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Originally posted by Downtownat10
If I hear something on FoxNews, I check Al Jazeera to see what they have to say. I know it's odd, but I'm trying to cut through the spin one way or another.
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Eek. Those are your sources?! Unfortunately two stories spun in opposite directions do not equal an objective look at the facts.
Re: the news item:
Listen, yes, this is a horrible story. For every horrible story that we use to demonize the Palestinians, there's an equally horrible story that could be used to demonize the Israelis. Stack up the numbers - more Palestinians dead, especially more Palestinian children; then stack up the methods - accidental shootings and shellings vs. suicide bombings of civilians. Arafat refuses to stop the terrorism; Sharon refuses to dismantle illegal settlements.
Anybody who thinks one side has any kind of monopoly on righteous indignation is blinking out of their belly-button. Both sides have committed atrocities, both sides have been wronged horribly. If there were a clear-cut answer don't you think we'd have implemented it by now?
Throwing around one-sided stories like this does nothing to further understanding of the situation.