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kick n/t MadHound Nov 2012 #1
(ahem) Gaza still IS in the middle ages. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #2
Spoken like one who has never been there, MadHound Nov 2012 #3
No, I haven't been there, but they've been stuck in the middle ages and can't get out. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #4
Umm, who put up that wall? MadHound Nov 2012 #5
Actually, the US and Britain are responsible for that wall. We plopped down a new country... HopeHoops Nov 2012 #6
Frankly I think that the US is the only one who can successfully intervene, MadHound Nov 2012 #7
Egypt is the only one. If Hamas doesn't stop lobbing random missiles into Israel,... HopeHoops Nov 2012 #12
Then without us, who will rein in Israel? MadHound Nov 2012 #24
Don't get your hopes up. It was a mess waiting to happen from day one. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #28
What exactly can and should the US do? Hamas certainly has some grievances like economics, bluestate10 Nov 2012 #17
Umm, it was those economic, travel, and settlement problems MadHound Nov 2012 #25
"In fact Israel is pretty much responsible for the hell hole conditions in Gaza period." ellisonz Nov 2012 #20
What is that supposed to convince me about? MadHound Nov 2012 #26
That Hamas has zero respect for internal political opposition. ellisonz Nov 2012 #27
Actually, the Middle Ages was a time when Report1212 Nov 2012 #11
Good point, and quite true. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #13
Israel wants the Palestines to go away, Palestine wants Israel to go away Marrah_G Nov 2012 #8
The Americans tried to "blow Vietnam back to the middle ages". Didn't work out too well. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #9
Actually, Air Force General Curtis Lemay wanted to blow Vietnam "back to the coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #16
Hmm. I wouldn't think Israel would want any sort of repeat of the Middle Ages. Marr Nov 2012 #10
An election is coming up in Israel. Unfortunately, no one on the Israeli side can be viewed as weak. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #14
The Shas party are the Jewish Taliban! An extremist ultra orthodox party. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #15
Is Shas not part of the Israeli government? Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #18
David "F--king Duke" Was Technically Part Of The U.S. Government, Not That Long Ago/nt DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #19
Tea Party Rethugs are part of our government. So are LaRouchies. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #21
"not supporting Israel materially(at least not yet)" lovebird07 Nov 2012 #22
this might blow back for him, since the Middle Ages came before 1947 MisterP Nov 2012 #23
K&R. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #29
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