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Politics : The Castle

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To: tejek who wrote (2344)11/19/2003 6:44:41 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 7936
 
Israel is subject to terrorist threats because...

Whatever the reason for the threat, the threat exists. Israel has been more restrained then most countries would be in response to such a threat. Perhaps more restrained then the US would be.

...first she bought herself a nation at the expense of its indigenous poeple...

Kind of like the US except we usually didn't bother to pay the indigenous people or we paid them a few dollars worth of trinkets...

practiced terrorism to make that happen

Almost anything can be call terrorism, but much of what Israel did isn't much like what most people think of as terrorism. Some of the pre-state activities of some Israeli groups were terrorist in nature, but not to the extent of, or for as long of duration as, the current Palestinian terrorism.

and then insists on withholding the freedom from those indigenous people.

They gave freedom and the vote to Arabs in Israel. Most nations would not have done so under the circumstances. Israel would be insane to give a state to the Palestinians if they Palestinians don't recognize Israel and renounce terrorism. And of course the exact borders have to be worked out but over this border dispute the Palestinians blow up dance clubs, pizza places, and busses, and target and kill children and other people who can not or are not offering violent resistance.

And yet, you still attempt to make Israel look blameless and innocent.

No, not at all. I've said multiple times Israel is not a nation of angels. There actions are full of gray areas and occasional outright black marks, they are not pure and innocent. I'm just saying they aren't like the Palestinian terrorists.

Tim
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