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Old 11-05-2007, 05:21 AM   #226
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You can't assume an Israeli-centric world.

You could basically write the same thing for an Arab-centric view.

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  • Arabs can never allow a Jewish state in the Middle East
  • They will continue to fight, no matter the odds against them
  • Blah, blah

It just solidifies the fact that there is no solution that doesn't involve hurting one side.
Well you got my point. I wonder why it was so hard for Radar to see it. Must be blinders he's wearing I guess.
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Old 11-05-2007, 07:40 AM   #227
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It's not extremists to say that a nation will never just pack it up and leave, especially a nuclear power. It's not extremists to say that a nation will never stop killing those who attack it. It's not extremist to say that the aggressors are the ones who have to stop the violence rather than the defenders.

It is extremist to suggest that a nation allow itself to be bombed and attacked for 60 years without doing something about it. It is extremist to suggest that Israel cease to exist as the Jewish homeland it was created to be.
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Old 11-05-2007, 07:42 AM   #228
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You can't assume an Israeli-centric world.

You could basically write the same thing for an Arab-centric view.

FACTS
  • Arabs can never allow a Jewish state in the Middle East
  • They will continue to fight, no matter the odds against them
  • Blah, blah

It just solidifies the fact that there is no solution that doesn't involve hurting one side.
That is simple. If the Arabs will not allow a Jewish state and will continue to attack no matter what, the only solution is for them to be destroyed completely and the odds of this are much greater than the odds are that the Zionist state of Israel will ever go away.

Israel can wipe out all of these nations without any help from the UK, the UN, or America.
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:45 AM   #229
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Eradicating the Palestinians would guarantee Isreals own eradication at the hands of neighboring Muslim countries.
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Old 11-05-2007, 12:37 PM   #230
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Actually it wouldn't because Israel alone can defeat them all without any help from the USA, the UK, or the UN.
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Old 11-05-2007, 01:46 PM   #231
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You are neglecting the indisputable fact that it DID belong to them because it was won in battle. The UK owned the land. Before that the Turks owned it, Before that the Roman's owned it, etc.

This is how border disputes and land ownership have always been decided throughout history.

The UK were the rightful owners of land and they gave it to create a few different countries. People that previously lived on that land (whether it was for a day or a thousand years) had no legitimate claim of ownership.

Merely living on land does not make it yours and the number of years you have lived on it doesn't change this.
Ok, based on that theory the US owned Europe after WW2. Give it back. The US owns Iraq. The US owns Afganistan. The US owns Italy. The US owns a hell of a lot of property and you all need to give it back right now.
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Old 11-05-2007, 01:55 PM   #232
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Ok, based on that theory the US owned Europe after WW2. Give it back. The US owns Iraq. The US owns Afganistan. The US owns Italy. The US owns a hell of a lot of property and you all need to give it back right now.
It's funny you should say that. This is part of the reason the cold-war was started. Russia felt that since France had been defeated, it no longer existed as a country and when Germany fell, they felt that Germany, France, and Italy should be divided among the allied forces.

I happen to agree with them. France would be a much nicer place if America owned it. Also, if you think America doesn't own Iraq or Afghanistan you're nuts.

Ever heard of the term, "You broke it, you bought it?" Puppet regimes have been setup that have allegiance to America.
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Old 11-05-2007, 02:10 PM   #233
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Ah, don't you love the smell of colonialism in the morning?

I kind of wish we were still under British control as well...
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Old 11-05-2007, 04:50 PM   #234
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Well.....ya know deep down Americans are just failed Londoners really :P
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Old 11-05-2007, 04:59 PM   #235
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The whole world is either a failed Londoner or a London wannabe :p
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:05 PM   #236
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Hey...my ancestors didn't fail. They just committed vile crimes (like stealing cabbages from someone back yard to feed their kids).

I don't want to be a Londoner. I really love being an Aussie.

Thanks for being silly enough to send my family here you lot.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:06 PM   #237
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*grins*

The majority of the early English settlers to America were people who'd migrated from rural or depressed areas of the country to London (many from Wales actually) in hopes of finding work/wealth/a future and ended up with some rather stark survival choices to make. Many of those transported were such people who'd turned to petty crime or prostitution. Many of those who didn't end up being transported for crimes, ended up selling themselves into indentured servitude in order to try their luck in the New World, having realised rather sharply, that London was not a good place to be if you weren't part of an 'honourable' i.e. apprenticed trade.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:12 PM   #238
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Only parodying the archetypal London arrogance.
As you were.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:18 PM   #239
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I know you were SG.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:56 PM   #240
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