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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Israel was attacked, in 1949, in 1967 (there is some revisionist history that suggests Israel could have prevented '67 but it was still attacked) in 1972 and again 4 weeks ago, they didnt start any of these wars they just won them, apparently the only country in the world we expect to not fight back when they are attacked, the only country in the world we expect to give back land they have captured in wars they didn't start but won just happens to be Jewish, we dont expect this of any other country, just Israel.
Is this anti Semitism? I suspect it is even if most of the people that believe it aren't aware of it
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It's not anti-Semitism; quit being simple.
We do expect them to fight back. They're fighting the wrong people, though. They need to find Hamas and stop killing civilians. Sorry that's a tough job, but it's the job.
I felt the same way when the USA attacked Iraq. First of all, I didn't believe in the WMD tale since that was literally the conclusion of the weapon's inspectors - no WMD. But more importantly, I didn't think destroying a country made any sense whatsoever for the actions of a terrorist organization. Was I an anti-Semite then, too? It makes about as much sense.
With Afghanistan, I also thought intelligence and precision would have won the day there, not a full-on multi-nation offensive army. Turns out Bin Laden was caught and killed using intelligence and a precision team, too. In Pakistan, mind you. That one was pretty anti-Semitic of me, though, I'll admit.