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Originally Posted by gvitaly
So the family of the friends you lost, just carried on? They just said it's our fault, so we're okay with it? I have a very hard time believing it.
I agree that the conflict has to stop, but it takes both sides.The only reason that the right wing government is elected in Israel is because people are scared. They hope that the right wing government would actually defend the citizens, so it's a requirement to do something. Anyways, I don't see it as a solution as I don't see it working with the cultures in the middle east. Anything that is interpreted as weakness is simply used against you in that climate. A decision not to retaliate would just let the Hamas propaganda shout about how mighty it is and how Israel is afraid to do anything about it.
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Both my friends were in the army and killed in seperate incidents, both families were heart broken but it was a fact of life in the UK if you joined up, the worst outpouring of rage against the IRA I ever remember was when they blew up Sefton and killed 7 other horses in the Hyde Park bombing of 1982, 4 soldiers were also killed but I couldnt name one of them, but Sefton the horse is etched into my mind, it was the killing of the horses that outraged the UK, I will grant you though we Brits are really weird that way.