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Originally Posted by Sliver
k, well that would have saved me a fk ton of time reading your posts in this thread - as you asked me to do - when you could have just stated your new and improved opinion. lol, who answers a question with "read my past posts" only to have those past posts brought up and then says "yeah, I don't think that anymore"?
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I didn't ask you to do anything. I said you can read them if you want evidence of where I stand, which you then chose to do. I said "you can search the thread if you want". So, you could have saved yourself (and me) a fk ton of time by taking my word for it and then not acting like the victim.
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Anyway, glad to know you now believe the indiscriminate bombing of civilians is not okay.
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Sorry, what do you mean 'now'? While my position has evolved as the facts of the conflict have evolved, I have never supported killing civilians. Only a fool or hyper-partisan doesn't change their opinion over time (which is part of my initial complaint). Again, I wish no civilians were killed. I wish that this conflict didn't start. I wish there were no Israeli settlements in the West Bank. I wish there wasn't a death cult governing Gaza and supported by several nations. There are lots of things I wish weren't the case, including the death of innocents. I wish it was two armies lining up across each other and settling things, but I'm not familiar with any war where civilians didn't die. Particularly when part of the strategy of at least one participant is to maximize civilian deaths on both sides. Where my view has changed is that Israel went from mostly targeting Hamas targets to mostly bombing indiscriminately. Israel should be taking more care in their assault. But let's not forget that Hamas has never stopped (other than a short cease fire) launching indiscriminate missile attacks on Israeli civilians. Yes, Israel should be held to a higher standard but not an impossible standard.