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In reply to the discussion: Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war [View all]iemanja
(57,751 posts)96. I watched it
and much of what she says is factual. Some I disagree with. My question to you is: what is the alternative to a negotiated peace? Destroy Lebanon as Israel has destroyed Gaza? Do you think that will end the threat? I do not. I think more terrorists will emerge, perhaps exponentially--after watching their family members killed. I think families who had no terrorists in them will likely produce terrorists bent on Israel's destruction. So how does Israel end the threat? What is enough? When is enough accomplished? How many must die for Israel to be confident it has secured its peace? Which countries are next?
Did you watch The Children of Gaza? What did you think?
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Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war [View all]
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2024
OP
When one gets to that obvious overkill ratio, it's getting into war crime territory.
brush
Sep 2024
#72
You keep refusing to address my questions. I'll address yours, like an honest interlocutor.
Happy Hoosier
Sep 2024
#75
You are actually comparing WWll battles between independent, sorverign nations...
brush
Sep 2024
#76
We agree on some things, some things not. As for the thread not being about Gaza...
brush
Sep 2024
#88
I heard on Democracy Now this morning that the IDF had called cell phones & land lines in the area
maxsolomon
Sep 2024
#2
I wonder how many women and children were prevented from leaving by the Hezbollah militants.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#6
About a weel ago, IDF distributed leaflets in southern Lebanon telling people to evacuate
PufPuf23
Sep 2024
#10
So are the American politicians who have enabled and emboldened him to behave thusly.
RockRaven
Sep 2024
#52
You are correct. All that is required is for Hezbollah to abandon its only reason to exist.
TomSlick
Sep 2024
#19
Indeed. That's why this believer is a dues paying member of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
TomSlick
Sep 2024
#105
It is pretty pathetic when your only reason to exist is attack civilians across international borders.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#53
What chutzpah from this dibbuk Bibi with the UN General Assembly meeting in NYC.
C0RI0LANUS
Sep 2024
#8
Jewish blood has always been cheap and worthless in western civilization's history.
AZLD4Candidate
Sep 2024
#22
Thanks, you've been a great defender of the Jewish people and a great critic of China.
MarineCombatEngineer
Sep 2024
#24
No, I think it's the disproportionate nature of the response that disturbs people
iemanja
Sep 2024
#25
The crux of the whole thing for most of us on this forum is the issue of proportionality
elias7
Sep 2024
#106
With the Pager/Walkie-Talkie attacks, Israel did "go after the real perpetrators".
maxsolomon
Sep 2024
#100