Israel/Palestine

polly7

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21. The settlers considered the Native Americans extremely belligerent.

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:11 AM

Jun 2015

After all, they were on 'their' land and had to be removed, those that didn't agree were killed and often tortured in horrible ways. Defense of their land and settlements was met with extreme measures - don't you agree? But they were definitely considered the bad guys (terrorists), just as the Palestinians objecting to their confinement, loss of land, homes, livelihoods, lives are and have been for so many years.

'Terrorists' wasn't a handy word back then, but absolutely it would have been applied exactly the same way.

Real 'Terrorism' - deliberately attacking civilians and civilian targets in the world's largest open-air prison and all the other goodies they've been subjected to that cause fear and utter hopelessness - just as for any other targeted people in the world.

That is WHY. It's not fucking rocket science.

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Fifty-One Days of Israeli Terror in Gaza [View all] polly7 Jun 2015 OP

What utter hypocrisy! The Gazans have no one but themselves to blame for the war they chose. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #1

LOL. Just like the north american indigenous people should blame themselves! polly7 Jun 2015 #13

Trying to compare belligerent terrorists to Native Americans IS pretty sad. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #14

Indeed, why would anyone want to do that? grossproffit Jun 2015 #16

Why ? King_David Jun 2015 #18

The settlers considered the Native Americans extremely belligerent. polly7 Jun 2015 #21

Still digging, I see. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #24

You say they can end the war anytime they want brush Jun 2015 #26

The Israeli's DID give them back Gaza. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #27

They're in a prison in Gaza brush Jun 2015 #28

They're under siege in Gaza because they've chosen to wage aggressive war against their neighbors. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #29

Gaza was just about annihilated . . . brush Jun 2015 #32

Gaza is what Hamas has made it. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #33

What about the bulldozed homes and groves, land grabs and settlements? brush Jun 2015 #34

Yes, I noticed your attempt to change the subject. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #35

Neither am I Fozzledick....... Israeli Jun 2015 #36

I can't imagine why you think Gideon Levy is a credible source Fozzledick Jun 2015 #39

I cant imagine why you think he isnt ......nt. Israeli Jun 2015 #40

I see Gideon Levy is having trouble again with definitions - like the word "occupied". shira Jun 2015 #44

Ok, that's makes everything else all right then? brush Jun 2015 #42

Enough deflections. The Palestinians keep rejecting 2 state solutions... shira Jun 2015 #45

"Trying to compare belligerent terrorists to Native Americans IS pretty sad." R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2015 #41

Native Americans realize Jews are indigenous to the land, including Judea... shira Jun 2015 #46

You have become both a professor of inaccurate history and a spolesman for the First Nations? R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2015 #50

Comparing Native Americans to Hamas is highly insulting. shira Jun 2015 #52

Vacy Vlazna is a batshit crazy leftist anti-Semite. oberliner Jun 2015 #2

That opinion still stands. n/t Little Tich Jun 2015 #5

............ polly7 Jun 2015 #11

It's the article that is the problem oberliner Jun 2015 #19

Is it okay to post articles by Vacy Vlazna King_David Jun 2015 #3

Apparently so. grossproffit Jun 2015 #6

Did you see this hateful article posted here yesterday? King_David Jun 2015 #7

Not surprised by that one either. grossproffit Jun 2015 #8

It's strange that you don't seem to be offended by what Oren said but were more R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2015 #43

We're on a liberal board where everyone should be appalled by rank bigotry... shira Jun 2015 #47

The bigotry was Oren's. The fake poutrage is yours. R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2015 #49

LOL!!! polly7 Jun 2015 #9

You're using Vacy Vlazna as a source speaks volumes. grossproffit Jun 2015 #15

Its not so much the 'source' as the author, King_David Jun 2015 #17

............ polly7 Jun 2015 #12

I consider Vacy Vlazna to be an anti-Semite. Beware... n/t Little Tich Jun 2015 #4

.......... polly7 Jun 2015 #10

The messenger had to be shot down. I hope you would have done the same for me. n/t Little Tich Jun 2015 #20

You mean the 'message' has to be shut down! polly7 Jun 2015 #22

I believe the IDF committed war crimes in Gaza. Little Tich Jun 2015 #23

Are you really ignorant of Hamas' human shields policy? Fozzledick Jun 2015 #25

From what I understand there was one Palestinian and one Israeli case of the use of human shields Little Tich Jun 2015 #30

Are you trying to be "cute"? Your profession of ignorance strains credibility. Fozzledick Jun 2015 #31

Your own assertions are not proof enough, sorry. n/t Little Tich Jun 2015 #37

Well, if that's your game... Fozzledick Jun 2015 #38

You trust a clownish UNHR commission ruled by brutal tyrants... shira Jun 2015 #48

No reason HassleCat Jun 2015 #51

+1 840high Jun 2015 #53

You mean what some refer to as harmless firecrackers? grossproffit Jun 2015 #54

Depends on your perspective, I guess HassleCat Jun 2015 #55

i agree with you. grossproffit Jun 2015 #56