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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:15 PM
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Israeli minister puts 'moral' case for Arafat assassination
Senior Israeli minister Ehud Olmert said that the assassination of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat would be considered to put a halt to the killing of innocent civilians.

"From a fundamental, moral point of view, I want to put this question to every man of conscience," said Mr Olmert, who is Industry Minister and No. 2 in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government.

"How many more civilians must be killed ... before someone will come and say, 'Hey, let's stop the man who has been responsible for all of this?'

"It's well known that he is the head of a terrorist gang."

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/15/1063478121883.html

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StandWatie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:17 PM
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1. lol..
unintentionally funny..
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Resistance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:22 PM
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2. I love it when
Satan's minions try to give the "moral point of view"
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:34 PM
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3. "The question is not whether we get rid of Arafat, but rather how."
So said IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon today, adding that this question is bothering not only Israel, but also the Americans, the Europeans, Egypt, and the Arabs in general. "There are those within that are trying to lead an approach of abandoning terrorism, in the understanding that it is in their interest," Yaalon said.

The Chief of Staff said that the Arab offer of another ceasefire, broadcast on Israeli media today by leading PA military official Jibril Rajoub, is merely an attempt to "tempt us with another hudna, because they are afraid of what will happen to them...

http://israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=49858
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Ergotron Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:41 PM
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4. Can there be peace with Arafat still alive...
and at the head of the palestinians? Why should I even care about the palestinians? Most Americans can't even find the U.S. on a map of the world, let alone Israel!
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quilp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 07:12 PM
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5. Can't find Palestine either. Thanks to the Israelis.
n/t
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StandWatie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 07:18 PM
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6. because it's why we have a "war on terror"
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drewb Donating Member (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 08:58 PM
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7. What did Bpilgrim say???
"The IDF, the most moral army in the world."

or something to that effect...
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newyorican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 09:04 PM
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8. actually...
that's the title they give themselves...believe it or not.
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drewb Donating Member (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 05:34 AM
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11. Well, thanks for that, that's interesting...
Wonder where Bpilgrim is these days???
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tinnypriv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 01:21 AM
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10. Yeah, "Tohar Hanehshek"
Purity of arms.

Utter bollocks, obviously.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 09:20 PM
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9. Oh really?
I'll just masturbate once more with the most erotic sex toy ever known and then stop for good.

That's what it boils down to.

Just as much as I won't stop whacking after that, nor will the Israelis stop after whacking Arafat. Surely when Arafat's got lots of people who will then have a martyr. These Israelis are true DUMBFUCK BRAINLESS DIKLESS DIPSHITS if they think that killing one person will have any positive effet! DUH! It won't! It will only exacerbate the problem 500-fold!

And nobody's considered how the Palestinians are going to respond, and I doubt they're going to sit back and take this death threat with anything less than seriousness and contempt toward the Israelis, remember what Dim Son* did after Hussein threatened Poppy? He* invaded the country and ruined and killed the lives of THOUSANDS. With "luck", the Palestinians will invade Israel and prove that karma can sadly be cruel. (luck in a sarcastic way, I wish everybody would grow up and resolve this stuff peacefully, sigh...)

The leaders of Israel are hardly naive innocents either. Let's kill their leaders too. Why not? Leaders cause far more problems than the civilian population. Seems fair and moral to me. (that's sarcastic, too. But the point is being made, killing a leader does no good, especially when the leader's got followers. Even Dim Son* has followers.)

We need peace, diplomacy, and humanity. Not brute force and tactical nukes. Bush is the biggest abomination as well, but I won't go there right now.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 06:06 AM
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12. I think Alabama Judge Roy Moore should post the Ten Commandments
in Jerusalem, right outside Sharon's office. They should pay particular attention to the Seventh Commandment, "Do Not Murder"!

Let's see the gangsters in Israel's government spin that one!
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Gimel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 07:08 AM
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13. The entire world
has rewritten Olmert interview, extracting phrases and procaiming it the Israeli policy. Even though Foreign Minister Silan Shalom has spoken in press conferences about the actual government position, this comment will wave forever in the minds of propagandists everywhere.

More glory to Israel. The truth will trimuph.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 08:41 AM
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14. "More glory to Israel" assumes
that there is some glory to start with.Neither side has a damn thing to claim any kind of glory over.
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Resistance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 08:45 AM
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15. Remember, forkboy
Edited on Wed Sep-17-03 08:51 AM by Resistance
Gimel thinks that G-d gave the land to Jews and not Arabs - so you needn't waste your time arguing from any moral or ethical viewpoint. The "truth" will be revealed to the rest of us any day now, y'know
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Gimel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 10:23 AM
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17. I think that
G-d gave life to humans so they can learn to understand what life means, to praise G-d, and to learn to live in peace. The Israelites were promised a land, and they shall have it. They do have it. The Palestinians, as they call themselves now, have demanded their own homeland they shall have it. But they shall not steal the land from the Israelites, and vice versa.

Thanks for you efforts, Resistance, but I prefer to define my own beliefs. How about You? What do you believe?
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sushi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 10:08 AM
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16. You need new glasses
Are you really blind or are you just pretending?
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newyorican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-03 04:17 PM
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18. cognitive dissonance
and a rather severe case at that.
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