LesterDC

ah, the classic argument supporting collective punishment... they are all in on it, even the city of Beit Hanoun ... if it was not intentional, then lets hear an apology

No apology indicates deliberation. Therefore, a violation of the Geneva Convention Surely the Israeli government could muster up enough decency to apologize to the civilians... Are they really as bad as the Hamas? No apology from the Hamas means that they shouldn't apologize for innocent blood themselves?

so first you say that I am ignorant of the Geneva Convention because I said that the targeting of civilian property is prohibited.. Now you have pushed that aside and are asking me for targeting orders... okay, well.. Has the Israeli government issued a formal apology for those buildings yet?

has the Israeli government released a formal apology then?

That's not what I was implying.. You made an excuse for the leveling of dairy factories.. could you make any excuses for the leveling of civilian homes and farmhouses?

Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.

but those who relied on that factory cannot rely on it anymore.. for no reason.. Anyhow, how does this argument work in regard to those destroyed homes and farmhouses?

Well sorry to burst your bubble but those were all CIVILIAN buildings therefore, it is a form of collective punishment.

and starve the rest of the population of its dairy?

and according to the Israelis, why should they stop?

I'm not sure what you call collective punishment.. but targeting farmhouses, dairy factories and local drug stores doesn't make the grade for you?

Just today, two children, 4 and 11 years old, and an adult were killed. Attacks were deliberately targeted at farmhouses and homes... A dairy factory was targeted.. You tell me, where the hell is this shit going?

and according to international law, Israel cannot commit collective punishment. I don't get it.. So Israel is mad because the Hamas rockets are disturbing the innocent.. So in retaliation, they will air strike and kill 300 innocent Arabs.. Hmm, nope. Sorry, doesn't make sense

Let's elect Sarah Palin shall we? Who needs knowledge... Quite right

I am sick of people labeling each other "anti-Semites" whenever they criticize the Jewish government.. Do they get a free ticket to do whatever they want?

I am about 80% positive that there is some form of a supreme creator.. On the other hand, lately, I don't know where the idea that this creator should "love" us came from ..

here we go again...

like North Korea could muscle the U.S. around..

no, but I know that Patton did not like Eisenhower's policies concerning POWs.. That is besides the point however.. Sure, Eisenhower himself could probably be disputed, but I have no doubt that the Allies were not quite high and holy when dealing with German POWs

Why do I have to support any side? I suppose you also liked the "Final Solution"

I have never said that I support the Palestinian rocket attacks.. Would you justify Eisenhower's atrocious POW concentration camps? No, you do not fight evil with more evil

Yes, that belief is why most people agree with the Israelis.. and that is why nobody would really listen to "any hare-brained tale HAMAS cooks up as to how the situation came to be this way." anyhow..

Sure, I'd like to ask you again how many deaths were directly linked to Arab rocket attacks? Now they are crying bloody murder and bombing the crap out of the Arabs.. I really wonder what would happen if the Arabs launched the air strikes on Israel.. Enough is enough? The Palestinians could say the same thing..

I suppose we should burn up the bill of rights then?

So you mean to tell me that those innocent lives that were taken away was a result of a frightened Israeli? What exactly are they afraid of? Who has the bigger stick here..