Israel breaks ceasefire with raid

[sine000]

ya...this is a middle East war...if it affects us...we will try to help....

 

[Just the Facts]

Re: RE: Israel breaks ceasefire with raid

As for bombs away?

I guess you can take it literally to a fair extent in this context, but mostly it's a figure of speech.

 

[blugoo]

Israel kills the children of it’s neighbours at a much higher percentage than any deaths of children they have suffered in retaliation. One can look at the Palestinian side as an example. I'll provide two sources.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4294502.stm

3,218 killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza including 657 aged under 18, 187 killed in extrajudicial executions and 296 (including at least 29 aged under 18) killed in the course of assassination operations.

444 civilians killed in Israel
including 80 aged under 18


http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/children.html

121 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 763 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000.

The death of innocents, particularly children, is always tragic. But you are avoiding my question by trying to shift it into something else. Here it is again:

Does Israel, as a matter of policy, attempt to kill as many innocent people as possible, many of them women and children?

Does Hezbollah?

War is terrible. It's messy, and innocent people suffer. Have innocents died during Israeli military operations? Yes. Does Israel attempt to prevent and minimize such loss of life where possible, and have a policy of targeting military and strategic targets, not the general population? Yes.

Now let's look at Hezbollah. First, it is not a neighbour of Israel. It is not a nation-state. It's a terrorist organization, and as such, shouldn't be equated to the Lebanese or Palestinian people. They are not at all the same thing.

Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, not caring who they hit. It calls for the utter annihilation of Israel, resulting in the deaths of millions. The only thing preventing such an act is Hezbollah's lack of ability to carry it out.

 

[blugoo]

Paranoia is an excessive anxiety or fear concerning one's own well-being which is considered irrational and excessive, perhaps to the point of being a psychosis. This typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a likely threat. In the original Greek, παράνοια (paranoia) means simply madness (para = outside; nous = mind) and it is this use which was traditionally used in psychiatry to describe any delusional state. However, the exact use of the term has changed over time in medicine, and because of this, modern psychiatric usage may vary.

How nice. You can post a definition of the word "paranoia". That's awesome.

Now perhaps you can explain the phrase "realistic expectations based on past behavior". For a good example, see my post you quoted previously expressing my regard for the UN and its, *ahem* speedy action and resolute leadership in a crisis. :wink:

 

[Jo Canadian]