EAO considers Iran a democracy, expresses support for the gov'ts of Syria and North Korea, and expresses great admiration for China.
And you think WE have our ears stuffed and our eyes covered.
It is to laugh.
I consider Iran to be a Theocracy... a version of democracy skewed by religion..
I consider the US to be a Plutocracy... another version of democracy. skewed by money
But neither of these systems are truly democratic. Under the Harper Conservatives, Canada has become more plutocratic... which I think is a bad direction..
We ARE living in a democracy.
The USA are relatively good neighbours, considering the super-power alternatives.
Israel is much better to the Palestinians than the Palestinians are to Israel.
Those are the facts.
The belligerents on both sides commit war crimes. But I challenge Colpy's belief that the Israelis are better to Palestinians than the other way around. Israeli war criminals kill far more innocent Palestinians than the other way around. Its not that the Palestinian war criminals are kinder than the Israeli war criminals. They just don't have the means. I'm sure if the Palestinian war criminals were as well armed as the Israeli war criminals, they'd be just as cruel.
BTW, I disagree with the OP. Only the Nazis truly acted like Nazis. The Israeli war criminals have their unique brand of oppression and injustice and so do the Palestinian war criminals.
IN case anyone is picking up this thread now, I'll recap my main point. When the MP referenced in the OP made his statement about the Israelis acting like Nazis, the Israeli war criminals had killed about 1500 people in three weeks, most of which were innocent civilians. Colpy estimated about a 1000 innocent civilians, which sounded about right... and he said a low rate of innocent civilian deaths (only a 1000 in three weeks to 500 militants) proved the Israelis attacked Gaza with an "amazing amount of restraint and care." So I challenged him to comment regarding the even lower rate of civilian deaths in the Syria uprising (I estimate about 10,000 over 70 weeks - a number I admit I pulled out of my ass, but its probably ball park-ish).
Israel crushing Gaza: 333 innocent civilians a week (about 33% belligerent to 67% innocent civilians)
Syria crushing a revolt: 143 innocent civilians a week (about 67% belligerents to 33% innocent civilians)
US Invading Iraq: 2137 innocent civilians a week (about a 10% belligerent to 90% innocent civilians)
assuming 1,000,000 innocent civilians over 9 years
Which country's belligerents/war criminals has demonstrated the greatest level of restraint and care?... so far...