On Jan 16, 9:06*pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/16/2009 5:14 PM spake thus:





On Jan 16, 6:48 pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:

The Palestinians are the Warsaw Ghetto fighters to Israel's storm troopers.

Spoken like a true anti-semite. * There is no legitimate comparison
between the plight of the Palestinians and what the jews endured under
the Nazis. *See any gas chambers lately?

What's going on now in Gaza is totally self inflicted. * Israel
unilaterally did exactly what the Palestinians wanted. *They
withdrew. * The Palestinians could have responded by electing
reasonable leaders and behaving responsibly. * If they acted decently
for a number of years, and built up some trust, Israel would be happy
to be done with the whole thing. * What did they do instead? * Why
they elected the Hamas terrorists, who are little more than Iranian
puppets and then lobbed rockets at Israel. * So, now they are getting
what they deserve.

In exactly what bizarro-world does one punish an *entire civilian
population* for "choosing the wrong leaders", as you claim the
Palestinians have done?


I think the German civilian population got punished rather badly for
choosing the wrong leaders. Same with Italy and Japan. Add Russia
to the list. Need I go on?



Even if they did, in what book of international
law is it written that bombs and tanks is a legitimate response?


I guess you'd prefer the Israelis send tea and biscuits as a response
to rocket attacks launched under the direction of Hamas, who the
Palestinians chose as their leaders? When Lybia sponsored
terrorists who blew up a few US servicemen in Germany, Ronald Reagan
dispatched a squadron of F-111B's to pay a visit on Colonle Khadafi.
And rightfully so. He didn't need to consult some book of
international law to know what to do.

When Afghanistan sponsored Al-Qaeda, Bush blew the living crap out of
the Taliban. In both cases, the responses had some unfortunate
civilian casualties. So be it. Same thing is happening with the
Israeli response. They are not bombing civilians in Gaza. They are
targeting the leadership, as well they should. It's the terroists
running Gaza, the proxies of Iran, who are sponsoring indiscriminate
rocket attacks and suicide bombers.

This is a whole new concept the libs have dreamed up. Proportionate
response. I ask you again, what should the US have done in response
to the attack on Pearl Harbor? Just find a similar Japanese military
base and call it a day? For an example of where proportional
response thinking gets you, look at what Clinton did. For every
terrorist attack, he'd come up with a proportional response. They
blow up a US ship, he launced a few cruise missles. He had an
excellent opportunity to launch a strike at Bin Laden himself. A
predator drone had unmistakable video of him in a camp in
Afghanistan. He declined because of the possibility of some
collateral damage. That's where this kind of logic gets you.

And if you want to go further, Sudan had Bin Laden in custody and
offered to give him to the US. Clinton freely admits he tried to get
Saudi Arabia to take him. They declined. So, Clinton, in
consultation with Janet Reno and other experts, declined too, because
they decided they didn't have legal authority to act.





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In order to embark on a new course, the only one that will
solve the problem: negotiations and peace with the Palestinians,
the Lebanese, the Syrians. And: with Hamas and Hizbullah.

Because it's only with enemies that one makes peace.

- Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom.
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