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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 10:54 AM

    Renegade Iconoclast

    We didn't get into WWII until we were terrorized by Japan, because the cost in American lives was unacceptable to us, but the cost in Jewish, Gypsy, Homosexual, the mentally retarded, and Jehovah's Witnesses' lives was acceptable. Do you feel good about that? Does the fact that I believe we should have entered the war sooner mean that I don't care for my fellow Americans?

    Except for the fact that the history of Zionism undermines your entire point

    "One cow in Palestine is worth more than all the Jews in Europe". Who said that again?

    You really need to back off from that line of argument, it only demeans yourself.

    Why? You have done nothing to refute it.

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