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Originally Posted by shinerbock
You're right, Israel's situation isn't like 9/11. Its probably worse. Sure we as Americans have terrorism in the back of our minds, somewhere, but for Israelis, it is in the forefront, EVERYONE has been touched by it, and everyone must live in constant fear of it. Also, the IRA example is terrible. You act as though the British simply singled out the terrorists...Forgetting the fact that they beat, killed and spit on the Irish in the north, regardless of whether they were actually members of IRA or the PIRA. Now if Israel began going in and beating up everybody who was thought to sympathize with Hezbollah, that would be similar to some of what the British did in the North.
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Ah yes because that's exactly what the British did
That the Brits "beat, killed, and spit on the Irish in the North"... first off if that were true it would have been entirely counterproductive to do that to the population that they were "protecting"... or do you mean that they singled out the Catholics as IRA sympathizers? 'Cause if that's the case it also falls far short of the truth as well ~ the vast majority (something like 83%) of asssaults or violent confrontations didn't involve the Brits but rather Protestant terrorists going after Catholics... and Catholic terrorists going after Protestants. I do find it interesting that you are using the exact same arguements (degredation and oppression of people) as a justification for a terror group that the Palestinians are... interesting how perspectives can change isn't it?