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Originally posted by intrepid
And the insanity and mindless rhetoric continues. EVERYONE loses. :shk:
Originally posted by marg6043
For such a bright person like you Jungle some facts elude you but I guess is not your fault.
Originally posted by junglejake
Hezbullah target:
Originally posted by Duzey
Originally posted by junglejake
Hezbullah target:
I have to break my self-imposed ATS vacation to comment on this....
I think there are many members here that would feel that Steve Kubby is a criminal. I'm not one of them, but if you want to post a picture of a nice, happy, law-abiding Jewish family, maybe you should pick a different family.
Originally posted by junglejake
Israel responded to PLO rocket attacks on northern Israeli settlements by bombing PLO encampments in southern Lebanon.
source
Originally posted by junglejake
I had no idea who the guy even was
Originally posted by junglejake
Souljah, can you tell me how you can identify civilians verses military casualties when the soldiers dress up like civilians to hide in their natural camouflage better?
Finally, this is what makes the difference and why I believe one side is far better than the other side.
Originally posted by ThePieMaN
Originally posted by junglejake
I think Israel is justified in its actions against Hamas and Hezbullah, and I put the blame for the civilian deaths on those two terror groups' cowardly tactics. I don't hide that fact, I don't claim that Israel is just as bad as Hezbullah -- they're not. One targets civilians while hiding amongst civilian populations while the other is attacking its attackers as best it can despite their cowardly tactics. Hamas and Hezbullah are scum, Israel is not. It's not hypocritical because I see a distinctive difference between intentionally targetting and hiding in civilian populations and accidently killing/injuring civilians in an attempt to prevent more casualties in the long term fight. At least I'm honest about where I stand
You obviously don't know what goes on. Hezbollah and Hamas have not been around for eons. They rose up as a reaction, a reaction to actions, many actions. People will tire of just waiting to be killed constantly or pushed out, and some of them finally took a stand. If tomorrow you could wave a magic wand and cause the 2 groups to disappear, it would change nothing, Israel would still be doing what it has been doing for decades,which is Build Israel, and wether that entails building on top of the heads of palestinians, they do it. Sadly you would still see them as being justified that these heads were in the way of Israels right to take their land as their own.
Originally posted by junglejake
Yes, they are killing Lebanese civilians as they fight Hezbullah.
This is because Hezbullah hides amongst them.
The other option would be for Israel to not fight back and lose many citizens of their own. I do not fault them for defending themselves, but I do fault Hezbullah for using the Lebanese people as a human PR shield.
I could throw your question back at you, too. How many civilians have to be killed in Israel before they're allowed to retaliate and destroy this enemy that likes to hide among the innocent? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? 1,000,000? Do they have to be pushed into the sea?
If civilian deaths bother you as much as you claim, where is your condemnation for Hezbullah's tactics?
en.wikipedia.org...
Human Rights Watch has reported that the Israeli Defense Forces used Palestinian civilians as human shields during the Battle of Jenin 2002. [1] The practice was subsequently outlawed by the Israeli Supreme Court but Human Rights Watch claims the IDF continues to practice it[2]. In 2004, Amnesty International documented a case in which Israeli soldiers tied a 13 year old Palestinian boy to their Jeep as a shield against demonstrators. [1] Israeli human rights group B'tselem has documented cases of the practice used in the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2006
Originally posted by junglejake
Israeli target:
EDIT: Decided to switch pictures...Apparently the last was a less than reputable family
Originally posted by wang
en.wikipedia.org...
Human Rights Watch has reported that the Israeli Defense Forces used Palestinian civilians as human shields during the Battle of Jenin 2002. [1] The practice was subsequently outlawed by the Israeli Supreme Court but Human Rights Watch claims the IDF continues to practice it[2]. In 2004, Amnesty International documented a case in which Israeli soldiers tied a 13 year old Palestinian boy to their Jeep as a shield against demonstrators. [1] Israeli human rights group B'tselem has documented cases of the practice used in the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2006
Originally posted by jsobecky
Originally posted by wang
en.wikipedia.org...
Human Rights Watch has reported that the Israeli Defense Forces used Palestinian civilians as human shields during the Battle of Jenin 2002. [1] The practice was subsequently outlawed by the Israeli Supreme Court but Human Rights Watch claims the IDF continues to practice it[2]. In 2004, Amnesty International documented a case in which Israeli soldiers tied a 13 year old Palestinian boy to their Jeep as a shield against demonstrators. [1] Israeli human rights group B'tselem has documented cases of the practice used in the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2006
Can you imagine a Lebanese or Hebollah court intervening and outlawing any incidence of Hezbollah using human shields? How about Lebanese or Hezbollah human rights groups documenting cases of the practice by Hezbollah?
It will never happen. This is the essence of the difference between the two camps. This is the thinking that has to change before any progress can be achieved.
Originally posted by junglejake
Originally posted by subz
Where is your criticism of Israel? Why can you only criticise muslims and never Israel? Blah, blah freaking blah blah!
Wouldnt want to be a complete hypocrite would you?
And yes before you ask, it is wrong for Hamas to endanger those kids like that. No question about it.
I make no claims to see Israel and Hamas in the same light. I think Israel is justified in its actions against Hamas and Hezbullah, and I put the blame for the civilian deaths on those two terror groups' cowardly tactics. I don't hide that fact, I don't claim that Israel is just as bad as Hezbullah -- they're not. One targets civilians while hiding amongst civilian populations while the other is attacking its attackers as best it can despite their cowardly tactics. Hamas and Hezbullah are scum, Israel is not. It's not hypocritical because I see a distinctive difference between intentionally targetting and hiding in civilian populations and accidently killing/injuring civilians in an attempt to prevent more casualties in the long term fight. At least I'm honest about where I stand
Originally posted by Kamran
When did Israel start documenting its acts of terror against civilians? It did not. Infact it has been in violation of numerous Geneva Convention Articles.
In 2004, Amnesty International documented a case in which Israeli soldiers tied a 13 year old Palestinian boy to their Jeep as a shield against demonstrators. [1] Israeli human rights group B'tselem has documented cases of the practice used in the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2006.