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Originally Posted by Flame4Ever
Lanny,
I just wanted to say that it is extremely rare to find somebody as informed as you about the situation in the Middle East as you are in Canada. I've seen far too many people being brainwashed by CNN that it's frustrating to discuss it with most people I meet.
I wanted to thank you for taking a wll thought out position on this matter. Personally, I'm not a big fan of Israel and have disliked them since they bombed my native land (Tunisia) in the 80s to destroy suspected PLO training camps.
While I dislike Israel, like you I flip flop over what happens in that area based on the actions of poth sides. I think you have reasonably argued why what Israel is doing right now is wrong in so many ways. It always pains me to here that a people who have suffered so much persecution can have so little regard for human life.
Aside from the people they have killed directly with their bombs, Israel will harm thousands more by destroying Lebanon's infrastructure and isolating Beirut.
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Thank you for the kind words.
I try to learn as much as possible about the events that have the potential to shape our world. I also do my best to read between the lines and understand what information really matters. There are two sides to every story, and somewhere in bewteen the extremes is the truth. Sadly, I find people here in North America accept one side of the story as the gospel and fail to understand the other side of the story. The propagandists on the extreme right have managed to poison the zeitgeist and align it with the messages they hope to resonate within the echo chamber. It is this echo effect that we see the results of for the most part. I feel it is our responsibility to educate ourselves on the facts and not succumb to the mind numbing stupidity that is portrayed as truth in the media. Without trying to understand the whole story, we become just another nodding head in a sea of yes men who let the actions we are witnessing in the middle east take place.