Israel is attacking their worst enemy, but it's worth it. They can't stop fighting or else everything and everywhere will become disasterous. So I would say "GO ISRAEL, KEEP ON FIGHTIN'!"
Anyway, the europeans and americans are moving out their forces out of Lebanon. What is President Bush doing? Why can't he use his troops to defend for themselves, for example, like in Iraq War? WTF!!!!
Originally posted by OneMuslim Including People from Various Gulf countries and Sham Countries and other Arab, Muslims and Non-Muslims. The nice thing is that no one here gave a damn about this issue, i mean look at what happens in these boards when Israel get attacked or USA or Canada get attacked, but when an Arab country get attacked no one mentions a single word about it. Well there now you have it, Israel going on a rampage attacking everyone around them, and then they expect no one to retaliate, and whoever retaliates is deemed terrorist. Expect WW3 soon friends :} And expect Israel to lose in it.
Maybe if the muslims would stop letting terrorists terrorize Israelies someone would give a damn. And not to mention, muslims are the ones who want to fight-they are the only trouble makers in the world. And israel is hated by all of it's neighbors so what do you expect. damn diaper heads-i hope israel beats the crap out of them.
Originally posted by Drumwiz Originally posted by OneMuslim Including People from Various Gulf countries and Sham Countries and other Arab, Muslims and Non-Muslims. The nice thing is that no one here gave a damn about this issue, i mean look at what happens in these boards when Israel get attacked or USA or Canada get attacked, but when an Arab country get attacked no one mentions a single word about it. Well there now you have it, Israel going on a rampage attacking everyone around them, and then they expect no one to retaliate, and whoever retaliates is deemed terrorist. Expect WW3 soon friends :} And expect Israel to lose in it.
Maybe if the muslims would stop letting terrorists terrorize Israelies someone would give a damn. And not to mention, muslims are the ones who want to fight-they are the only trouble makers in the world. And israel is hated by all of it's neighbors so what do you expect. damn diaper heads-i hope israel beats the crap out of them.
these nations/people are poor man! Don't u understand that? Do you really think they can patrol a border effectively? Hundreds of kilometers of barren landscape.. Anyone can find a cozy spot to shoot rockets from and take their time getting on their mule and leaving.
Blue helmets all over those borders is what that place needs.
Originally posted by overkill1991 lol Britoca, blue helmets shit in their pants and run away when they even hear a gun. hope israel destroys all those damn stupid terrorist supporting muslim countries
oh yeah? u've been a blue helmet before?
If you think they're ineffective then u should think of ways of making them effective and not going around supporting bullies.
why all those controversy about isreal and lebanon.lebanon has not even the size of berlin,one modern bomb like german or american bombs would be enought to destroy the whole country...
those countrys re not worth any controversy.. better talk about stuff like the bush administartion lol and dont talk about stuff like a "WW3" thats so lol... we will have a big europe in 100years including all countrys in the e.u. and not a world war
why all those controversy about isreal and lebanon.lebanon has not even the size of berlin,one modern bomb like german or american bombs would be enought to destroy the whole country...
those countrys re not worth any controversy.. better talk about stuff like the bush administartion lol and dont talk about stuff like a "WW3" thats so lol... we will have a big europe in 100years including all countrys in the e.u. and not a world war
Hazad, a conflict that has been going on for decades, that had partially settled and all of a sudden restarts leading to death and destruction all over that nation, is a sad, sad thing, and off course it's controversial, especially when the most powerful nation on earth is so partial with the bully side. How could that not be controversial?
I know there's plenty of other conflicts worldwide and we could start new threads for each one of those, but this thread just happens to be about israel and surrounding nations atm.
