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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:22 AM Original message |
Our exclusive right to self-defense |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Link |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good thought provoking article. |
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Braulio (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I used to support Israel |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Great article; thanks for posting. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. well said Mr Derfner |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. + 1,000,000 |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. - 1 zillion |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. By that standard -- the amount of artillery fired in a particular amount of time -- nothing Israel |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. 2 things - Hamas rockets from Gaza are not defensive no matter what Hamas says |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ignores the elephant in the room |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That is simply a restatement of the position... |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No it's not. |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes it is... |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. To understand how the Palestinian terrorists and Syria instigated the 1967 war |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You're going to have to do better than simply throwing a random book title in there... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. another correction?...so many so often.... |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No shit? |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. shall i expect a correction from you concerning the 67 war? |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Im quite happy to concede... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. There were plenty of rockets before the Gaza retreat too, but I'm sure you know that. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. the rockets fell in gaza.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It is not just the Palestinians that have a problem. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yes there were a few on sederot.... |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. and it can be said conversely |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. gaza was occupied before sept 12.... |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. It was also blockaded prior to September 12... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. you're asking whether Israel's response to Hamas' call to war and jihad is itself a call to war |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Actually, you're right... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 03:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. the blockade started due to Intifada part II...also, remember Karine-A? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. This Karine-A? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 04:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. another time for Karine-A, okay? And while Arafat wasn't stupid, he was a nutter terrorist |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. the Intifada started due to an occupation... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. you'd have a point if the peace process wasn't getting anywhere 9 years ago and Israel refused.. |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Certainly justifiable... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. attacking IDF may be justifiable, but certainly not the terror they unleash on citizens - right? |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. whats confusing?.....simple answer |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Bullshit.... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. the occupation was not a war.... |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Perhaps the occupation was not a war from the Israeli's point of view... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. no your wrong....i dont object to Palestinians resistance.... |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. As a Lebanese Christian |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. you get the prize.... |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
69. The very act of blocking |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Setting aside the false premises you rely on -- |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Thanks for confirming Mr Derfners premise n/t |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Right. The Palestinians have never attacked Israel. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I do not think anyone has said that the Palestinians |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 06:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. maybe they should just stop trying to kill israelis? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. There's no difference between Palestinians killing Israelis |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. That was part of the implication of the article... |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. No. That wasn't the author's intent. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. One is part and parcel of the other. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. so wrong..so full of illusions..... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You are wrong about the 'chosen people' |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. this article is a riot so here's a challenge, name one time Israel attacked without provocation |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. 1956 (nt) |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. wow - you had to go back over 50 years for that reach |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The fedayeen operated mainly from Jordan |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Your information is not correct |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I don't think you quite understand... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I think you are missing the full picture |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
46. What are the stated goals of Hamas? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
60. But killing innocent Palestinians isn't 'self-defense'... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. then provide us with effective ways in which Israel can and should defend its citizens |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:36 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Why don't you do what you always do and tell me what I think? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. just asking - otherwise it looks like all you're capable of is criticizing Israel for anything... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I'll refer you back to the post you totally ignored when you hit reply... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. i'm not telling you what you think - i'm asking |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. You've done it before, and you've been doing it again here... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. i'm not doing it - just asking - so what's your answer? please, do tell! |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Was there something unclear about what I said in post 62? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. too difficult a question, isn't it? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. No. Now what is it about post 62 that's causing you to ignore everything I said? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. i ignore your lame attempts to duck, dodge, and evade |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. No, yr ignoring what I said in post 62.... |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
72. K&R ... Amazing articel |
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