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Originally posted by taxwonk
You sound like Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, blaming the Russians for going meekly like sheep when the KGB knocked at the door, or like those who don't necessarily deny the Holocaust, but blame the Jews for not rising up against the guards and storming the walls of the camps.
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When the majority of the populaces of the ME over a significant number of years manifest and continue to manifest the expression, through words and actions, of the desire that Israel should be eradicated, then I think they have to take responsibility for the actions that come out of that expression.
Again, I did not say any iinocent civilians, or civilains generally deserve to die. Nor am I advocating that Israel just killl all the lebanese, syrians et al indisriminatetly. I am saying that to date, I generally think that their prosecution of this military action is reasonable and justifed.
I am not in favour of us going in there. I don't think it will work and I think that the Arab nations needs to come to accommodation with Israel on their own. We can't force it on them and I wuld rather spend the money on our citizens, eg education for one. In the interim, until certain Arab nations can act responsibily, Israel has to defend itself and its borders. Which it is doing.
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