Originally Posted by
Snee
Nearly serious post coming up:
At this point neither side is blameless.
The israeli government is as ruthless as it is because they can't back down. Too much pressure and too much fear. They've felt threatened for so long, they'll never back down now. They'll never fold before the other side does. Too much bad blood. And too much people having had a loved one being killed by the other side, or who've seen the hatred directed at them from people on the other side. I don't really think the people in charge want peace anymore, not so much that as some kind of "justice".
On the other side there's the palestinian militants, who are much the same. Only they use another set of tactics. While the israeli military target someone they reckon is a villain, and usually kills a bunch of other people in the process (not exactly hard to do, given that their targets like hiding in highly populated areas, if nothing else the people dying because of it make for good propaganda), the others just bypass the whole selection process and kill people at random. The only reason Israel looks worse right now, is because they have much greater resources, meaning they have the means to kill more people.
It's all terror.
I don't generally take sides in this thing, although I'll happily tell those supporting either side how stupid they are, when they are.
I reckon any sensible people left in there ought to get the fuck out of there. Leave the bastards to blow each other up.
If your god or country wants you to steal someone innocent's land, or for you to kill yourself by strapping a bomb to your chest and running into a mall full of people who've never done anything to you, or something, why should you listen?
Also: One big problem I'm seeing in threads like this, is that some people seem to have a notion that some victims are worth more than others. It's somehow alright to kill a few people here and there if you're the underdog.
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