I like your optimism in the end there, I too dream of a one nation globe, the nation-state is the most outdated and archaic concept ever.
on top of that, i jsut hope that people quit being stupid and think that the terrorists are doing something good for islam.
terrorists only support themselves.
on TOP of that, there is NO islamic country that applicates islamic rules, NO, not even Iran, Iran is not even CLOSE either.
and NO not even Afghanistan, they're not even that close either and NO, not even Saudia Arabia.
to be frank, there is not a single muslim country that realy follows the true islamic teachings and rules, non, ZERO, yes 0
so don't tell me oh those muslims, man, 1/3 of the whole muslims do not do the Salat ( prayer ), and there's more than 50% who don't do charity, and alot of people don't fast in ramadan, so where are the muslims?
in my pocket.
thankfully i do all of these things i mentioned, i have yet to do charity though because a year didn't pass since i first got my first salary hehe.
so if you're speaking terrorism and islam, well my friend, you're making a big mistake, because it's
Terrorism VS Islam
islam denounces terrorism in everyway, and those diaper/towel heads as you call them, if you think they are doing anything for islam you're pretty much mistaken, HELL, they themselves are not muslims, they're just crazy maniacs who know that they themselves are crazy maniacs and delude and fool people into some wierd wacko teachings and think it's from islam, Allah will take care of them soon enshallah, i hope he does, frankly i hope that the USA wipe out all of Iran for that sake.
Israel's invasion is completely justified in my opinion. I have reletives that live there, and they live completely in fear. Suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks occur nearly on a daily basis. Compare the death toll of all of those attacks in Israel since 2001, to Sep. 11 and you'll find that the Isaraeli civilian death toll is FAR higher. Their war against the terrorists makes far more since than even the U.S. war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Israelis are fighting for something that affects their lives everyday, and Sep. 11 occured only once here. Don't get me wrong, I do support the main idea of what the U.S. is trying to do, but it's been a little a drawn out. This thread has been about how many people are dead, but you need to realize that it is a war and there are always going to be civilian casualties. Hezbollah and all other terrorist organizations deserve what they get because they are selfish and definately insane. I have nothing against the Muslim religion, but even Muslims that I know think that the terrorists have their faith completely out of wack. If they believe that mass murdering of innocent people can be done "as the will of Allah", they obviously don't read the Koran. I have come to the conclusion that all terrorists are insecure and can't think for themselves. They truly believe that Allah is controlling their lives, and I think that a insecure person can be defined as someone who can think that they are not in control of their own life. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FATE, OUR OWN ACTIONS AND DECISIONS DEFINE WHO WE ARE AND A GOD HAS NO CONTROL OF THAT! I came to this conclusion after I witnessed one of my friends dying of brain cancer. My friend and I were always on the same page when it came to religion. In the final months on his hospital bed I caught him listening to sermons from a CD that I knew he would have never listened to. His insecurity from his disease is what made him believe that he could no longer help himself and was not in control. That's exactly what the terrorism is, a sick disease in world society. Go Israel, there is nothing wrong in trying to gain safety in your own country and doing what has to be done. A more stable and peaceful world cannot be achieved while there are terrorists, and since most of them are from the Middle East, that region of the world must be cleansed of their evil.
Originally posted by mazzlex Israel's invasion is completely justified in my opinion. I have reletives that live there, and they live completely in fear. Suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks occur nearly on a daily basis. Compare the death toll of all of those attacks in Israel since 2001, to Sep. 11 and you'll find that the Isaraeli civilian death toll is FAR higher. Their war against the terrorists makes far more since than even the U.S. war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Israelis are fighting for something that affects their lives everyday, and Sep. 11 occured only once here. Don't get me wrong, I do support the main idea of what the U.S. is trying to do, but it's been a little a drawn out. This thread has been about how many people are dead, but you need to realize that it is a war and there are always going to be civilian casualties. Hezbollah and all other terrorist organizations deserve what they get because they are selfish and definately insane. I have nothing against the Muslim religion, but even Muslims that I know think that the terrorists have their faith completely out of wack. If they believe that mass murdering of innocent people can be done "as the will of Allah", they obviously don't read the Koran. I have come to the conclusion that all terrorists are insecure and can't think for themselves. They truly believe that Allah is controlling their lives, and I think that a insecure person can be defined as someone who can think that they are not in control of their own life. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FATE, OUR OWN ACTIONS AND DECISIONS DEFINE WHO WE ARE AND A GOD HAS NO CONTROL OF THAT! I came to this conclusion after I witnessed one of my friends dying of brain cancer. My friend and I were always on the same page when it came to religion. In the final months on his hospital bed I caught him listening to sermons from a CD that I knew he would have never listened to. His insecurity from his disease is what made him believe that he could no longer help himself and was not in control. That's exactly what the terrorism is, a sick disease in world society. Go Israel, there is nothing wrong in trying to gain safety in your own country and doing what has to be done. A more stable and peaceful world cannot be achieved while there are terrorists, and since most of them are from the Middle East, that region of the world must be cleansed of their evil.
