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Who is advising Bush on foreign policy?? |
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ABDUL AZIZ RANTISI: We are all waiting for the last day of our life, nothing will be changed. If it is by apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer to be by apache. |
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Steve asks: Why do the Palestinians get to jump ahead of the Kurds? Oppression is morally politically O.K. when Arabs are doing it. It was O.K. for the Palestinians to be oppressed by Trans-Jordan and Egypt. It is only when the "oppressors" changed identity that it became an issue. |
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because the rest of the world has proven over and over and over (ad nauseum) that if the Arabs do it, it is ok, but if Israel does it, it is genocide. |
All the people in the world who complain that Israel is completely wrong in the way it deals with the Palestinian Arabs when the local Arab countries treated them MUCH worse, without the same people (countries, groups, etc) complaining. Or, the people who disregard the plight of the Kurds in Iraq and Turkey (under Arab/Muslim domination) while screaming at Israel for trying to survive.
How many times has the UN scolded Israel? How many times has it scolded the Sudan for REAL genocide and cultural cleansing?
Since Israel is populated by the hated Jews, let's all jump on the wagon and condemn them for every action, but turn a blind eye to the Arab atrocities.
So what you are saying, is that Israel justified in its above the law attitude.
Why does Israel NOT permit international observes in Gaza and the West Band ? Is it possible they are braking every rule of the Geneva Convention ?? If not, let the neutral observers in.
No, I am saying that there is a double standard. Arabs get away, literally, with murder, while if Israelis take any action whatsoever to protect themselves and their families FROM this murder, they are committing genocide.
I don't know why they won't let neutral observers into Gaza and the West Bank. Who would you suggest as neutral observers? What country, besides the US, hasn't condemned Israel and praised the terrorists in the last decade? Which country has NOT objected to Israel closing its borders with Gaza and the West Bank? I don't know of any country other than the US that has consistently supported Israel in its fight for survival.
Even Britain has turned against Israel. When Israel offered everything that Arafat was asking for, Britain criticized them for not offering more, after Arafat started the latest Intifada.
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Israel may or may not love Palestinian children, but it does a better job than the Palestinian "leaders" of looking out for their welfare. "Israeli government sources said they had struck at the first available opportunity, but had to wait for weeks because Rantisi had surrounded himself with children," notes the Associated Press. |
Perhaps I sound harsh in my earlier posts. Perhaps I will sound harsher from now on.
Dennis Prager, a columnist, wrote today what I have wanted to say, but was too scared to say. Here is his column for today.
Among other things, he said:
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Israel has killed Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas terror leader, and almost every nation in the world and the nations' theoretical embodiment, the United Nations, have condemned Israel for doing so. World leaders and the world organization have said almost nothing about Communist China's ongoing destruction of one of the world's oldest civilizations, Tibet. World leaders have said almost nothing about the Arab enslavement and genocide of non-Arab blacks in Sudan. But they convene world conferences to label Israel, one of the most humane and decent democracies on earth, a pariah. |
Nighhawlk, not everything is so black and white in my opinion. Your concept about the 'world' may involve the big and poweful countries whom pretty much have a say in what's going on in the world, but they are many countries who do not have a stand and other persons like me who do not defend any side and who think both sides enjoy shedding blood, yes, I firmly believe that Israel and Palestine enjoy shedding the blood of each other, when I see certain news on TV, I can it in the eyes and there is nothing you or me or anybody else can stop the genocide going on there.
LDS, I agree with you. Israel says it is only trying to defend itself, and much of what they do is, in my opinion justified, but not all. I haven't really seen them make any great effort towards peace. If they are truly interested in peace, they must make some concessions. They seem unwilling to do so. However, I think there is little question that the Palentinians as a group aren't interested in peace either. I don't think it is about concessins with them. I do believe they just don't want Israel to exist period.
Generally, I feel like the US turns a blind eye whenever Israel does anything. I do think there have been many times in the past when Israel has done something we would not allow another country to do without some kind of objection at least. However, I must admit, I feel they are well within their rights to do whatever they need to in order to stop the terrorist acts that are occurring within their borders. Edited: tenaheff on 21st Apr, 2004 - 4:17pm