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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (228078)	4/20/2007 9:07:08 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 281500

Nadine has an "invariably quick handle on the facts" that support her agenda. Sometimes her "facts" are just common knowledge truthiness among the partisan apologists for Israel.

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (228078)	4/20/2007 10:06:38 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

When it was pointed out twice that the number was 100,000 and these were far fewer than the Israeli forces, no response from NSN. And a source was provided to back up the claim and for a comment. So, it's OK to put 100,000 troops on the border of a country shortly after you have begun an illegal blockade of their ships in a strait that is one of the two most important shipping lanes for that country? Not to mention thousands more troops mobilized in Jordan and Syria, effectively surrounding Israel with hostile troops of bellicose rulers who were at the time sworn enemies of the country and made no secret of their desire to destroy them. And the borders of one of those countries was a mere 17K from the western border of Israel, enabling it to cut the country in half if they were determined to do so. Give me a break. I am most definitely NOT a fan of "preemptive" attacks. But if there was ever a preemtive attack that in hindsight remained justifiable, that surely was one of the few. Israel hasn't always been wrong, which is far from saying that they have always been "right." Far from either one or the other, IMO.