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Originally posted by popo
He did narrowly escape another attack last summer. He's pretty quick on those wheels!
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Please stop, the image that comes to mind is guaranteeing me a ticket to hell.
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Originally posted by popo
You do realize that Hamas is not a moderate group... They are dedicated to the destruction of Israel, and replacing it with an Islamic state. They are not looking for a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel.
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Yes but Israel is not negotiating solely with Hamas but with the Palestenians a as whole. What I meant was that they
knew this attack would really stir up the pot. They
knew it would cause even more attacks worldwide as well as localy. In general, they knew it'd be a step backwards in any peace negotiations. Yet they went ahead. Thus they can no longer claim they want peace, they're dropping to the Hamas level of "exterminate the opponent".
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Originally posted by popo
It's not true. He was more than symbolic. He was the mastermind who founded Hamas and was no dummy. Even as a quadroplegic he was stressed religious duty to carry out attacks and even recently claimed that Islam allows for females to be suicide bombers which is why Hamas began recruiting them.
Anyone else notice that successful bombings have become rarer and rarer? More and more bombers are getting stopped. You knock out enough of their leaders and they are bound to be weaker for it, regardless of what they about revenge.
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Hm, not quite sure about either of those things.I still feel that his death was more of a boost to the fanatical sentiment . I surpose time will tell.
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Originally posted by Phaenx
It made me wonder why they didn't send in a few more hundred missles and taken care of the whole lot right then and there? Maybe they didn't know they were there.
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Because that would be killing people because of what they believe in. If Israel did that it'd just be conclusive proof that they're no better than the terrorists.