the2real4mafol said:
SlayerRondo said:
the2real4mafol said:
MrBubbles said:
the2real4mafol said:
I honestly forgot how bad the holocaust actually was, so just compared it to gaza without thinking about it, which was dumb. But i do know it is a very serious topic.
But back to gaza, operations like this have been going on for years literally. For example, in 2008, 1400 palestinians died from an operation just like the one now, even though only 10 israelis died at that time, which is way over done. And this happened many times, but yet the USA, UK etc. just ignore it, even though it's clearly wrong. Even if i was Israeli, I would condemn the government for doing such horrid acts.
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cast lead was different than whats been happening with pillar of w/e they are calling it. ideally they dont even want to go in at all. they can exert much greater precision and control with air strikes and the like. with the iron dome in place they might not even need to go in because they can stop so many of the rockets that threaten them. the most probable way for a civilian(in gaza) to die in this conflict is from seconadary explosions (militants store weapons in residential areas, the israelis use low explosive weapons because they dont need to use stronger ones. it hits the weapons the weapons blow up thus damaging a great deal more than the missile could ) or from militant rockets and mortars falling short.
israel also wants to avoid a ground offensive because of egypt being controlled by hamas friends in the muslim brotherhood. one of their initial targets was the head of the hamas military wing. guy was a terrorist war criminal. he was even responsible for the brutalisation of fatah in gaza, so i dont imagine abbas is all that upset about it.
this was all set off by an anti tank rocket hitting an israeli jeep on the border injuring three soldiers escalating up to this point. in 48 hours before the operation over 100 rockets were fired into israel.
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Yeah it is a hard situation they have to work with, every country around them, wants them gone. It doesn't take too much to start a great in the middle east at the moment does it. The general Arab ignorance and Israeli overeaction in campaigns just make it worse
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It's hard to call it an overreaction when no other country in the world is put under similar circumstances that they are. The gaza strip where these terrorist launch rockets into isreal are in need of international intervention since they clearly cant take care of themselves.
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It certainly has the power to be an overeaction. It seems, the situation is firmly in Israel's hands meaning it can do as it wishes without anyone saying a thing. But i doubt international intervention would happen in Gaza, even though its peacekeepers jobs to do that
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Israel while they certainly could afford to show more restraint, does not have the situation firmly within their hands. The gaza strip is sadly out of control and given the hate of israel and the harsh conditions there international peacekeepers i believe are the best option. The internation community has to actually do something before it can criticize israel actions while their under such conditions that they are not.