This has to be that smartest and best reply that I read in this topic. I think he hit the nail on the head here and I can't believe that person who wrote it was only 16. I feel bad that you lost your friend, but you appear to be very mature and knowledgable. I can't really improve on what he said other than it must be noted that it should be Lebanon's responsibility to remove Hizbollah, and all Israel is doing is removing what Lebanon obviouly can't do. When it's all said and done, Lebanon may actually be in control of themselves (not terrorists controlling them); something they couldn't do when they gained independance the first time.
Originally posted by ob1sr i'm here, i was just taking my beauty sleep while thinking of the slaughtered woman i saw on some video. what do you need britoca?
First post in this thread, though I've been reading it awhile and have read every reply made here.
This makes sense though...I had no idea that you are OneMuslim, so that fits in to better my understanding of this thread at least. Choose one name please...it's confusing.
Originally posted by ob1sr on top of that, i jsut hope that people quit being stupid and think that the terrorists are doing something good for islam. terrorists only support themselves. on TOP of that, there is NO islamic country that applicates islamic rules, NO, not even Iran, Iran is not even CLOSE either. and NO not even Afghanistan, they're not even that close either and NO, not even Saudia Arabia. to be frank, there is not a single muslim country that realy follows the true islamic teachings and rules, non, ZERO, yes 0 so don't tell me oh those muslims, man, 1/3 of the whole muslims do not do the Salat ( prayer ), and there's more than 50% who don't do charity, and alot of people don't fast in ramadan, so where are the muslims? in my pocket. thankfully i do all of these things i mentioned, i have yet to do charity though because a year didn't pass since i first got my first salary hehe. so if you're speaking terrorism and islam, well my friend, you're making a big mistake, because it's Terrorism VS Islam islam denounces terrorism in everyway, and those diaper/towel heads as you call them, if you think they are doing anything for islam you're pretty much mistaken, HELL, they themselves are not muslims, they're just crazy maniacs who know that they themselves are crazy maniacs and delude and fool people into some wierd wacko teachings and think it's from islam, Allah will take care of them soon enshallah, i hope he does, frankly i hope that the USA wipe out all of Iran for that sake.
I have to say this is probably the first post you've made in this thread that I've agreed with at all. I am not a Muslim, but I also have nothing against them (aside from the radicals which you say yourself are not real Muslims). I don't have much to say in response to this really, though I would like to convey a feeling of relief that you feel this way, and that I'm sure others do.
You are a Muslim, so I would like to ask a quick religious-like question to you. What is the "official" biblical stance of Islam on Christianity and Judaism? I've heard many different variations, but would really like this cleared up.
Just for the record I do support Israel and don't believe in most of what you've said thus-far, but I wanted to comment on this.
Edit: On a side note, please don't spew the propaganda about "slaughtered women" from your post on the top of this page unless you mention all the slaughtered Israeli women and children as well from suicide bombings that have taken place when there was no war. Believe as you wish, I have no problem with it. But tell the whole story, not just the pieces that suit your needs.
I think that this war is going to be a failure for Israel, like Iraq was for America. Why?
Israel attacked Lebanon with the aim of rooting out Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. But in the process, they have killed numerous civilians. This will create distress among the population and churn out even more terrorists. As we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, you can't get rid of terrorists through invasions. Invasions only create more terrorists. The right way to get rid of these terrorist groups would be by funding money to the governments of Lebanon and Palestine, instead of imposing sanctions on them. If we even gave Lebanon and Palestine half the money we(the US) give Israel, the terrorism problem would be much less. Terrorism, as we have seen throughout the Middle East, festers in poor, unstable countries. Israel's invasion of Lebanon just guarantees that the cycle of violence will last that much longer.
