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#152 Jun 08 2010 at 9:48 AM Rating: Good
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
Indiscriminate and brutal retaliation against perceived threats is not an acceptable course of action for a democratic country.


Here in the US, we call that a "preemptive strike."
#153 Jun 08 2010 at 10:11 AM Rating: Excellent
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But you can't separate those from the rest of the story. Well you can, and you do, but it's dishonest.

Kind of like talking about "ineffective rockets" and leaving out the suicide bombers is dishonest. By my count from that article, that's 470 dead just between 2000-2005 (not counting the bombers themselves) including infants, children, students, pregnant women, etc. Plus many times that number in injured citizens. People who were enjoying a cafe or club or restaurant or taking the bus. Seems kind of relevant to mention them when talking about how many people die from "ineffective rockets".

The reason they're using "ineffective rockets" is because Israel has locked down the border against the suicide bombers. It's not as though they're saying "Let's use these shitty rockets as a joke!" They just don't have much better. these are the same people who train civilians to strap explosives to themselves, find the spot with the most innocent people and kill as many as possible without any regard. Should we pretend that if they had much more accurate and deadly weapons, they wouldn't use them? That they wouldn't jump at the chance to slaughter thousands of Israelis instead of just hundreds?

Yeah, handwaving away "ineffective rockets" sounds just a little dishonest.
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#154 Jun 08 2010 at 10:31 AM Rating: Good
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
I'm not sure I implied that.

You didn't, Paulsol did. That was my response to him.

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I support their right to defend themselves in a proportional and measured manner, and for it to be held to the same standards we would hold any other country.

Proportional and measured? That's a joke. Punishment and retribution for terrorist acts and against the groups and states that support them should be swift, brutal and overwhelming.

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I don't think Israel is in a state of permanent "war" with those groups. Obviously, Israel should defend itself when attacked by those groups, but I don't think the mere existence of those groups in other countries allows Israel to wage war on them.

Of course not. You're the definition of a European apologist.

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Lebanon doesn't sponsor Hezbollah. Maybe instead of laughing you should do a bit of research into the political system that exists there. Hezbollah threatens Lebanon ten times more than it threatens Israel. It's an Iranian pawn, not a Lebanese one.

They operate from Lebanon. The Lebanese allow them to stay there.

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Firstly that's ********* secondly so what?

I believe the cliche is "If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem."

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The problem with all these similes is that they don't reflect the entirety of the situation. You can't take a one-sided, 10 second snapshot and say "well this is the situation". The "situation" has been an ongoing saga for 60 years now. For your comparison to work, we would have to say: imagine Lyon used to be part of Switzerland, and then it was given independence by people outside it, so Frenchies came from all over the world to settle in Lyon, so all the Swiss in Lyon fled to neighbouring countries, then there was lots of wars involving all neighbouring states, then French bombed Switzerland to the ground and blockaded, etc, etc... It would be a fucking analogical nightmare, and even then it wouldn't do it justice...

They're only nightmares if you try to create equivalencies, which asking how your country would react in the given situation doesn't do. When you try to create the ideal equivalent analogy, anything breaks down. When you deal with reality, that Israel has been the victim of some 10,000 explosions since 2005 launched across their border from places like Gaza, and consider what your country's reaction would be in similar circumstances, you either tuck tail and negotiate (like France does with its rioting muzzies) or you kick their asses, disproportionately, back to the stone age.

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But most of the killing, the vast majority of the killing, almost to a 10-1 ratio, is done by Israel. That's a strong indicator in my books. For all the hate-filed rhetoric of Hezbollah, their KP is ten times lower than Israel's. So what, are ineffective rocket attacks really that much worse than bombing a city flat? Can you really compare the 25 people killed by Hamas rockets in 5 years to the 1385 (including 400 children) people killed in the 3 week Gaza offensive? Just for one moment, imagine it was the other way round... Would you really justify the killing of 1385 Israeli in 3 weeks because they had killed 25 Palestinians in 5 years? How is that anything other than hypocrisy?

