At 10:41 PM 1/26/02 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>The West Bank belonges to Jordan, the Gaza Strip belongs to Egypt.
Both Jordan and Egypt disagree with your characterization.
>So, what
>you are saying is that Jordan and Egypt *and* a part of Jordan *and* a part
>of Egypt attacked Israel. This makes no sense. You also do not say "the US
>*and* the State of Wisconsin bombed Afghanistan", do you? Or "both Europe
>*and* The Netherlands were occupied by the Nazis"?
Sure, but one does not say "The US attacked Afghanistan, but the State of
Wisconsin did not."
Yes or No, Jeroen:
Did the entity of Palestine attack Israel on four occasions?
Is the entity of Palestine attacking Israel now?
>>So, now that that question is settled, Jeroen, why do you consistently side
>>with an agressor nation that viciously attacked its neighbour four times
>>(and there is no other word for attacking Israel on Yom Kippur than
>>*vicious*),
>
>You mean, attacking a country on a religious holiday is vicious? I would
>call it brilliant. You see, John, if you want to attack your enemy, you do
>not do that when he is wide awake and on full alert. Rather, you wait till
>he lets his guard down and *then* you attack. That way you can do
>substantial damage to your enemy before he gets a chance to do serious
>damage to your own side.
Ooooh....... this one is for the archives Jeroen!
Let's see, the Arabs launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur!
Does Jeroen criticize the Arabs for this? Nooooooooooo!!!! Instead,
Jeroen calls the "attacking a country on a religious holiday...." and I
quote, "brilliant!" ROFLALALALALALAL!!!!!!!!!
Of course, I have a very interesting question for you Jeroen - on what
basis is Israel the enemy of the Arabs who attacked it in 1948?
And again, on what basis is Israel the enemy of the Arabs on the day of the
Yom Kippur War? (note: two separate questions)
Now, please tell me how this basis of enmity translates into justification
for a war that you do not see fit to criticize!
>>deliberately targets children and civilians,
>
>With a Palestinian to Israeli death ratio of 3.5 to 1, and a child-killing
>ratio of 3.75 to 1, I think you should be complaining even more loudly
>about Israel targeting children. Yet I do not hear you do that. Are the
>lives of Palestinian children of less value than the lives of Israeli
children?
Uh Jeroen, there is *no* evidence that Israel targets children. Indeed,
this List has already seen documentation that Israel, before blowing up
Palestinian buildings, takes great care to evacuate the buildings.
Do you see a difference between Israel trying to minimize civilian
casualties in its attacks, and Palestinians blowing up crowded market
places, night clubs, and bat mitzvah parties?
And finally, just because I am silly enough to believe that someday I will
get an answer:
Jeroen, do you believe that the entity of "Palestine" is exhibiting
goodwill towards Israel?
>The answer can be found in previous posts.
I looked. All I found was your silliness about "Palestine isn't a country."
JDG
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