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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Why Israelis support the Gaza offensive

Israel's post-traumatic war is not just about stopping Hamas rockets, but about repairing reputations -- and erasing the stain of failure.

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 09:18 AM

    Renegade Iconoclast

    Did you go to school to learn to be such a condescending p___k, or does it just come naturally?

    Both.

    As to your assertion that I care nothing for my fellow Americans, I'm not surprised that you have to resort to ad-hominem arguments to make your point, it's the first resort of imbeciles. (See? I can do it too! Yay! Are we done with that now?)

    Yet you still won't confirm or deny your contempt for American citizens when it comes to supporting Israel. Typical.

    I will respond to your accusation, however, but perhaps not in the way you were expecting.

    Assuming for the sake of argument that an action is justified, and rightful,

    Making an argument based on a false premise, good one. Your assumption is false because 100% American support for all things Israel is neither justified nor "rightful".

    Should we censor all artists so that we don't get attacked, as well? Perhaps we should form an official Muslim censorship beaurau, and run everything by them first, to make sure that it won't offend any terrorists.

    What a ridiculous argument. All you have argued is that it is worth it for American citizens to bleed and die defending the actions of the Israeli Government. Doing otherwise would be "cowardly".

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