I have to say this is probably the first post you've made in this thread that I've agreed with at all. I am not a Muslim, but I also have nothing against them (aside from the radicals which you say yourself are not real Muslims). I don't have much to say in response to this really, though I would like to convey a feeling of relief that you feel this way, and that I'm sure others do. thanks. You are a Muslim, so I would like to ask a quick religious-like question to you. What is the "official" biblical stance of Islam on Christianity and Judaism? I've heard many different variations, but would really like this cleared up. in the Qur'an it says to the people of the bible ( christians and jews ) to not say trinity, because it's better for them, because they are believers, and believe in Allah, but they make partners with him, and this angers him. and then it tells us muslims to advise the christians and jews to leave the falsehood their ancestors invented and implemented in their religion, and call them to worship the true God, Allah, who have sent Jesus and Mosus to them, and remind them of this. and it says that we should take them as allies when it's not necessary, and help them if they need help. Just for the record I do support Israel and don't believe in most of what you've said thus-far, but I wanted to comment on this. that's realy up to you.
Edit: On a side note, please don't spew the propaganda about "slaughtered women" from your post on the top of this page unless you mention all the slaughtered Israeli women and children as well from suicide bombings that have taken place when there was no war. Believe as you wish, I have no problem with it. But tell the whole story, not just the pieces that suit your needs. tit to tat as you call it, but Israel and Britain started this slaughtering just FYI, those pelastinians are defending themselves and they want their land back. and i was talking about those Shiite killing an innocent news reporter just because she's an adulterer, but they don't realize that they are the biggest adulterers on earth.
Originally posted by Thantanos I think that this war is going to be a failure for Israel, like Iraq was for America. Why?
Israel attacked Lebanon with the aim of rooting out Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. But in the process, they have killed numerous civilians. This will create distress among the population and churn out even more terrorists. As we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, you can't get rid of terrorists through invasions. Invasions only create more terrorists. The right way to get rid of these terrorist groups would be by funding money to the governments of Lebanon and Palestine, instead of imposing sanctions on them. If we even gave Lebanon and Palestine half the money we(the US) give Israel, the terrorism problem would be much less. Terrorism, as we have seen throughout the Middle East, festers in poor, unstable countries. Israel's invasion of Lebanon just guarantees that the cycle of violence will last that much longer.
why is it that whenever someone stands up to protect what he loves is branded a terrorist? why?
Originally posted by frankyz669 Originally posted by baff
What unjustified invasion of Lebanon? No such invasion has occoured.
What unjustified invasion of Lebanon? No such invasion has occoured.
Semi-Invasion you may call it, the Murderous campeign to massively slaughter the Lebanese people with Savage and coward tactics.
Call it what you like it's still justified.
i don't get it - state sponsored terrorism is justified because....??? it's done by a state rather than a couple of militants?
how can you justify violating U.N. and Geneva conventions as a government that is responsible for its own people?
how can you justify years and years of pre-emptive strikes and military occupation?
the only two nations that consistently ignore and violate global terrorist policy as defined by United Nations Doctrine are the U.S. and the state of Israel.
Hizbollah and Hamas indeed violate these policies as well - however they are not a state - they are a group - and generally radical and mislead individuals carry out their violence. It's deplorable and sad what they do.
However, as a state, with a government elected by it's own people, Israel actions are morally reprehensible and not justified logically when civil and human rights laws and thinking are applied.
In a fight to the death, it is justified to kill. Always.
Originally posted by britoca no it's not man, u have no freaking concept of proportionality if you really believe in those words.
Proportionailty?
If a mob of 20 people kill your sister and then turn on your mother. The proportional response is just to kill one of them.
And then when they kill your mother, kill another one.
The smart thing to do is kill all twenty as fast as you can.
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Sod proportionality. The most important factor in War is to prevent your enemies from being able to kill you. Do whatever it takes to save your loved ones. Any action that saves the life of your children is proportional.
You are attempting to sanitise war, to turn it into some balanced tit for tat death ratio.
If needs be, I'll kill you all to enable the survival of my family, and that is a proportional response.
Originally posted by Thantanos I think that this war is going to be a failure for Israel, like Iraq was for America. Why?
