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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
While I don't necessarily have much esteem for DK, I do share some of her feeling about people who repeatedly point out that Arab terrorists "learned their tactics" from Sharon, Moshe Dayan, etc.
First, I think it's a crock, as it falsely suggests that the Israelis who fought the Brits invented the use of terror tactics against an occupying force. Of course they didn't.
Second, while the tactics may be similar in some respects, they are hardly the same as far as I know -- I don't recall any British passenger liners going down.
Third, so what? "They did it to someone else, so we can do it to them?"
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I don't know if I've lost the ability to communicate, or you're willfully ignoring my message. What I have been saying is that:
1. Israel is, and always has been, both brutal and ruthless in their defense of their territory;
2. Long before it was "their" territory it was a land shared by Jews and Palestinians alike;
3. We need Israel to exist as much as Israel needs Israel to exist and therefore we need to support Israel; but
4. Speaking as a Jew who lost family in the death camps, I can champion Israel while at the same time finding it reprehensible that they are willing to so casually ignore the line between terrorist and civilian; and
5. Their actions in doing so will prolong the conflict and we need to exert some pressure to reign them in at the same time as we lend them support to maintain at least one pocket of relative stability in the Middle East.
I don't buy the "my country, right or wrong" crap when it's used to counter criticism of American actions in the Middle East and I'm not going to turn a blind eye to the fact that Israel sometimes prefers to shoot itself in the dick by responding to Arab attacks with undue ferocity.
Even if we don't agree, I havee faith that you will at least understand my position. I doubt Diane will be able to read the post in its entirety before being distracted by something shiny.