So you're bemoaning a ratio that is caused by poorly armed terrorists attacking a state of the art military? Seems to me like the blame should maybe go to the people not smart enough to stop throwing rocks at tanks & helicopters.

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These groups do not receive money from a "region". I don't know why you feel the need to assimilate countries, ideologies, or religious groups which have nothing to do with each other. Lebanon is not Iran. Saudi Arabia is not Iran. Is it laziness? Lack of intellectual capacity? Dislike of Muslims? I'd wager it's the first one, but I'm beginning to have my doubts...

You are wrong. Categorically. Hamas is a state funded organization also funded by rich individuals in the Saudi royal family and wealthy businessmen all over the region. Hezbollah is a state funded organization also funded by rich individuals in the Saudi royal family and wealthy businessmen all over the region. Saudi Arabia is one of the most socially oppressive regimes on the planet that just happens to talk more friendly in public than Iran does. The Wahabi clerics hate America's influence in the world and they only allow the royal family to maintain power while it supports the clerics and their fundamentalist teachings.

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Finally, my real problem in all this is that if other countries used the same tactic and justifications as Israel, we'd have WWIII tomorrow.

This falls apart because in the real world it would assume that other countries also use the same tactics and antagonisms that the stupid-assed countries and terrorist groups in the ME use. As such, it it total "******************

EDIT: so that's how you spell ********

Edited, Jun 8th 2010 11:32am by MoebiusLord
#155 Jun 08 2010 at 10:42 AM Rating: Good
Jophiel wrote:
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
But you can't separate those from the rest of the story. Well you can, and you do, but it's dishonest.

Kind of like talking about "ineffective rockets" and leaving out the suicide bombers is dishonest.


Except I was responding to a specific comment, which I quoted, referring directly to the rockets preceding the Gaza invasion. And these were, for the incredibly vast majority of them, ineffective. The ration of rockets/kill is ridiculously tiny. I'm not sure how I was supposed to tie in suicide-bombers, since they had nothing to do with the Gaza invasion, nor were they mentioned by Moe... So not particularly dishonest, no.

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these are the same people who train civilians to strap explosives to themselves, find the spot with the most innocent people and kill as many as possible without any regard. Should we pretend that if they had much more accurate and deadly weapons, they wouldn't use them? That they wouldn't jump at the chance to slaughter thousands of Israelis instead of just hundreds?


What like fighter jets? You're right, I'm sure that if they had fighter jets, they would much rather fly over Israel and bomb random buildings...

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Yeah, handwaving away "ineffective rockets" sounds just a little dishonest.


I find it to handwave online, personally. But yeah, compared to the Gaza invasion and as far as rockets go, they are pretty damn ineffective. I can't see how that's dishonest...
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#156 Jun 08 2010 at 10:55 AM Rating: Good
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
I'm not sure I implied that.

You didn't, Paulsol did. That was my response to him.


Yeah, well, this is my saying "fuck you" to gbaji then.

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Punishment and retribution for terrorist acts and against the groups and states that support them should be swift, brutal and overwhelming.


Clearly, the last 60 years in the ME have shown us how effective this strategy is... Hezbollah only emerged stronger after the Lebanon war, and Hamas' grip only tightened after the Gaza one. And the rockets are still coming. So... I don't know, maybe it's time for a rethink?

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When you deal with reality, that Israel has been the victim of some 10,000 explosions since 2005 launched across their border from places like Gaza, and consider what your country's reaction would be in similar circumstances


And how would your people respond if a foreign country was declared on where they lived, if they took their land, kicked out its original inhabitants, put you in squalid camps, and then machine gun down 500 kids in 3 weeks? What would your reaction be in similar circumstances?

So... see why we need the whole picture?

