The Israeli practice of guilt by association, and bulldozing down houses of innocent parties is considered a war crime.

As is the practice of suicide bombing. Heinous crimes, both on the perpetrator and those who are bombed.

NOW, if it's ALWAYS retaliation, if it's ALWAYS retribution, it can never end, can it? Not until there is only one side alive.

Because, for instance, the Palestinian losses have been between 3 to 1 and 25 to 1. Why weren't we reading about those 25? Fact is, until they resorted to suicide bombing, the ROW didn't care about those 25 to 1 losses.

That DOESN'T excuse war crimes. And the dynamiting of houses of innocent people is an Israeli practice from way back.

Doesn't that make a mockery of using violence against terrorism as one's ONLY option? Shouldn't other things be tried also?

Or is Western Civilization reduced to simple violence as the ONLY solution to all problems? The NRA philosophy reduced to understandable, meaningful terms.

Between the Palestinians, the Israelis and the US there isn't a brain operating when it comes to the situation. Not one. Not one that's operating, anyway.

Arf