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Old 05-10-2018, 06:06 AM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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I actually don't know.

Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria in response to rocket fire - BBC News

Most people will say it was a proper response to Iran's strike but then you'd have to concede that Israel, unprovoked, attacked Iran first and Iran's strike was in Syrian territory occupied by Israel.
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:11 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Israel was created on stolen land by the power of far-away nations. Israel grew and needed more land so they waged war against their neighbors and stole their lands for settlements. To hold those lands, they brutalize and mistreat the people who once owned them. They sound a lot like another country we all know intimately.
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:17 AM
 
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Israel was created on stolen land by the power of far-away nations. Israel grew and needed more land so they waged war against their neighbors and stole their lands for settlements. To hold those lands, they brutalize and mistreat the people who once owned them. They sound a lot like another country we all know intimately.
You really need to open up a history book instead of making things up.
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:20 AM
 
Location: alexandria, VA
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Israel was created on stolen land by the power of far-away nations. Israel grew and needed more land so they waged war against their neighbors and stole their lands for settlements. To hold those lands, they brutalize and mistreat the people who once owned them. They sound a lot like another country we all know intimately.
You left out the part about the Arab nations attacking Israel first.
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:23 AM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Israel was created on stolen land by the power of far-away nations. Israel grew and needed more land so they waged war against their neighbors and stole their lands for settlements. To hold those lands, they brutalize and mistreat the people who once owned them. They sound a lot like another country we all know intimately.
Lazy and utterly predictable repeating of approved talking points poorly disguised as an intellectual response to a most complex issue.
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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Doesn't even matter who started it now... both sides are drenched in blood.

The only question to ask yourself is this: Do you want a democratic-ish nation with Western Culture/values in the Middle East or a another repressive Islamic theocracy?
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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Israel was created on stolen land by the power of far-away nations.
I see your location listed as "Sonoran desert." Wasn't that land "stolen" from the natives? What are you doing there?
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:38 AM
 
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The Seige of Jerusalem initially pushed the Jews out of the holy land. That was arguably the start of the modern day Arab-Israeli conflict. Over the years, Jews and Arabs fight back and forth for the land, with the British Mandate (generally pro-Arab) preceding the independence of the state of Israel. The British empire was not kind to the Jews... nor was Europe at the time (obviously).

So no, I do not believe the Israelis to be terrorists. Quite the opposite actually.
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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The most important take away from last night air raids is not how Israel was created. The most important take away is the Israel has the green light from the Russian to pound Iranians in Syria. Russia has no use for them now and would love to see them kicked out. Where was the feared S-300 air defense?
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Old 05-10-2018, 07:40 AM
 
Location: alexandria, VA
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The Seige of Jerusalem initially pushed the Jews out of the holy land. That was arguably the start of the modern day Arab-Israeli conflict. Over the years, Jews and Arabs fight back and forth for the land, with the British Mandate (generally pro-Arab) preceding the independence of the state of Israel. The British empire was not kind to the Jews... nor was Europe at the time (obviously).

So no, I do not believe the Israelis to be terrorists. Quite the opposite actually.
Survivors would be a better word.
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