Israel attacked Lebanon with the aim of rooting out Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. But in the process, they have killed numerous civilians. This will create distress among the population and churn out even more terrorists. As we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, you can't get rid of terrorists through invasions. Invasions only create more terrorists. The right way to get rid of these terrorist groups would be by funding money to the governments of Lebanon and Palestine, instead of imposing sanctions on them. If we even gave Lebanon and Palestine half the money we(the US) give Israel, the terrorism problem would be much less. Terrorism, as we have seen throughout the Middle East, festers in poor, unstable countries. Israel's invasion of Lebanon just guarantees that the cycle of violence will last that much longer.
I think it's already a success. Hizbollah will think twice before attacking next time.
Israel has demanded a heavy price that will affect all of their lives for years to come. Every one in Lebanon, friend and foe has had a little refresher course in what happens to bad neighbours.
If they got away with it scot free, they would rapidly do it again. There must be a price. Israel is exacting that price.
If Israel did not attack, the cycle of violence would not stop, it would continue, but in the next phase the heavy casualties would be Israeli not Lebanese.
Bearing in mind that all the money we give to Israel is spent on weapons, what do you think the palestinians and Lebanese would buy with it. Backing the other side in this war won't stop it, it will just change who is most likely to win.
Originally posted by baff Originally posted by Thantanos I think that this war is going to be a failure for Israel, like Iraq was for America. Why?
Israel attacked Lebanon with the aim of rooting out Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. But in the process, they have killed numerous civilians. This will create distress among the population and churn out even more terrorists. As we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, you can't get rid of terrorists through invasions. Invasions only create more terrorists. The right way to get rid of these terrorist groups would be by funding money to the governments of Lebanon and Palestine, instead of imposing sanctions on them. If we even gave Lebanon and Palestine half the money we(the US) give Israel, the terrorism problem would be much less. Terrorism, as we have seen throughout the Middle East, festers in poor, unstable countries. Israel's invasion of Lebanon just guarantees that the cycle of violence will last that much longer.
I think it's already a success. Hizbollah will think twice before attacking next time.
Israel has demanded a heavy price that will affect all of their lives for years to come. Every one in Lebanon, friend and foe has had a little refresher course in what happens to bad neighbours.
If they got away with it scot free, they would rapidly do it again. There must be a price. Israel is exacting that price.
If Israel did not attack, the cycle of violence would not stop, it would continue, but in the next phase the heavy casualties would be Israeli not Lebanese.
Bearing in mind that all the money we give to Israel is spent on weapons, what do you think the palestinians and Lebanese would buy with it. Backing the other side in this war won't stop it, it will just change who is most likely to win.
Yes! Lets stop the cycle of violence! Fighting a Nazi only creates more Nazis. Fighting the Imperial japanese only makess more Japanese! I mean look at how crowded it is in Japan, they need living space. Where is your compassion and humanity? Gee wiz.
GO ISRAEL!
Perhaps God will come back, use his chosen army for the nth time, and give Israel righteousness to wage offensive war and wipe Islam off the Earth forever and ever Amen. Before anyone accuses me of being a religious bigot, open up the old testimate and read a few stories. Am I religious bigot, or theorizing off of the old testimate? For if you moderate me, you are censoring the old testimate, and are a religious bigor yourself. BwHAHAHAhAA!!! Just trying to have fun. Underlined. Underlined is obnoxious. I can barely read this stuff. verilly verilly I say unto you, whosoever do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around, thats what its all about. Ok I've been reading too much bible lately. I already went through the old sci-fi/fantasy stories 10 times already, and after the 10th time it gets a little borring. I ran out of reading material.
Wow, you're cool. Not all muslims are bad. But if we go with your statement, any religious person should be wiped off the face of the earth. It's not just muslims that start wars.
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Israel is attacking their worst enemy, but it's worth it. They can't stop fighting or else everything and everywhere will become disasterous. So I would say "GO ISRAEL, KEEP ON FIGHTIN'!"
Anyway, the europeans and americans are moving out their forces out of Lebanon. What is President Bush doing? Why can't he use his troops to defend for themselves, for example, like in Iraq War? WTF!!!!
