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• 100 tons of bombs dropped on Gaza - Lindy - 12/28/2008 2:29:16 AM
  • Why Israeli and American indiscriminate Bombings and Shock and Awe won't work - Lindy - 1/2/2009 12:08:33 AM
    • re: indiscriminate bombings - TB - 1/2/2009 5:08:42 AM
      • More on the difference between the two sides - TB - 1/2/2009 4:39:57 PM
    • "“They say my kids flew 40 meters before hitting the ground.”" - Lindy - 1/2/2009 1:24:21 AM
      • How many kids died in Berlin, Dresden, or Tokyo? - Lee - 1/2/2009 1:38:51 AM
    • So what's your suggestion? - Lee - 1/2/2009 12:37:18 AM
      • re: So what's your suggestion? - Lindy - 1/2/2009 1:25:36 AM
        • Then keep quiet. - Lee - 1/2/2009 1:35:22 AM
          • Actual Body Counts: Israel 3 Gaza 375 - Lindy - 1/2/2009 1:43:57 AM
            • Yes, it is worth it. - Lee - 1/2/2009 1:54:01 AM
          • Not that I want to have to take this to Flame - Lindy - 1/2/2009 1:39:09 AM
            • Keep it civil then. - Lee - 1/2/2009 1:49:46 AM
              • I do believe Hamas is a democratically elected government - Lindy - 1/2/2009 2:33:36 AM
                • That's my point. - Lee - 1/2/2009 3:26:35 AM
              • Scuse me? - Lindy - 1/2/2009 2:30:05 AM
  • too bad the bombs weren't MK-77 Mod 4 - Obamavich - 12/31/2008 2:54:05 PM
    • Nuclear weapons are of no use in the Middle East - Raoul - 1/1/2009 9:36:45 AM
      • Wouldn't it be nice if this were a nuclear-free world? - Jacob - 1/2/2009 4:50:31 PM
  • Galvanizing issue - azstrummer - 12/30/2008 6:14:22 PM
    • A basic misperception. - Bowser - 12/31/2008 5:12:11 PM
      • What do you call the wars of 48, 67, and 73? - Lee - 12/31/2008 10:46:03 PM
        • The result of Stalin's plan for the US in the middle east - E.P. - 1/3/2009 5:45:31 PM
        • I'm reluctant to answer you. - Bowser - 1/1/2009 12:29:09 AM
          • Sounds like the answer of someone with no answer. - Lee - 1/1/2009 1:12:34 AM
        • ...completely forgotten by the "Enlightened." (n/t) - TB - 12/31/2008 11:00:44 PM
      • Some of what you say is probably true - azstrummer - 12/31/2008 7:29:30 PM
        • No. It isn't. - TB - 12/31/2008 9:25:52 PM
          • TB's assertions and other delusions. The Israelis don't dispute their territorial ambitions. - Bowser - 12/31/2008 10:01:33 PM
          • Hmm Chomsky's word or Toms......Let me ponder that - azstrummer - 12/31/2008 9:39:48 PM
            • Argument from authority? - TB - 12/31/2008 10:55:34 PM
    • Wish it were that easy. - TB - 12/30/2008 9:22:40 PM
      • Nuclear destruction of Israel - azstrummer - 12/30/2008 10:36:22 PM
        • re: Nuclear destruction of Israel - TB - 12/30/2008 11:31:05 PM
          • Tom, you're so deluded - azstrummer - 12/31/2008 1:37:35 AM
            • re: deluded - TB - 12/31/2008 2:36:39 AM
              • And just how do you propose - azstrummer - 12/31/2008 1:36:33 PM
                • Now that's the $64,000 question. - TB - 12/31/2008 10:42:45 PM
            • Just a few threads above, you were calling for building force fields around the whole region. - Lee - 12/31/2008 1:51:02 AM
              • You're still an idiot Lee - azstrummer - 12/31/2008 1:37:54 PM
                • Funny, I always thought that arguing two totally divergent points was the sign of an idiot. - Lee - 12/31/2008 3:59:54 PM
          • Removing denial - RobVG - 12/31/2008 1:04:32 AM
  • All the bombs in the world won't make the Palestinians good neighbors to the Israelis - z - 12/30/2008 4:56:37 AM
    • Yes and the SS were just policemen in Nazi Germany - Obamavich - 12/31/2008 2:47:12 PM
    • Reality check - TB - 12/30/2008 4:49:46 PM
    • So why aren't those "policemen" out arresting the militants firing rockets into Israel? - Lee - 12/30/2008 5:49:29 AM
      • Because the Palestinians don't have a real government to order them to do so - z - 12/30/2008 7:03:36 PM
        • Hamas was Israel's idea? - TB - 12/30/2008 8:52:34 PM
          • Israel didn't create Hamas - they exploited its existence to undermine the PLO - z - 12/31/2008 12:41:53 AM