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Hamas is a state funded organization also funded by rich individuals in the Saudi royal family and wealthy businessmen all over the region. Hezbollah is a state funded organization also funded by rich individuals in the Saudi royal family and wealthy businessmen all over the region. Saudi Arabia is one of the most socially oppressive regimes on the planet that just happens to talk more friendly in public than Iran does.


Really? How extraordinary... The same Saudi Royal family the US is allied with? The same Saudi Arabia the US gives all its cash to? The same Royal Family and businesses being constantly funded by the West??

Hmm... who was it that once said "if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem"? No, wait, who was it that once said that if you belong to a system and don't actively work to overthrow it you're complicit of it? Hmm... what a smart and foreseeing chap he was...

[quote] As such, it it total "*************************

******** is pretty awesome word indeed.
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#157 Jun 08 2010 at 10:56 AM Rating: Excellent
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RedPhoenixxx wrote:
What like fighter jets? You're right, I'm sure that if they had fighter jets, they would much rather fly over Israel and bomb random buildings...

I'm sure we agree on this point. Granted, you're probably referencing the Gaza offensive where Hamas thought the best place to launch rockets from was schools, zoos, houses etc (and yes, they were doing exactly this; there's plenty of video evidence of schools being used as ammo dumps, buildings wired with explosives, video of rockets being launched from schoolyards, etc) and then watch the world cry about how unfair it is that Israel would dare to bomb said schools, etc.

Personally, I think that targeting a school being used to cache weapons is a little different than training and supplying someone to walk into a crowded restaurant and seeing how many babies you can blow up but that's just me. But as far as "If they could, Hamas would love to slaughter many times more Israelis than ever before" goes we seem to agree that they'd love the chance.

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But yeah, compared to the Gaza invasion and as far as rockets go, they are pretty damn ineffective.

Compared to not getting blown up on a bus while you're trying to go to work, they're very effective.

Edit: I would have undercounted the number of Israeli dead and wounded from Palestinian bombers in that period since that article only listed the "worst" attacks. Even if they included every time someone died, there's plenty more people wounded from Palestinian attacks no represented.

Edited, Jun 8th 2010 12:08pm by Jophiel
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#158 Jun 08 2010 at 11:04 AM Rating: Good
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
Clearly, the last 60 years in the ME have shown us how effective this strategy is... Hezbollah only emerged stronger after the Lebanon war, and Hamas' grip only tightened after the Gaza one. And the rockets are still coming. So... I don't know, maybe it's time for a rethink?

Or time to take the gloves off.

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And how would your people respond if a foreign country was declared on where they lived, if they took their land, kicked out its original inhabitants, put you in squalid camps, and then machine gun down 500 kids in 3 weeks? What would your reaction be in similar circumstances?

So... see why we need the whole picture?

I'm fairly certain I know how the U.S. would react. We'd give them casinos and all would be forgiven.

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Hmm... who was it that once said "if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem"? No, wait, who was it that once said that if you belong to a system and don't actively work to overthrow it you're complicit of it? Hmm... what a smart and foreseeing chap he was...

Did I give you the impression that I agreed with the U.S.'s blind devotion to Israel after I said I didn't blindly support their policies? Did I give you the impression I was a fan of George W. Bush or the Left wing politicians in this country that won't let us drill for our own oil? Sorry. Didn't mean to give that impression.
#159 Jun 08 2010 at 11:25 AM Rating: Good
Jophiel wrote:
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
What like fighter jets? You're right, I'm sure that if they had fighter jets, they would much rather fly over Israel and bomb random buildings...

I'm sure we agree on this point. Granted, you're probably referencing the Gaza offensive where Hamas thought the best place to launch rockets from was schools, zoos, houses etc (and yes, they were doing exactly this; there's plenty of video evidence of schools being used as ammo dumps, buildings wired with explosives, video of rockets being launched from schoolyards, etc) and then watch the world cry about how unfair it is that Israel would dare to bomb said schools, etc.


Yes, I was! Funny how we both got it...