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these nations/people are poor man! Don't u understand that? Do you really think they can patrol a border effectively? Hundreds of kilometers of barren landscape.. Anyone can find a cozy spot to shoot rockets from and take their time getting on their mule and leaving.
Blue helmets all over those borders is what that place needs.
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Israel wants Lebanon to disarm the Hezbollah.
What they don't tell you is that in the 18 years Lebanon was partly occupied by Israel, they couldn't do that themselves.
Now they expect Lebanon, which just shook off Syrian occupation, and has virtually no armed forces, to do it.
lol Britoca, blue helmets shit in their pants and run away when they even hear a gun.
hope israel destroys all those damn stupid terrorist supporting muslim countries
If you think they're ineffective then u should think of ways of making them effective and not going around supporting bullies.
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why all those controversy about isreal and lebanon.lebanon has not even the size of berlin,one modern bomb like german or american bombs would be enought to destroy the whole country...
those countrys re not worth any controversy.. better talk about stuff like the bush administartion lol
and dont talk about stuff like a "WW3" thats so lol... we will have a big europe in 100years including all countrys in the e.u. and not a world war
I know there's plenty of other conflicts worldwide and we could start new threads for each one of those, but this thread just happens to be about israel and surrounding nations atm.
I like your optimism in the end there, I too dream of a one nation globe, the nation-state is the most outdated and archaic concept ever.
Where's Onemuslim btw?
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i'm here, i was just taking my beauty sleep while thinking of the slaughtered woman i saw on some video.
what do you need britoca?
on top of that, i jsut hope that people quit being stupid and think that the terrorists are doing something good for islam.
terrorists only support themselves.
on TOP of that, there is NO islamic country that applicates islamic rules, NO, not even Iran, Iran is not even CLOSE either.
and NO not even Afghanistan, they're not even that close either and NO, not even Saudia Arabia.
to be frank, there is not a single muslim country that realy follows the true islamic teachings and rules, non, ZERO, yes 0
so don't tell me oh those muslims, man, 1/3 of the whole muslims do not do the Salat ( prayer ), and there's more than 50% who don't do charity, and alot of people don't fast in ramadan, so where are the muslims?
in my pocket.
thankfully i do all of these things i mentioned, i have yet to do charity though because a year didn't pass since i first got my first salary hehe.
so if you're speaking terrorism and islam, well my friend, you're making a big mistake, because it's
Terrorism VS Islam
islam denounces terrorism in everyway, and those diaper/towel heads as you call them, if you think they are doing anything for islam you're pretty much mistaken, HELL, they themselves are not muslims, they're just crazy maniacs who know that they themselves are crazy maniacs and delude and fool people into some wierd wacko teachings and think it's from islam, Allah will take care of them soon enshallah, i hope he does, frankly i hope that the USA wipe out all of Iran for that sake.
First post in this thread, though I've been reading it awhile and have read every reply made here.
This makes sense though...I had no idea that you are OneMuslim, so that fits in to better my understanding of this thread at least. Choose one name please...it's confusing.
I have to say this is probably the first post you've made in this thread that I've agreed with at all. I am not a Muslim, but I also have nothing against them (aside from the radicals which you say yourself are not real Muslims). I don't have much to say in response to this really, though I would like to convey a feeling of relief that you feel this way, and that I'm sure others do.
You are a Muslim, so I would like to ask a quick religious-like question to you. What is the "official" biblical stance of Islam on Christianity and Judaism? I've heard many different variations, but would really like this cleared up.
Just for the record I do support Israel and don't believe in most of what you've said thus-far, but I wanted to comment on this.
Edit: On a side note, please don't spew the propaganda about "slaughtered women" from your post on the top of this page unless you mention all the slaughtered Israeli women and children as well from suicide bombings that have taken place when there was no war. Believe as you wish, I have no problem with it. But tell the whole story, not just the pieces that suit your needs.
I think that this war is going to be a failure for Israel, like Iraq was for America. Why?
