And just think how different the whole situation would be if Putin wouldn't have taken Crimea and the Revolution of Dignity would have been one in jus...
Uh...how on Earth??? Besides, the atomic bombs weren't that different to the fire bombings: it doesn't matter actually for you on the ground if it's o...
The logic behind bombing of the civilian population was argued a lot before WW2. The argument for this is that a devastating bombardment would make wa...
Spot on. Why is it difficult to be critical about the actions of both sides? Religious extremists have hijacked the stage and people on both sides who...
Then your understanding of international law is different from others. Gaza is simply territory that is military occupied by Israel. Hence the reason ...
Exactly. To argue that Israel hasn't a claim on the West Bank or Gaza is hypocrisy and basically false. A lot of Israeli maps show just how Israelis t...
Uhhh... just how many have been killed in Ukraine compared to this little fight? And there are over 6 million refugees from Ukraine now all over the W...
Problem here is the "foreign land" and the historical legal position of the Palestinians. The problem is, just like with the Kurds, that there was no ...
Do note that the President of Israel is largely a ceremonial role. Would the Israeli politicians listened to him? Not likely. Is something new, @"Tzee...
American response: now when have people's desire for revenge, go after anybody, everywhere and make every conflict with muslims part of the fight. Tha...
I think the point is if Putin would have wanted Crimea and the parts of Ukraine if there wouldn't be any NATO, if it would have been disbanded after t...
Discussion of WW2 would be interesting, but perhaps not for this thread. Count von Icarus: the failure of Market Garden and the Ardennes Offensive was...
Well, Germany had nearly 80 million inhabitants to bomb and let's say, for the time and even now Adolf's gang was a bit more better armed than the Ham...
That's exactly what I'm talking about. Here's a perfect example how peacetime policy goes out of the window once a war starts. Israel can look at the ...
However there is another side to this, what we have quite well seen in the war in Ukraine and is an obvious fact: If the stocks of missiles, guided mu...
That has been surprisingly not only debunked, acknowledged to have been wrong, but also accepted to have been a part of a campaign to have the war wit...
Well, ask how the South Vietnamese feel. The US isn't yet ready to have a discussion of how it basically lost the War in Afghanistan in the similar fa...
I think the real question here is if (or when) Israel and US make the conclusion that Iran was behind this (because Palestinians of course cannot do s...
"We" meaning NATO and the West left once the US decided to leave. Not that the issue was discussed with us, actually. Yet, Afghanistan hasn't provided...
We have to notice that now Israel has a wartime unity government now, hence anything from this on isn't just about Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud. There...
I'd say a creation of the overall development. The crucial issue here is that when the Cold War ended, Israel thought that it ought to make changes as...
Didn't think he would have had said that. But what Dawkins says that there's no need for religion, and simply those questions on ethics that science c...
Ok, now I got your point. Well, there's a lot to say about Dawkins view. I think in a nutshell it is that you don't have an objective answer to subjec...
These are Americans thinking of the situation! Remember it's not the AIPAC or the Jewish living in the US. Many of them who follow politics in Israel ...
How is it logical consistent? Is it logical to crave for a country that hasn't existed and before the present was a British Mandate and before that pa...
Just to mention from the OP. In Bacon's time people were religious. Rarely were people atheist. That science and atheism would hold hands came only fa...
You understand how hollow that sounds. Perhaps Hamas destroys the Israeli nuclear and chemical weapons deterrence totally and defeats militarily the I...
In war people rally around their politicians, at the start, typically. And likely Fatah approval is very low: after all, they have had to run a countr...
So low? I mean, too bad for the 42% that now have fear for their lives and their family, as the terrorists have achieved in making a terrorist attack ...
If that would be true, how would Fatah then have power in the West Bank? Ought to have been overthrown, if the Palestinians so ardently believe in Ham...
Again in my opinion, wrong. I think the majority of both Israelis and Palestinians would want peace and accept a two state solution. Especially surpri...
Wrong, Hannover. Mahmud Abbas of Fatah (the guy succeeding Jasser Arafat) has consistently made the case for the two-state solution. Abbas: And why th...
Yes, I think there is an agreement that one motivation for Hamas to do this was the warming or Saudi-Israeli ties. If Saudi-Arabia would recognize Isr...
Exactly. Of course I would say that the leadership of Hamas thinks far more like Bibi Netanyahu. That with talk you won't achieve peace. Appeasement i...
They don't have to be bled dry. Perhaps the final solution type of answer wouldn't be so great in the minds of Israelis when they have other options. ...
What is your reasoning to argue that? I think of only a political blessing or perhaps Hezbollah showing "solidarity". I would be very sceptic of the A...
How does that really help? The assumption that Egypt or any other national entity coming to assistance is highly unlikely, basically only theoretical....
Uuhh.... you do understand that arming half a million people, and training half a million people cost enormous mounts of money and you have to have hu...
That would be a Russian solution, yes. Russians don't say to Ukrainians that they are going to destroy this certain building, so keep clear... Of cour...
Bibi and the Israeli leadership understands that for now they will have the support of those that will support them, but that can change if some "fina...
I think they might intervene, if Iran intervenes. Or who knows, make a "pre-emptive" attack on Iran or Hezbollah. Of course it's a way to show support...
Or perhaps Hamas could get much restock and replenishment for attacking Israel. Unfortunately many good meaning initiatives have backfired. Basically ...
Haaretz says that over 600 Israelis have been killed. Let's see where that number goes to (up or down). But the reality is that Israel was caught surp...
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