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Personally, I think that targeting a school being used to cache weapons is a little different than training and supplying someone to walk into a crowded restaurant and seeing how many babies you can blow up but that's just me


According to your standards, phrasing like this is a little dishonest...

Anyway, look. Hamas deliberately target civilians. Hamas are a bunch of crazy extremists who would love nothing more than for Israel to cease to exist. Hamas are dangerous, violent, crazy murderers. They are much worse than the Israeli army in terms of targeting civilians. And if they were in charge of the world, damn, we'd all be fucked.

I didn't think I needed to say that. It's so freaking obvious, I really thought it was a given in any discussion about Israel. Were you expecting me to say that suicide-bombings were justified? That they were better than precision strikes on caches of weapons? What the fuck man, I've been posting here for 8 years and I still need to say **** like this?

Hamas are awful, but their rockets are ineffective. They are worthy of scorn, but they are NOT the Palestinian people. I don't have any hope or expectations that they would do the right thing, or that they could be the key to a peaceful solution. Hamas is an obstacle to be overcome, not an entity I am expecting anything from.

But Israel does have the keys. Israel is in control. Israel is the democratic country, and our ally. Israel has a state, infrastructure, educated people, resources, the ear (and the balls) of the most powerful country in the world... My standards for Israel's actions will therefore be a million times higher than those for Hamas actions.

Hamas feeds on the blood of the Palestinians killed. Simple as. You can't kill ideas, and you can't kill the desire for revenge. When all the moderate Palestinians will have been killed or exiled, all that will be left will be Hamas. If Israelis keep on doing nothing on the West Bank, Hamas will get there too one day.

That's my point. Israeli actions, which are supposed to be within the realm of reason, only strengthen hamas, and have done so for 15 years now. Their actions go against their self-interest. And ours. That's what I'm pointing out. I'm not gonna point out the stupidity of hamas actions because it's just too - freaking - obvious.
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#160 Jun 08 2010 at 11:28 AM Rating: Good
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Or time to take the gloves off.


The gloves are off! They're gone. They have ceased to be. They were taken out 10 years ago.

What you're asking them to do is take the skin off, and become Skeletor.

Not a cool move, man.
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#161 Jun 08 2010 at 12:09 PM Rating: Excellent
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RedPhoenixxx wrote:
Hamas are awful, but their rockets are ineffective.

Hamas attacks have been ineffective because Israel is keeping them from acquiring more sophisticated weaponry. You know... closing the borders, blockades, that sort of thing? That's what's keeping Hamas from launching deadlier attacks.

I don't see the logic in condemning the Israeli embargoes by saying Hamas hasn't been as successful in killing Israelis as they'd like to be.
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I didn't think I needed to say that.

Folks see the need to say how horrible Israel is over and over so maybe bringing up what a bunch of sick fucks are dedicating their lives to killing Israelis is kind of worth saying.
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#162 Jun 08 2010 at 12:33 PM Rating: Good
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Or time to take the gloves off.


The gloves are off! They're gone. They have ceased to be. They were taken out 10 years ago.

Nah, they just switched to lighter gloves. They hurt more than 16oz. amateur mitts, but they're by no means raw. You take the gloves off by doing a media blackout and going house to house and executing anyone with a weapon or bomb residue in their residence. You take the gloves off by closing the border and not shipping in the humanitarian aid. You take the gloves off by turning Gaza & the West Bank in to glass parking lots. You take the gloves off by unleashing the full might and fury of one of the worlds most motivated and well trained fighting forces on the poor unfortunate Palestinians and their terrorist renters.

The gloves are far from off.
#163 Jun 08 2010 at 12:44 PM Rating: Good
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All human wars would end if all humans were dead, but that doesn't make killing everyone a viable strategy.

Unless you're inhuman.
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#165 Jun 08 2010 at 12:51 PM Rating: Good
Ehcks wrote:
All human wars would end if all humans were dead, but that doesn't make killing everyone a viable strategy.

