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Old 10-01-2010, 10:37 AM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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The 2nd amendment is open to all around the world and should be especially available to Christian Palestinians to protect their home from settlers. People don't just need to survive. They need to be able to defend their survival. Why are the civilians disarmed? Who disarms them? That goes for Jews and Christians in the region alike.
The US constitution does not apply outside of the USA.
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Old 10-01-2010, 10:38 AM
 
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Israel should not destroy the homes of Palestinians. This is the cause of all Mideast discourse.
Kewl, another leftist anti-semite; way to go liberal!

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Old 10-01-2010, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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The guys on the flotilla boats knew the danger. There should be no whining for going into a war zone.

In these posts, I am very critical of Israel. But this dude was stupid doing what he did. The entire flotialla was a PR stunt and was not serious. Anyone willing to die for Hamas like this dude was, well, I have no sympathy for them.

Even the Arab world knows the flotilla was a stunt. If they were serious about helping Gaza, the Saudis would have their warships escort one into Gaza. But even the Arab states know that Gaza is a festering pustule of terrorists.
I'm suprised Turkey even had the time to aid the flotilla thing, I mean, they have their hands full killing Kurds and denying the armenian genocide.
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Old 10-01-2010, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Dorchester
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UN Fact-Finding Mission: Israeli Killing Of US Citizen Was "Execution"

Israel and the majority of it's citizens are likely the cruelest, most pathetic country on the face of the Earth. They put Serbians to shame.
What are you?
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:07 PM
 
Location: Dorchester
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I also just got done watching a similar documentary. What Israel is doing to the Palestinians appears very close to, and reminds me, of what the Nazis did to the Jews.
Is that you Mahmoud?
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Home, Home on the Front Range
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Hey OP, did you express similar outrage when Palestinian terrorists executed the disabled American hostage Leon Klinghoffer on the hijacked cruise ship the Achilli Lauro in 1985; or, does anti-semitism dictate that Klinghoffer's death was a-ok but Dogan's somehow is not because he was not Jewish?

Achille Lauro Hijacking
I certainly did express similar outrage. And what does one have to do with the other? Are you suggesting that that somehow justifies killing someone who poses no danger to a trained, armed solder?
The fact remains that this man and at least one other was shot at point-blank range while already either semi-conscious or otherwise incapacitated.
You people are unbelievable.
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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I certainly did express similar outrage. And what does one have to do with the other? Are you suggesting that that somehow justifies killing someone who poses no danger to a trained, armed solder?
The fact remains that this man and at least one other was shot at point-blank range while already either semi-conscious or otherwise incapacitated.
You people are unbelievable.
Perahps they shouldn't have violated the embargo?
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Home, Home on the Front Range
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Perahps they shouldn't have violated the embargo?
The ship was in international waters.


So, basically any 'defensive' action is justified in your opinion, whether a threat is present or not? And you call yourself a lawyer?
So, tell us counselor, just how would you defend this in court? Keeping in mind, of course, that this man was not conscious when shot in the head at point blank range.
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Dorchester
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Reasonable criticism is fine.

Pure exaggeration that can't tell the difference between wholesale genocide for no reason and a dispute over land is indeed vaguely anti-Semitic.

The Jews of the time were a highly assimilated part of European culture. They were not blowing up their neighbors in pizza parlors nor were they calling for the murder of each and every German or insisting that Germans should be driven into the sea. In short they were a harmless civilian population not a group of nationalist war making religious fanatics the way the Palestinians are.

A little tiny bit of perspective please. Insulting hyperbole is not an argument.
I would add that the pre-war jews were highly productive members of society, many of whom served proudly in the First World War.
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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The ship was in international waters.


So, basically any 'defensive' action is justified in your opinion, whether a threat is present or not? And you call yourself a lawyer?
So, tell us counselor, just how would you defend this in court? Keeping in mind, of course, that this man was not conscious when shot in the head at point blank range.
So you're denying they attacked the israelis first? Did you watch the videos of them beating the israeli soldiers and throwing one overboard?
I'm not an admiralty lawyer, but I highly doubt you are either.
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