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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

The Israel rules

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.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:00 AM

    @Then why doesn't Israel just nuke the whole place?

    True, Israel could utterly destroy Gaza.

    But we haven't. Keep that in mind next time some asshole screams "genocide" in regards to Israel. We could. We haven't.

    In fact, all these years the Gazans have been shooting rockets at Israeli civilians, we've been supplying them with food, fuel, etc. Even during the current operation. We even supply them with the electricity they use to make the missiles they shoot at the Ashkelon electric power plant!

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