It's WAR in the Middle East!

Discussion in 'Politics' started by skip, Dec 27, 2008.

  1. xexon

    xexon Destroyer Of Worlds

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    There are several load bearing members of our "coalition" that are on the verge of internal meltdown. Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia. They've all got dryrot because of their association in our mess. The radical part of Islam is likely to make them pay for it.

    Then there's Israel. Rogue nation that bites the hand that feeds. A loose cannon with 150-200 nuclear warheads. Their final solution.

    Future's so bright, you better wear shades.


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  2. AquaLight

    AquaLight Senior Member

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    So you want Egypt to open its border so Hamas can hide in the Sinai on Egyptian territory and smuggle weapons as much as they like so it basically shifts from being Israel's problem to Egypt's...Add that to the people abandoning their homes in Gaza and leaving it to the Israeli settlers.

    Nah Egypt isn't that stupid, or at least I hope so.
     
  3. Hiptastic

    Hiptastic Unhedged

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    I hope you broke open the champagne Rat, that's quite a victory for you.
    It isn't occupied, that's a simple fact. The settlements were removed, and the occupation ended. Perhaps the conspiracy websites you memorise and repeat aren't up to date on that.
    A complete stranglehold? Then why are hundreds of rockets being launched from within Gaza? That's strange, its as if you haven't the faintest clue what you are talking about.
    Typical gardener. First you don't even realise Gaza has a border with Egypt, now you are complaining that Hamas isn't allowed to smuggle weapons through it.
     
  4. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    I was always aware Egypt contolled one border, but their control of the border was governered by US aid and Israeli leverage. Otherwise why did Israel's bombing of the tunnels go uncovered by international media during the cease fire? If Egyptian border control is soley controlled by the Egyptians, then fully open it to humanitarian aid. Why not?
     
  5. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    How do we know there aren't Israeli secret forces lobbing rockets into Israel from Gaza? Just trying to provoke a war.
     
  6. AquaLight

    AquaLight Senior Member

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    It is open to humanitarian aid and the wounded Palestinians get treated inside the borders of Egypt and then they're sent back.
     
  7. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    No Israel would like to say that's a fact so that they can cut off all aid and traffic to Gaza. They've already come out with that viewpoint. If Egypt allows traffic then Egypt is responsible for all water, and aid to Gaza. Israel is off the hook.
     
  8. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    Please outline how that takes place. Sent back to be confined by Israel.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians

     
  9. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    How do they get acrrosed the borders? Do they use the tunnels? Or do they have wounded passports/papers that let them into Egypt, then once they are healed they are sent back?
     
  10. AquaLight

    AquaLight Senior Member

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    Usually after they're treated within Egypt they hide in Egyptian homes in the Sinai because of course their status to stay any longer is illegal, and many of them are Hamas members or have close affiliations to them...Hamas in turn is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood which would cease the slightest opportunity to topple the Government and turn Egypt into another Iran... So the police goes door to door picking them up and sending them back...
    Its complicated.

    Read the article it will explain a lot more about whats going on there at the crossing.
    http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/30/63097.html
     
  11. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    How do these humanitarian acts help the Gaza residents?
     
  12. AquaLight

    AquaLight Senior Member

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    Did you check the link?
     
  13. Bonsai Ent

    Bonsai Ent Member

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    Hiptastic,

    Loony conspiracy theorists aside, even the United Nations still refer to Palestine as the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

    Israel refuses to recognise the democratically elected government of Palestine, which means they cannot recognise their sovereignty (because an unoccupied people even have the right to elect belligerent leaders) and if they do not recognise Palestinian sovereignty then Palestine is under de facto occupation.

    I wasn't really aware that anybody, even Israel, disputed that the territory was occupied
     
  14. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    Yeah I check it out:

     
  15. AquaLight

    AquaLight Senior Member

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    That quote you posted isn't from the article, if you read it it says that the border has been open since the Israeli strikes started letting in aid from a few other countries too and recently closed after a border guard got 2 bullets in the chest from the Gazan side.
     
  16. Hiptastic

    Hiptastic Unhedged

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    Its the Egyptian border. Once again you find it terribly unjust that Israel doesn't allow arms smuggling to a regime dedicated to its own destruction. Why?
    But was it uncovered? Or are you just making up facts again.
    WHy don't you ask the Egyptians? It is hilariously naive the way you are so mystified - if Israel and the USA aren't at fault, how could a problem possibly exist? Hard to imagine isn't it gardener! Its beyond the realm of possibility!
    Well gardener, one hint is the fact that they publicly take credit for the attacks. Honestly, how can you not figure that out?

    But again, this is your mentality. I keep asking you how these attacks can be justified, and you can't think of a reason, so you think "oh well Hamas wouldn't do anything bad, only Israel does bad things. Aha! It must be Israel doing the rockets."

    I mean it is really inexcusable that you would look at rocket attacks that Hamas and other terrorist groups publicly take responsibility for, and just tune out their confessions and go looking for a way to blame Israel. Its pathetic.
     
  17. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    That was a cut an paste from the article you linked to. l saw nothing about your claim of two bullets to the chest. Perhaps you need to post another link.
     
  18. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    Keep the spin up. You'll convince a few, but many of us are on to the tactics of those that wish to spin this conflict out of control.
     
  19. AquaLight

    AquaLight Senior Member

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    Here is the whole thing
     
  20. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    Much like Saadam had WMD and bombed the towers. The sky is falling, but I am afraid it's falling on you.
     

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