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In response to "Well, it's not hard to track where one of the thousands of fired missiles came from. We gave them the technology to do it. -- nm" by Bacon

And our rockets have never missed their target and killed a wedding party, so that's reassuring -- nm

Posted by ty97 Jul 24 '14, 07:30

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Innocents die in war. Is it acceptable? No. But Hamas is the party at fault. - TWuG Jul 24, 07:34
Guess what. If Hamas stops firing rockets into Israel they won't accidently bomb their shit. - Bacon Jul 24, 07:33 27
- Ahh, yes, I mention that innoncents may be dying unnessarily and now I'm "anti-Israel" - ty97 Jul 24, 07:40 4
  - You don't think Hamas is hiding behind civilians? It's been on every major news network. So how would you get the missiles away from them? - Bacon Jul 24, 07:43 3
    - You know how you don't kill those same human shields? Lobbing bombs at them. - Will Hunting Jul 24, 07:55
    - I haven't called for no casualties. But I have said, and I will continue to say, that Israel can't be givien a blank check on casualties either. - ty97 Jul 24, 07:46 1
      - I think it's fair to question. Hamas though shouldn't be hiding stuff in civilian areas and they cry when Israel does what they wanted them to do all - Bacon Jul 24, 07:50
- people are dying on both sides, less in israel in fact. my office is half Israeli, but i don't think Israel is blameless here. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 07:37 21
  - This is a really tough situation. Nobody is blameless, but that doesn't make it equal. We all want Israel to show restraint because they have so - pmb Jul 24, 07:42 20
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      - The actions are aimed at taking out the weapons and the means for obtaining more. That's very different than targeting civilians as Hamas does. -- nm - pmb Jul 24, 07:53 3
        
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        Intent matters. -- nm - pmb Jul 24, 08:00 1
        
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    - Cuba would cease to exist, as a piece of land, if that were the case. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 07:47 2
      - They had Russia's nuclear deterent to prevent that. -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:52 1
        
        Disregard above. I read the wrong post -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:54
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      - Any country would. No country would (or should be expected to) simply absorb constant attacks without protecting itself. Attacks that target - pmb Jul 24, 07:52 3
        
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        no need to shift blame when there's plenty to go around on both sides. -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 07:54 1
        
        That's just false equivalence, though. "Both sides have blame" ignores that one side deliberately targets civilians while using civilians as shields - TWuG Jul 24, 08:01
    - I agree with this and especially the last sentence. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 24, 07:44
    - oh, i agree. but i don't like the north american perspective that israel can never do wrong. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 07:43 5
      - I totally agree that Israel can and has done wrong, but I think in the world at large they take a disproportionate amount of blame. I get that when - pmb Jul 24, 07:50 3
        
        Pretty much this. A rational path for Israel would be to stop with the settlements in disputed areas and allow a bit more freedom of trade and travel - TWuG Jul 24, 07:58 2
        
        i don't think anyone said 'stop reacting'. just that israel needs to be accountable as well. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 08:00 1
        
        They are accountable. And their reaction is measured. Is it resulting in greater than 0 civilian deaths? Yeah. - TWuG Jul 24, 08:06
      - I don't say that myself. I don't like them building houses into areas that are occupied territories. I think that is just flaming the hatred for - Bacon Jul 24, 07:47

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