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Originally posted by johnny2127
If innocent civilians are targeted by either side ON PURPOSE it is WRONG. But to take it a step further and start killing Jews all over the world just because they are Jewish? This is the movement that Israel is fighting against, and this is how low they will stoop.
Originally posted by Alpha_Magnum
Originally posted by johnny2127
If innocent civilians are targeted by either side ON PURPOSE it is WRONG. But to take it a step further and start killing Jews all over the world just because they are Jewish? This is the movement that Israel is fighting against, and this is how low they will stoop.
Hey look at the Israeli hardliners using the word IF. Cool as space. Imagine that, a hardliner leaving a wide open soft spot to probe. "If innocent civilians are targeted by either side ON PURPOSE it is WRONG" so the appearance of the Israeli operated American AH-64 helicopters over Palestine and shooting weapons at Palestinians can't then be not on purpose. See, operating an attack chopper required that forethought was applied to its operation. Prior to shooting a guided missile a target must be acquired. Thanks to what you stated we now know that this is WRONG.
Originally posted by johnny2127
While to you and I it seems obvious, to others it is not. Go read back in this thread. People time and again have argued that Hamas can target innocent children because of an 'eye for an eye' doctrine. My point was directly back to that. If Israel targets children and innocents thats wrong. If Hamas or anyone else does, thats wrong. You want me to not use the word 'IF'? Fine. When anyone, Israel or Hamas or Hezbollah or the USA or anyone else, targets innocents, it is wrong. Period.
Some people are so absurd. I use the the word 'IF' and that means it was a hard-line pro-Israel comment. Apparently saying no one should kill kids or innocents is a hard-line Israel backer point of view.
Originally posted by earthman4
This sounds just like the guy in church who said we should kill all Muslim children so they won't grow up to be terrorists.
Originally posted by johnny2127
Well thought out and reasoned post. Even though I don't agree with what you said about me, I can respect what you said and your reasoning.
I would definitely not be considered a hardliner honestly. I would never support Israel no matter what they did, or condemn Palestine or Hamas or any other organization now matter what. I think for myself and would not blindly support anyone or anything. My point is simply that Hamas is indefensibly wrong when they call for the targeting and murder of Jewish children all over the world that have nothing to do with their conflict. There is no defense for that. People can try justifying that, but it will never be a moral thing. You seem like a very intelligent person and I am sure you would agree with that.
Israel is not blameless of course, but me making a comment about how low it is for Hamas to seek to murder Jewish children all over the world should not set over calls of me being a hardliner or anything like that. I think it is wrong to label people as such things without much information. If I incorrectly called anyone a Radical Islamic then I have no problem saying I was wrong. But organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah are radical and they are Islamic. I know many Muslims and not one supports any of those organizations and they condemn they actions in entirety. Their view, which I agree with, is that they are taking advantage of a nad situation that people in their areas are in, and actually making things worse for them.
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Originally posted by johnny2127
However, this topic is purely about Hamas's stated intention to kill Jewish kids all over the world. And as I have said dozens of times not, that is not a defensible act. You aren't even commenting about this, what are your thoughts?
Originally posted by johnny2127
reply to post by Alpha_Magnum
Declaring peace isn't enough. I am sure you'd agree that if we pulled out and closed our bases in the middle east anytime soon, the vultures would swirl and there would be wars purely to fill the void that American left. Iraq isn't strong enough on its own yet. At a minimum, even if we pull troops, we need to keep our bases and presence purely to KEEP the peace. Declaring it doesn't make it so.