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Originally Posted by tisonlyi
The island of Ireland is not one nation. The IRA have and are laying down their arms. The armed conflict is over. Your mini-narrative is ridiculous.
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Much like your assertion that if only Israel *really* wanted peace than Hamas would stop attacking them.
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Color-and-shade-blindness much?
There aren't just 2 options. Either you set out on a policy of massacre or you ignore the rockets fired at you... Can't you think of any other potential lines of progress from here?
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Policy of Massacre!!!
This goes back to my original statement of, with around 700 casualties so far in this conflict there has to be some semblance of caution being used in this fight. I lean toward Israel is actually trying to remove Hamas' ability to attack them.
I understand that when you read that you roll your eyes.
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The big stick doesn't work... the more Israel uses the iron fist, the more money will flow to the extremists, which they won't be using for flower arranging classes and pilates sessions.
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What other option does Israel have? You'll reply with "agree to peace, move out of settlement, etc etc etc", what happens when Israel does all that and Hamas still attacks?
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Originally Posted by tisonlyi
You do know that Israel is massacring civilians on a daily basis at the moment, right? Flick on the TV, it's all over the news! Really!
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No, I had no idea of what's currently going on, Thanks for pointing that out Tis!!
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I don't paint situations with words as dramatic as possible to imply one side as bad and the other as victims.