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To: Neocon who wrote (126974)	3/22/2004 11:56:51 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<If you cannot understand that all questions relating to Israel come from the peculiar historical circumstances of its birth, you lack elementary empathy.......> Empathy is one thing. Excusing Israeli behavior is entirely another. We in the United States have every reason to be critical of Israeli policies when their "eye for an eye" policies lead to outrageous acts of violence and undermine US national security by escalating the worst trends in the world -- including the promotion of international terrorism.

To: Neocon who wrote (126974)	3/22/2004 3:03:22 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Neocon; Re: "There are two ways to view the non- combatant population in the territories. The first is that most of them support and aid terrorism, and therefore are not really innocent. The second is that even the innocent are in the position of hostages, whose lives one tries to conserve, but not by giving the malefactors free reign, which only encourages more hostage taking. In the course of stopping criminals, some hostages might be killed or wounded. This should be minimized, but cannot be avoided completely. As for the terrorists themselves, no special consideration is owed them. Someone who promotes terror, whatever his operational relationship to Hamas, is fair game, even if he is unarmed." This is essentially identical to our situation in Iraq, in the regions dominated by Sunni Arabs. As I warned, by emulating the foreign policy of Israel, we've earned Israel's foreign policy problems. -- Carl

To: Neocon who wrote (126974)	3/22/2004 7:45:40 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

The terrorists strike again: Witnesses described a horrific scene, with a large area of the pavement where the missiles landed covered in blood and strips of clothing. Yassin, who used a wheelchair, was said to have been directly hit by the first missile, leaving his body severely disfigured. Taxi driver Yousef Haddad, who was in a nearby shop at the time of the attack and was one of the first on the scene, told the Associated Press: "His wheelchair was twisted. Two or three people were lying next to him on the ground. One was legless." guardian.co.uk