originate in Syria, they have no problem firing back to eliminate the problem and to threaten wider action if the attacks don't stop.

This is justice, they think, and that's an important principle.

However, the Turks don't get it. Or the principle they claim to uphold only applies to them--or they're simply lying because they know the world is happy to be lied to. Because as soon as missiles are fired at somebody else, all that matters if which side they like, and that's the real principle in play.

Now we condemn those that start the cycle all over again by firing missiles. Now we praise them.

Shit, this sucks :( nt darkangel218 Nov 2012 #1
Yeah, war always hits the poor and most vulnerable hardest. Daniel537 Nov 2012 #2
And partisans from both sides will continue to justify the killing n/t subsuelo Nov 2012 #22
Attacking foreign media outlets? Ash_F Nov 2012 #3
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #4
Oh you seem so broke up about the innocent. aandegoons Nov 2012 #5
Ditto. SoapBox Nov 2012 #6
Sounds exactly like the shit one reads over at Free Republic. Daniel537 Nov 2012 #7
The caption implies it was an agency other than Hamas Ash_F Nov 2012 #8
Sky News and ORF are not jihadist. Lars77 Nov 2012 #10
Target of opportunity? Bosonic Nov 2012 #11
Who is the REAL bully here? CindyinIndy Nov 2012 #9
The one using suicide tactics. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #15
Both groups who are killing others are wrong Marrah_G Nov 2012 #19
As the rocket attacks on Israeli civilians continue... Fozzledick Nov 2012 #12
Because only Israeli lives matter, right? Scootaloo Nov 2012 #13
No, because the purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #14
The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize... Lawlbringer Nov 2012 #16
And what do you call massive aerial bombardment of urban areas? Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #17
Not when it's targeted at offensive missle sites. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #18
Theyre not bombing missile sites. Theyre bombing PEOPLE! bunnies Nov 2012 #23
Rocket force commanders? Absolutely! Fozzledick Nov 2012 #25
President Obama doesn't see it that way Mosby Nov 2012 #20
It's something the Turks should understand well. Igel Nov 2012 #21
Really? I support it? Scootaloo Nov 2012 #24
Looks like it to me, Scat. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #26
Buckling down on stupid doesn't make it any smarter, Dick Scootaloo Nov 2012 #27
I actually tried to make sense out of that gibberish. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #28
Do you even know what the gish gallop is? Scootaloo Nov 2012 #29
I never said they should be ignored and dismissed. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #30
Sure read that way to me Scootaloo Nov 2012 #31
OK, I'll just leave you to argue with the voices in your head. Fozzledick Nov 2012 #32
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