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Originally Posted by Azure
Your driveby posts are as usual, great.
As is your extremely simplistic viewpoint on an extremely complex situation.
Either way, Hamas is an internationally recognized terrorist organization that openly(proven in the last page, again) uses civilian targets as a way to gain public approval. But nice try in trying to paint them in a nice way. Concerning actually that you would even want too. Perhaps you have a problem accepting the fact that they are at best, still a terrorist organization hellbent on destroying a country and killing a bunch of innocent people, many of them fellow Arabs? Referring to them as simply a 'democratically elected government' while painting Israel as evil nation destroying the lives of the Palestinian people shows your true bias in regards to the whole situation. Sad that you would stoop so low, as I always figured you had a unique and interesting take on most situations with the ability to cut through the BS. Apparently not.
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Exhausting ad hominem aside, there is serious truth in his statement that you need to be considering if you're going to make a balanced argument.
Hamas was indeed elected by the people, and maintained a very high approval rating for a number of years. While the approval rating was dipping, this conflict could like spark another increase.
The fact of the matter is, whether you, Flash, or I really believe it to be true, what he said is exactly representative of the feelings of the Palestinian people about Israel:
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
the extremely aggressive, international law flaunting militaristic nation that has been occupying their territory for decades and who is currently bombarding them with indescriminate weapons like flechette ordinance.
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Whether you or I think Israel is evil or the one destroying the lives of the Palestinian people is irrelevant on every level, because THEY believe it to be true. That is why they fight, that is why they elect and support those who want Israel destroyed.
To them, Israel is indeed evil. It would be unwise to sit back and tell them how they should feel about it. Israel and it's supporters don't take kindly to be told to just "deal with" the rocket attacks, why would you think the situation is different on the other side?