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Every nation has the right to defend itself.
If Mexican terrorists, being sheltered by the Mexican government, were raining rockets down on Texas and claiming that Texas was rightly the property of Mexico and had been illegally annexed by the US, and by the way they were killing a family in Houston at a rate of 1 or 2 a week - would you not expect the US government to act to ensurethe safety of its citizens?
Israel is not trying to conquer another nation, or gain access to any natural resources that happen to be located in another nation, they are asking for their people to be allowed to live in peace, and showing those who will not allow this that they will fight for the right to be left alone.
It doesnt make me happy to see Palestinian civilians killed in bombing raids, any happier than I was for Yugoslav civilians or Iraqi civilians or Afghani civilians to be killed by UN, US or UK forces killed - but if you start at the point that Israel has the right to exist as a nation (which the current Palestinian govt does not agree with)... all Israel is doing is shutting down the rocket attacks on its own people - by a show of superior force.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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