Setanta wrote:We are seeing this sort of thing in the white phosphorus thread, in which people rant about the actions of the Palestinians, without being willing to recognize that Israel has consistently violated the terms of the General Assembly Resolution which created the state of Israel, and has consistently violated the Geneva Conventions. One member just rants continually about an Israeli schoolbus being blown up. I pointed out that an apartment building had been hit by an Isreali rocket. That member continued to ask how i could compare a school bus being blown up to an attack on a munitions factory. It was not until i posted a press release from the United States Embassy in Israel which stated that the Shrub condemned the attack that the member in question finally acknowledged that the attack was an atrocity. I first mentioned the attack on the apartment building at the top of page four of that thread. It was not until the middle of page fifteen that this member finally stopped comparing a school bus bombing to bombing a "munitions factory" and acknowledged that it is atrocious to launch missles into an apartment building.
People who have bought into the pro-Israel propaganda, which sees all Msulims as always terrorists and always guilty, and all Israelis as always innocent victims are, apparently, completely incapable of seeing both sides of the story, and the inherent evil of the policies on both sides.
How is this any different from the members who always rant about the Israelis without being willing to recognize that some muslims are indeed terrorists and that there are many organizations formed around the middle east whose primary goal is the eradication of Israel?
I don't recall seeing a single post stating that ALL muslims are terrorists. I believe that to be hyperbole on your part. There is NO doubt that
some muslims are terrorists and the perpetrate their acts with zero regard for civilian casualties. You will have to excuse those of us that are upset about that fact and that we condemn it repeatedly on these threads.
Without the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and bombardment of northern Israel, Israel would not have invaded Lebanon. Without the repeated car bombings and suicide bombings, Israel would not be occupying the west bank and parts of Gaza. Without the constant attacks from muslim terrorists, the middle east would not be in a constant war.
Israel uses unorthadox tactics to be sure, but they do so to protect their country. Palestinians will never be given their land back in Israel and the sooner they accept that fact, the sooner a peace process will be formed. Israel has the right to exist and will fight to protect that existance to the very last Israeli.
