On Dec 26, 10:26*pm, "DGDevin" wrote:
"Higgs Boson" *wrote in message

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Slight difference with the neighbors, however: *Israel not murdering
innocent civilians;

Well, sometimes they do. *They usually have to be provoked, but when they
drop a few bombs into Gaza or Lebanon and kill women and kids, that counts.
They're preferable to their neighbors, no doubt about that, but it's not
like their hands are totally clean.

The women and kids you refer to are forcibly planted by Hamas in and
around military targets, knowing that, unlike Hamas, Jewswould never
deliberately kill innocent civilians. It's a silly, old-fashioned
thing called ethics and morality. In fact, the Israelis warn ahead
of time when they are going to take out a rocket launch site or other
Hamas military target. They telephone, they leaflet, they do
everything possible to warn civilians. Counter-productive, isn't it.,
when they KNOW Hamas is going to forcibly plant civilians at the
target, and the mission might have to be called off.

As to the "usually" have to be provoked, when else would they attack?
Wouldn't our country or ANY country take out rocket launchers or other
attack installations BEFORE they can kill civilians? Why would Israel
be different?

All the Israelis want to do is BE LEFT ALONE! But the Arabs will not
do it, have not done it, don't seem to get the idea that it will get
them nowhere. The Palestinian population, as opposed to their
fanatic Hamas masters, as well as the weakened Fatah, would welcome an
end to violence, but they are not in charge; Hamas is.

On the Northern border, Hizbollah by now has enormous quantities of
rocket launchers -- serious Iranian-made stuff -- planted among
civilians not only near the Israeli border, but because of their long
range, even back further. The civilians have no say in this.
Hizbollah is the real government of Lebanon. The "government" forces
are impotent to control Hizbollah's provocations.

HB