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Originally Posted by dlishsguy
all this for one soldier. somebody tell me one IDF soldier is worth more than a million palestinians to israel and the rest of the world. surely israel has a right to 'defend itself', but this i find is way too heavy-handed to be a knee jerk reaction, but rather its a calculated operation by israel. their objective..hmm im not sure yet....just a gut feeling...
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I think it's somewhat hypocritical for Israel to say they wont deal with Hamas regarding the release of their soldier when just a month or so ago traded an Israeli businessman for Palestinians in Israeli's jails. I suspect some of the heavy handed tactics used by Israel is to buffer claims that Hamas demanded women and children(under 18) released from Israeli prisons since this doesnt put Israel in a positive light international speaking.
I won't get into this that or the other thing because everyone has different truths, but I'd like to see a huge UN presence in the Palestinian territories just to give both sides a chance at peace.I hardly think it is fair that Israel controls the Palestinians every day of life by running the electricity grids, water supply,food supply money supply etc etc then in the last couple days have destroyed whatever infrastructure left ie blowing up government building, razing houses of suspected terrorists and razing farmland not to mention having a say if and when the Palestinians will be recognized as a people and have statehood.
But when you blow people up, someone will get pissed off.
Maybe the media shouldn't cover this conflict anymore.Wonder if things would get better or worse without the constant attention to who is right and wrong or the bigger victims. Darfur or Sierra Leone anyone?
Good find roachboy. I think I'll send this honestreporting. They are pretty fair and reasonable when it comes to media bias.