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"DGDevin" wrote:

"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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I'd agree with that, but that's probably of little comfort to the
families
of the dead women and kids.

True, but that was more in response to "sometimes they do" murder. I
actually have never understood why the locals don't get bent about the
nasties hanging out with them and bringing down the destruction.

First, getting rid of guys with automatic weapons and a reputation for
killing people who disagree with them isn't so easy.

True. Just that the normal person to fanatic ratio is so high. I guess
a bunch of this is just that the leaders and heavyweights are in with
the bad guys.

Third, if Americans
typically don't back away when someone attacks them, then why expect the
Palestinians to be any different? History teaches us that bombing people is
just as likely to **** them off and make them pull together rather than
discouraging them. Every time an Israeli airstrike kills women and kids,
Hamas gets another busload of recruits--no wonder the *******s hide their
weapons in schools and mosques.

This is more along of the lines of the stuff I don't understand. I
agree it one thing to rise up, but something entirely different to join
the people bringing down the pain.

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