Israel attacked Lebanon with the aim of rooting out Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. But in the process, they have killed numerous civilians. This will create distress among the population and churn out even more terrorists. As we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, you can't get rid of terrorists through invasions. Invasions only create more terrorists. The right way to get rid of these terrorist groups would be by funding money to the governments of Lebanon and Palestine, instead of imposing sanctions on them. If we even gave Lebanon and Palestine half the money we(the US) give Israel, the terrorism problem would be much less. Terrorism, as we have seen throughout the Middle East, festers in poor, unstable countries. Israel's invasion of Lebanon just guarantees that the cycle of violence will last that much longer.
What unjustified invasion of Lebanon? No such invasion has occoured.
Semi-Invasion you may call it, the Murderous campeign to massively slaughter the Lebanese people with Savage and coward tactics.
Call it what you like it's still justified.
i don't get it - state sponsored terrorism is justified because....??? it's done by a state rather than a couple of militants?
how can you justify violating U.N. and Geneva conventions as a government that is responsible for its own people?
how can you justify years and years of pre-emptive strikes and military occupation?
the only two nations that consistently ignore and violate global terrorist policy as defined by United Nations Doctrine are the U.S. and the state of Israel.
Hizbollah and Hamas indeed violate these policies as well - however they are not a state - they are a group - and generally radical and mislead individuals carry out their violence. It's deplorable and sad what they do.
However, as a state, with a government elected by it's own people, Israel actions are morally reprehensible and not justified logically when civil and human rights laws and thinking are applied.
In a fight to the death, it is justified to kill. Always.
Proportionailty?
If a mob of 20 people kill your sister and then turn on your mother. The proportional response is just to kill one of them.
And then when they kill your mother, kill another one.
The smart thing to do is kill all twenty as fast as you can.
.
Sod proportionality. The most important factor in War is to prevent your enemies from being able to kill you. Do whatever it takes to save your loved ones. Any action that saves the life of your children is proportional.
You are attempting to sanitise war, to turn it into some balanced tit for tat death ratio.
If needs be, I'll kill you all to enable the survival of my family, and that is a proportional response.
I think it's already a success. Hizbollah will think twice before attacking next time.
Israel has demanded a heavy price that will affect all of their lives for years to come. Every one in Lebanon, friend and foe has had a little refresher course in what happens to bad neighbours.
If they got away with it scot free, they would rapidly do it again. There must be a price. Israel is exacting that price.
If Israel did not attack, the cycle of violence would not stop, it would continue, but in the next phase the heavy casualties would be Israeli not Lebanese.
Bearing in mind that all the money we give to Israel is spent on weapons, what do you think the palestinians and Lebanese would buy with it. Backing the other side in this war won't stop it, it will just change who is most likely to win.
I think it's already a success. Hizbollah will think twice before attacking next time.
Israel has demanded a heavy price that will affect all of their lives for years to come. Every one in Lebanon, friend and foe has had a little refresher course in what happens to bad neighbours.
If they got away with it scot free, they would rapidly do it again. There must be a price. Israel is exacting that price.
If Israel did not attack, the cycle of violence would not stop, it would continue, but in the next phase the heavy casualties would be Israeli not Lebanese.
Bearing in mind that all the money we give to Israel is spent on weapons, what do you think the palestinians and Lebanese would buy with it. Backing the other side in this war won't stop it, it will just change who is most likely to win.
Yes! Lets stop the cycle of violence! Fighting a Nazi only creates more Nazis. Fighting the Imperial japanese only makess more Japanese! I mean look at how crowded it is in Japan, they need living space. Where is your compassion and humanity? Gee wiz.
GO ISRAEL!
Perhaps God will come back, use his chosen army for the nth time, and give Israel righteousness to wage offensive war and wipe Islam off the Earth forever and ever Amen. Before anyone accuses me of being a religious bigot, open up the old testimate and read a few stories. Am I religious bigot, or theorizing off of the old testimate? For if you moderate me, you are censoring the old testimate, and are a religious bigor yourself. BwHAHAHAhAA!!! Just trying to have fun. Underlined. Underlined is obnoxious. I can barely read this stuff. verilly verilly I say unto you, whosoever do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around, thats what its all about. Ok I've been reading too much bible lately. I already went through the old sci-fi/fantasy stories 10 times already, and after the 10th time it gets a little borring. I ran out of reading material.