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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 01:48 PM

    I've had a few of these discussions myself

    First come the talking points, the usual stuff, right to self-defense, "what would you do?", Israel is a Democracy, etc. etc.

    Actually, that didn't happen.

    If you don't fall for that, in comes pointing fingers at Egypt, the Palestinians, whoever.

    The only issue I brought up with Egypt is your hypocrisy concerning them, which you still self-righteously refuse to answer, as if that's an answer in itself. It's not.

    If that doesn't work, the "If you are not pro-Israel then you are pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist", "with us or against", divide and conquer

    Again, you lie. I said nothing of the sort, the closest I came to anything like that was that I reversed your own statement to show you, again, how hypocritical you are.

    Sooner or later, American History re: Native Americans and Blacks will come into play, as well as how evil Christians are.

    OK, Nostradamus, what's after that?

    At any time throw in "Jew hating" and antisemitism to bolster the argument, it will come either immediately or eventually.

    You simply invented that from whole cloth. I said nothing of the sort.

    And that is how you make a pro-Israel debate out of anything remotely critical of Israel.

    Or, you can ignore what the other person says completely and simply display your own projections of what they say, then lie about it later. That's what I'm used to, so congrats!

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