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Originally posted by dhamsaic
I just want to point out a difference between 1776 USA and 2002 Israel/Palestine:
Palestinian suicide bombers target civilians.
If they were fighting soldiers... okay. And some do. But for the most part, civilians are targeted.
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You cannot apply 3000 BC standards or 2002 AD standards to 1775 AD. In 1775 AD, shooting a soldier from behind a tree, let alone ambush, was as equally reprehensible then as a suicide bomber is today. Washington, Jefferson, et al did not advocate military action or ambushes then as PA authority leaders do not advocate suicide bombing today. But it does not matter. The actions in both cases are a direct result of those same principals stated in the Declaration of Independence.
As I noted before, I advocate more death, equally, on both sides. It is the only way remaining that extremists will lose the support of moderates. Unfortuately when the Israeli / Palestinian death rate is one to one, then peace becomes more likely. Sharon understands that. The death rate had gone from 20 to 1 down to 3 to 1. Therefore Sharon had to escalate - to increase the death rate on the Palestinian side.
We know that Sharon intentionally empowered extremists on both sides as part of his plan to destroy the Peace Process. We know that Sharon wanted this 'to the death' confrontation. It has been his history - how he does things - even back in the 1960s.
I was thinking specifically of Ariel Sharon when I posted on 20 Sept 2001 in "Who is on the "Enemies List" ":
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What is the EU's largest criticism of current US Middle East policy? From this week's The Economist:
""Speaking just a few hours before the attacks on New York and Washington, a sernior Eurpean Union official said that EU policymakers were in "despair at the lack of American engagement" in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis."" It is that lack of engagement that only strengthens the position of the extremist and known murder, Ariel Sharon, at the expense of moderate Palestinians such as Arafat. It is also that lack of engagement that helps Arab extremists recruit from the ranks of moderates. It is that lack of engagement that provides more support to the current Israeli right wing extremist government. It is that lack of engagement that empowers all Middle East extremists at the expense of moderates.
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The facts have not changed. George Jr has empowered Ariel Sharon by his inactions - and again by blaming victims for their fate. Do we have a mental midget President, or one who supports ethnic cleansing and the extremist, mass murder, Ariel Sharon? Yes, anyone with kind words for the racist Ariel Sharon advocates ethnic cleansing of the occupied territories. That is the intent of Sharon today as it was the mass murder of 5,000 Palestinian women and children in a Lebanon refugee camp.