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There are no rationales for murdercide bombings, Loudmouth and company are desensitized to cold blooded murder.
I respectfully disagree. Defending your country, family, or property from invasion is a legitimate reason for killing other people. The question of killing innocent civilians through terror attacks is a different matter, and the moral lines are much hazier. But lets not forget about the killing of palestinian innocents either. What is collateral damage to the Israelis seems like genocide to the palestinians. If it were up to me I would let them fight it out by themselves without anyone looking over their shoulders, winner take all. It will probably end that way anyway even with the UN or US help.
Am I desensitized? Maybe. Great Grandfather in WWI, Grandfather in WWII, Dad in Vietnam. . . I was afraid to enlist just because they might start a war just for me. The legacy of war in America is a bloody and violent one. I just prefer not to ignore it and claim that America has clean hands. Afterall, our nation was founded by terrorists, otherwise known as our Founding Fathers. We called it a revolution, the british called it treason. Both are probably right.
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This crazy world is obsessed with playing umpire and assigning blame equally. Palestinian murder/terror is a far cry from the methods of Ghandi or any other oppressed group that rises through legitimate methods.
The US is obsessed with playing umpire with it's Army. We unjustly blame those who don't bend to our wishes. If North Korea were attacking South Korea like Israel attacks Palestine, American guns would be a blazin'. Don't kid yourself. Next time you want to shed a tear for the plight of the Jew, think about the oppression of the palestinians at the hands of Israel. If you think Sharon want's peace you have another thing coming. They didn't nickname him "The Bulldozer" for nothing.