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Both parties cheerlead still more loudly for Israel's war As the body count in Gaza piles up, the U.S. Congress acts overwhelmingly to insinuate itself into the war with blind support for Israel.
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  • Klytus, about Zoltan

    He's apparently so bereft of human interaction, so lacking in any of the raw experience that creates, in normal people, a sense of empathy that he is using this horrible episode to simply insult people. It took me a while to figure it out; but its all over his posts.

    There's a few others here like that too (thought they all may be the same poster) pretending to be Jewish so that they can satisfy their need to be racist against both Jews and Muslims. What they don't seem to understand is how obvious it is.

  • dworkin

    More Israeli's are killed by IDF friendly fire than by Hamas rockets. Clearly, the best way to save Israeli lives is to stop their own attacks. Most analysts believe, in and out of Israel, the Israeli attacks will not stop Hamas homemade rockets, unless, of course, Israel kills all the Palestinians.

    BTW, Israel can be blamed as much as Hamas for breaking the cease fire.

    A better way to stop illegal Hamas rockets is to negotiate peace as Israel has done with others (Jordon, Egypt). Is this -- negotiated peace -- really want the Israeli government wants?

  • My dear oo: Please contact my friend Rahm Emanuel:

    He will be in the White House in about 10 days time and his number will be: 007FU007FU.

    He will be very interested in helping you aid and abet Hamas, Hezbullah,Islamic Jihad et all destroy Israel.

    Rhammbo can now be reached at; everybodywhohatesjewsandisrael.com,now.

    OK?

  • @ omooex + klytus -- Who is the Zoltan

    Have no idea and little interest in who he is, he is clearly just another electro-robotic type with no interest in engaging on the merits.

    I do know that he has no mirrors...

    "The Senate seems to breed egomaniacs, and Biden is among the worse. I used to cringe whenever I saw him bloviating through hearings in which he tried to insult and emasculate anyone who disagreed with him." - Zoltan

    Is there a psychiatrist, preferably Jewish, in the house?

  • I love you Klytus

    Don't believe a word they say.

    We are brothers, man.

    This oo cat is a 13 year old in a basement somewhere who has never gotten any attention from his parents who make him fix his own meals while they practically live at the bar at the Southhampton Country Club.

    I am thinking of contacting the department of children's neglect and abandonment, but I think, maybe oo might make it on his own without the benefits of foster care,

    And, you know, all of those social workers who would see him are Jews, don't you?

    They might have some lingering affection for Israel!!!

    Argentina!

    That's it! We could find a place for oo in Argentina.

  • so Israel should stop attacking hamas even though the rocket attacks will continue?

    you seem to be saying this, but it isn't quite clear.

  • Glenn

    I know 'you shoulds' are not really your thing, but I wonder if when you refer to the neo-conservative Israelis and their criminal behavior you might use just that wording. A blindingly obvious point that I see missed again and again by the media and in general discourse is that, as you commonly point out Israel is not a single minded entity by any means, any more than the jewish people are. Why not make more of a point of using that phraseology? It surely wouldn't hurt, would it?

  • NBC is a sick joke

    Brian Williams noted on the evening news tonight that "over 800 people have been killed on both sides" (my emphasis).

    How do you sleep Mr Williams?

    Honestly, is your multi-million dollar annual salary worth your soul?

    Asked and answered your honor.

  • Also

    I wish we would see the words 'collective punishment' used more often in the media. It nets an essential idea, and animates it's meaning.

  • Zoltan

    It is not about hating Jews but about hating a nation that kills 50 people for every one of its own that is killed (even when a third of its casualties are from friendly fire). Just like the Nazis that shot 10 (yes, only ten) civilians for every good German soldier killed by partisans.

    My math indicates that Israel is 5 times worse than Hitler's Germany. What does your math say?

  • dworkin

    seriously, without regards to the Hamas rockets, the assault should stop. Humanitarianism demands that the assault stop.

    w/r/t Hamas rockets, I agree with those that believe this action bolsters Hamas. I believe the rockets will continue regardless. I believe the rockets are used as an excuse (as do many inside Israel). I believe the state of power is the state with the power to end this. The rockets are both a war crime and a red herring.

    IMO, "the rockets" is an erroneous frame for debate.

  • please....

    zoltan has enough hate in his heart to eat the world.

    http://tinyurl.com/7dfm5z

  • Owen: Did u compose Canada's boring boring boring National Anthem: OOOOOOOOO CanadAAAAAAAAAA... OOOOOOOOOOOO CanadAAAAAAAAAAAA???

    Stop going on those pathetic marches in this cold global warming weather!

    Don't you want to fly down to Cuba, my man?

    They got great cigars down there and even though you don't smoke a few of them cigars back in

    Toronto just might get you laid.

    I hear that, as soon as Fidel kicks the bucket, Cuba and Canada will merge into one great Socializt-Arctic-Tropic Paradise which will be named ---" QUTIPA"----

    Your uttely boring boring boring national anthem will be replaced with some hot, Cuban beat:

    OOOOOOOOCANADAAAAAAAAA will be replaced with "Guantanimera.......... --- ,,,,Wahira ---.....Guantanimeraaaaaaaaaaaaa..... -----GUANTANIMERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA......

    Lastly I must ask: Are you folks up there intent on sending your national treasure, Marc Steyn, to jail?????

  • nobody will allow themselves to be attacked without responding even if the response doesn't change anything, if they have a choice

    the only exception is if they believe that responding will make their situation worse. Even if you know nothing will change it is easier to fight back than to do nothing if there is nothing you can do to stop the attack. Yes, I know the logic could in theory apply to both sides. Whether is does in fact or not is obviously the subject of debate.

  • they don't have the power to end the rockets

    or they would have ended them

  • From Far And Wide

    Z you troll, you are now picking on one of my countries. You dolt, at least Canadians have a national anthem that says nothing about war or violence, and can actually be sung by normal human beings. And yes, we do still stand on guard.

    That, and we are really really big. Its not what you do with it that counts, after all, it is how big you are. And we are really really really big, it drags on the ground when we try and walk is how big we are. (Fawking Russians think they are bigger, hah, what they have in time zones we make up for in having almost all the fresh water on the planet: FU Putin, hah hah hah).

    After all, you could basically fit Israel in between Regina and Moose Jaw, which by our reckoning is basically the distance between an outhouse and the garage; and Gaza itself is about the size and population of Calgary, only with less traffic congestion and better weather.

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