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Originally posted by maloy
What is it with all the "zionist" and religious talk? People here make it sound like if not for zionists this conflict would have never happened. It is not about zionists or religion - it is about politics and history.
What about the never ending conflict between India and Pakistan? Are you blaming zionists for that too? Or the stretched conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan? Or Kosovo? Or South Ossetia?
Fact of the matter is - conflicts with no end in sight like this over land with some underlying historic disputes are common all around the world. That's just politics. Israel - Palestine is no different. It just so happens that these conflicts involve some sort of ethnical differences, like religion, to fuel them.
If people want to exploit the situation to suit their own opinions or ideas, they can blame the zionists or whoever as much as they want. That won't change anything and won't help anything. But it is just far to fun to plug in an occasional "zionist" or "communist" or "terrorist" here and there to help give your arguement more color. All it does is detract from critical assessment of the issue.
[edit on 27-12-2008 by maloy]
Originally posted by dooper
reply to post by Zerbst
zerb, you haven't been paying attention. Hamas time and again hide behind children, even grabbing them up as they run away to use as shields.
Look around, open your eyes. Hiding and launching attacks near apartments, schools, and even grabbing women and children is one of their basic tactics.
Do you really believe your uninformed response will be taken seriously?
Originally posted by RFBurns
Here is an excellent rundown of the last 40 years with the Arab-Israel conflict.
Forty Years in Search of Arab-Israeli Peace
A historical fact sheet spanning 40 years in a nutshell.
Cheers!!!!
And that is your inaccurate and incomplete glimps of history.
Originally posted by JanusFIN
reply to post by mrmonsoon
Dragged from somewhere?
I still respect your points in here, and I give you a chance to talk your thoughts, but what you mean, those pictures are still fakes?
They are police mans! - Only force that palestinians have to secure their daily life - and If zionist government say they are terrorists, are they really?
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[edit on Sat Dec 27 2008 by The Vagabond]