  • Obama's view - TB - 12/29/2008 8:29:52 PM
    • A slight correction - addition." - Bowser - 12/29/2008 10:42:22 PM
  • Solution remains the same - E.P. - 12/29/2008 4:45:49 PM
    • And when Hamas kidnaps or attacks the UN peacekeepers? - Obamavich - 12/31/2008 4:07:36 PM
      • Who says it's an unwinnable situation? - Lee - 1/2/2009 1:58:59 AM
        • re: Who says it's an unwinnable situation? - E.P. - 1/2/2009 9:40:00 PM
          • I doubt most Muslims could even find Israel on a map. - Lee - 1/2/2009 10:25:07 PM
    • All you have to do... - TB - 12/29/2008 7:50:04 PM
      • A thousand words - TB - 12/30/2008 12:58:57 AM
    • E.P?... Do you live in what was Indian country? - Jacob - 12/29/2008 5:25:57 PM
      • The normans integrated themselves - Raoul - 12/29/2008 5:53:01 PM
        • It's useless, Raoul. - Bowser - 12/29/2008 8:41:38 PM
          • Why did Dan Rather lie to US? - Obamavich - 12/31/2008 4:15:02 PM
            • Do bombs know the difference between civilians and combatants? - Jacob - 12/31/2008 5:48:38 PM
          • In a way you are right. - Jacob - 12/30/2008 6:41:06 PM
        • The Palestinians are a weapon. - TB - 12/29/2008 7:59:09 PM
        • Well at least the Israelis don't cut off hands off of slave workers, like in the Congo. - Jacob - 12/29/2008 6:00:26 PM
          • re: We're in 2008, almost 2009 and we should learn history (n/t) - Raoul - 12/29/2008 7:59:25 PM
            • My point is is that there is no nation on earth that doesn't have blood on its hands. (n/t) - Jacob - 12/30/2008 5:47:14 PM
              • In addition, I beleive there will come a day where humanity will have to give a final account of its wrong doings. - Jacob - 12/30/2008 6:20:27 PM
                • Jacob, I understand your prediction - azstrummer - 12/31/2008 1:43:04 PM
                • Weapons become deadlier and death is less acceptable - Raoul - 12/30/2008 9:23:18 PM
  • Bombs are no good - Eric - 12/28/2008 12:44:53 PM
    • Nice photoshop. - Lee - 12/28/2008 5:13:48 PM
      • re: Nice photoshop. - Eric - 12/28/2008 5:56:05 PM
        • Total photoshop - SteveS - 1/2/2009 7:48:40 PM
        • The steady handedness of the photographer for one. - Lee - 12/28/2008 6:03:05 PM
  • "Most of those killed were security men" - TB - 12/28/2008 3:15:19 AM
    • re: "Most of those killed were security men" - Lindy - 12/28/2008 3:09:57 PM
  • Israel learned well from the Nazis. - Bowser - 12/28/2008 3:07:17 AM
    • Here's a history lesson, Bowser. - Jacob - 12/29/2008 4:29:20 PM
      • That argument has never crawled, let alone flown, Jacob. - Bowser - 12/29/2008 8:33:13 PM
    • Thank you Bowz - Lindy - 12/28/2008 4:13:51 AM
      • re: Airstrikes - TB - 12/28/2008 5:05:34 AM
        • re: Airstrikes - Doug Ellison - 12/28/2008 3:12:33 PM
          • How many times do we have to repeat all this? - TB - 12/29/2008 12:38:58 AM
          • No words of condemnation for firing "a few rockets"? - Lee - 12/28/2008 5:29:48 PM
            • re: No words of condemnation for firing "a few rockets"? - Doug Ellison - 12/28/2008 11:45:33 PM
              • re: I agree with - Johannes - 12/29/2008 7:21:32 PM
              • Your alternative will only work with sane people. - Lee - 12/29/2008 12:01:51 AM
                • re: I agree with - Johannes - 12/29/2008 7:25:07 PM
          • re: Airstrikes - Lindy - 12/28/2008 3:17:03 PM
            • re: Airstrikes - Lindy - 12/28/2008 4:29:32 PM
  • The solution is simple. - Lee - 12/28/2008 3:07:13 AM
    • "Israel is hitting legitimate targets, what targets are Hamas aiming at" - Lindy - 12/28/2008 4:26:24 AM
      • Hamas is aiming at civilians. What part of that don't you get? - Lee - 12/28/2008 5:12:30 AM
      • So by your "hitting" and "aiming at" theory... - TB - 12/28/2008 4:51:08 AM
    • So you don't believe Hamas' own words? - Lee - 12/28/2008 3:13:32 AM
    • Simplistic ignorance is the hallmark of the toxic bigot, don't you think? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/28/2008 3:08:19 AM
      • [Response by Lee deleted - use of names] - Space Moderator Nick - 12/28/2008 5:17:03 AM