You're joking right?
Nope. Dead serious.
So if government sanctioned assassination is okay for Israel, it must be okay for any other countries/governments right? Hamas can knock off the Israeli PM, N. Korea could assassinate Bush, right?
North Korea certainly has, in the past, gone out of its way to assassinate officials of foreign governments. Clearly they have a history of that.
You'd have to be completely daft to think that Hamas hasn't put some thought into and even attempted to assassinate an Israeli Prime Minister.
We certainly know that most major global leaders are, for some unknown reason to yourself, surrounded by clouds of security . . . . just like Palestinian leaders in fact . . . . . you should have taken a drive through the G-8 summit security at Kananaskis the day after they had left. What a lot of bother for nothing . . . . in your mind at least.
Why the double standard? Israel should be JUST AS accountable for their actions as Hamas or any other lunatic, extremist government.
No double standard at all.
In fact, that's the standard I clearly said should apply. Go ahead and apply it to the Israeli's if you want to. Be my guest. Clearly Israeli leaders are at risk of assassination for what you perceive to be inflammatory actions.
Thanks for agreeing with me. When people like Hamas are duly elected, their actions reflect government policy and they can't hide behind the rationale they've used before.
If they continue to insist they're at war with Israel, then why be surprised if Israel says, "Okay" and kills them?
That's what I said.
That, in turn, is an entirely new concept for Hamas. They appear to think being elected gave them some kind of cloak of invisibility. Not true.
When Hamas was elected I said "congratulations" on the result but also added, "now that crap you're pulling is government policy, with all the heavy responsibilities those actions might bring to yourself."
Frankly, given the demented and immature nature of Hamas leadership, fighting a zero percentage battle it has zero hope of winning, the arrival of this day is hardly a surprise.
Amusingly, the left is fond of saying that old men should be sent to the front line instead of young boys . . . . that would result in fewer wars they say.
Well, here you have a clear case where the old men can be put in the bullseye . . . . .
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