Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (569752)	6/2/2010 4:28:02 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578283

That's not the issue. No it is the issue. I mentioned that Hamas abused the Palestinians more than Israel did, and you said that it could be the case because Hamas was elected. Its the equivalent of the US putting a blockade around Canada because we didn't like the gov't Canadians put into power. No its the equivalent of the US putting a blockade around Cuba (small enough to blockade, and a long term unfriendly country, unlike Canada, which is an ally and a major trading partner), because the Cubans launched attacks against Florida. Of course it wants control. To prevent or reduce the effectiveness of attacks from Gaza. If it faced no violence from there, there would be little reason for control. Gaza doesn't have much of value to Israel. Hamas actually does improve life in Gaza. They do take actions that make life better, but their net effect is to make life worse. They have wars against other factions, they violently attack less organized opposition, or those even vaguely suspected of any form of collaboration with Israel, they use populated areas to launch rocket attacks, knowing that retaliation will come and hoping for civilian deaths which will be bad PR for Israel (and if they don't get enough of deaths of real civilians they just portray the deaths of Hamas members as civilian deaths). The net effect of their actions is death and destruction in Gaza, and also to make a Palestinian state less likely.