tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post7471512997032590479..comments2023-10-19T12:25:15.143+01:00Comments on The Osterley Times: Gaza war crime claims gather pace as more troops speak out.Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-34728766513163618012009-03-24T19:24:00.000+00:002009-03-24T19:24:00.000+00:00It's time to end this. The international community...<I>It's time to end this. The international community needs to step in, make some hard rulings, and enforce them. Islamic extremism is a huge problem, but this only aggravates it.</I><BR/><BR/>Amen, SP.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-68723990668636677782009-03-24T00:53:00.000+00:002009-03-24T00:53:00.000+00:00Shachar, you are the biggest peacemonger I've ever...Shachar, you are the biggest peacemonger I've ever known. Your incurable optimism made you downright hard to live with. How did you come to a point where you are willing to defend the sending of machines of war against mostly civilian populations? Are you now one of those who has stopped believing peace is possible?<BR/><BR/>Israel filled Lebanon with cluster bombs. There is nothing 'careful' about that. They fired phosphorus into Gaza; not careful. This isn't the work of a few bad soldiers. your government is corrupt to the gills. Every bomb adds to the hate. You have to see that this path only makes things worse in the long run. This bickering over holy land isn't just hurting your two nations, it is overflowing into the rest of the world. It's time to end this. The international community needs to step in, make some hard rulings, and enforce them. Islamic extremism is a huge problem, but this only aggravates it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-20176101836869594912009-03-22T15:24:00.000+00:002009-03-22T15:24:00.000+00:00The aggressor for the last 61 years has been the A...<I>The aggressor for the last 61 years has been the Arabs</I><BR/><BR/>Israel has been carrying out an illegal occupation since 1967. Do you not think that an occupation is an act of violence?<BR/><BR/><I>I wish that the Arabs would have accepted Israel before the war in 1948</I><BR/><BR/>Do you know of any other people who would give away half of their land to a largely immigrant population based on the fact that they once lived there 2,000 years before?<BR/><BR/>I think wishing that they would have accepted that is asking for something which was hugely unrealistic.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-36643126893579544492009-03-22T07:18:00.000+00:002009-03-22T07:18:00.000+00:00War crimes committed against innocent civilians sh...War crimes committed against innocent civilians should be punished. These criminals should be stripped of their influence and put into jail, as murderers. <BR/><BR/>There is a difference between murder and self-defense, but still, in self-defense there is a limit to how far one can go. Self-defense ends when the aggressor is no longer able to hurt you. The aggressor for the last 61 years has been the Arabs, and they are still able and actively trying to hurt Israelis. In fact, now with Iran's new technologies, Israel's neighbors are as dangerous as they were in 1948, when hardly anyone thought that the Jews would survive the massacres. In 1967, as the Arabs were rallying to destroy Israel, most Israelis doubted that Israel could defend itself, until Israel routed the Egyptian air-force. <BR/><BR/>It is certain that this war in Gaza was unlike any other war Israel has fought. This time, most Israelis have stopped believing that peace is possible. The outcome of this widespread loss of hope is the attitude of 'Lets do whatever we have to do to defend ourselves, while risking as few of our young men's lives as possible.' Many soldiers in Lebanon were killed because Israel was trying to be careful not to shoot into civilian areas, even as Hezballa was shooting from these villages and schools. <BR/><BR/>The outcome of this loss of hope is disgusting indeed. I wish Israelis would still have realistic reason to hope. I wish that the Arabs would have accepted Israel before the war in 1948, and before the continued attacks ever since.serezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057592963140145477noreply@blogger.com