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America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 07:40 AM

    Cahomsyjr, that's what actually happened.

    CahomsyjrAn occupation

    we started throwing unarmed people out of their homes, where they had lived for generations and blew them up leaving them homeless so they could sit and watch without food, shelter or even the most basic medical care, as brand new buildings were put up so they could be occupied by your enemy?

    Go look at a map of Germany pre-WWI, then compare it to a map of Germany today. You'll notice the size of Germany is much smaller.

    Those areas, where Germans lived for centuries, places like Silesia, Bohemia, the Sudetenland have no Germans in them any more, because after WWII, the MILLIONS of unarmed Germans living there for generations where thrown out of their homes, marched often without food and kicked out of their country. Tens of thousands died.

    Why do I highly doubt you want Germany restored to it's pre-WWI borders?

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