Unless you're inhuman.

I wouldn't be subjected to your retarded aphorisms if you slit your wrists in a warm bathtub, but that doesn't mean you're likely to do it.

Unless you care about my feelings.
#166 Jun 08 2010 at 1:07 PM Rating: Decent
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His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Ehcks wrote:
All human wars would end if all humans were dead, but that doesn't make killing everyone a viable strategy.

Unless you're inhuman.

I wouldn't be subjected to your retarded aphorisms if you slit your wrists in a warm bathtub, but that doesn't mean you're likely to do it.

Unless you care about my feelings.


I couldn't imagine caring less about what other people feel. It's what they'd do in response to your actions that matters.

This isn't as fun as I thought it'd be.. I'm done.
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This isn't as fun as I thought it'd be.. I'm done.

"Trolling is hard. Let's go shopping!"
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#168 Jun 08 2010 at 2:05 PM Rating: Excellent
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I couldn't imagine caring less about what other people feel.

And yet you've made it very easy, by clicking the Reply to this link, for the rest of us to imaging just that.

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This isn't as fun as I thought it'd be.. I'm done.

Is it safe to assume you won't be indulging me or are you trying to set me up to be charged with encouraging your suicide?
#169 Jun 08 2010 at 2:14 PM Rating: Good
Personally, I find Moebius to be a slightly more articulate but ultimately stupider version of Varrus.
#170 Jun 08 2010 at 2:16 PM Rating: Decent
Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:
Personally, I find Moebius to be a slightly more articulate but ultimately stupider version of Varrus.

And I find you to be a less articulate and infinitely more insipid version of a corn filled ****, but you don't seem to care what others think of you either.
#171 Jun 08 2010 at 2:20 PM Rating: Excellent
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:
Personally, I find Moebius to be a slightly more articulate but ultimately stupider version of Varrus.

And I find you to be a less articulate and infinitely more insipid version of a corn filled ****, but you don't seem to care what others think of you either.


Oh no, I care what other people think of me.

I don't, however, consider you a person.
#172 Jun 08 2010 at 2:29 PM Rating: Excellent
Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:
Oh no, I care what other people think of me.

I don't, however, consider you a person.

BURN!
#173 Jun 08 2010 at 2:30 PM Rating: Decent
Moe,

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Personally, I find Moebius to be a slightly more articulate but ultimately stupider version of Varrus.


Smiley: laugh Yeah Moe you're stupider. There it is.



#174 Jun 08 2010 at 2:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah Moe you're stupider. There it is.

Any chance you had of it being true has just gone out the window.
#175 Jun 08 2010 at 4:01 PM Rating: Excellent
Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:
Personally, I find Moebius to be a slightly more articulate but ultimately stupider version of Varrus.


No, I think Varrus is way way way stupider than Moe. Varrus is so monumentally stupid he belongs in a circus. A circus for intellectually challenged freaks, obviously. Plenty of those in Belgium. Booming business over there.

Moe isn't quite sure if he's an utilitarian realist or a resigned idealist. He's not stupid, just inconsistent. And he does troll quite a bit as well. Maybe Varrus does too, but even when he trolls, he still kinda believes it. I don't think Moe does.
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#176 Jun 08 2010 at 4:17 PM Rating: Good
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Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:
Personally, I find Moebius to be a slightly more articulate but ultimately stupider version of Varrus.


No, I think Varrus is way way way stupider than Moe. Varrus is so monumentally stupid he belongs in a circus. A circus for intellectually challenged freaks, obviously. Plenty of those in Belgium. Booming business over there.

Moe isn't quite sure if he's an utilitarian realist or a resigned idealist. He's not stupid, just inconsistent. And he does troll quite a bit as well. Maybe Varrus does too, but even when he trolls, he still kinda believes it. I don't think Moe does.


I think he uses his trolling to cover for his stupidity, myself.
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