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Here's one of those over-hyped rockets fired at Israel nearly daily, a mere 175kg warhead of explosives and shrapnel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr-5 http:/

Here's one of those over-hyped rockets fired at Israel nearly daily, a mere 175kg warhead of explosives and shrapnel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr-5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr-5 175 kilograms. A suicide bomber, capable of killing dozens and maiming many more, would usually only carry about 10kg on their body. You're living in the comfort of your first world country (which at some point of history was, surely, involved in a bloodbath of one kind or another), and criticize those who need to fight for their lives and their loved ones. What the fuck do you know about the Middle East, its history, culture and how conflicts are solved there? Are you spreading your enlightenment around, Bush style, spewing your opinions of those who have to live through a reality you are thousands of miles away from?

ilaksh 12y ago
I know that it is a long history which is generally misconstrued deliberately by Western and Israeli media. Israel is not fighting for its life. Israel mostly won, and is now terrorizing civilian Palestinians and killing them in order to finish taking over the area again (which they previously controlled). I'm not saying the rockets aren't a real threat, the threat is just overhyped and used as an excuse to abuse the Palestinians.
- flyinglizard 12y ago
  Saying Israel is at war with Gaza to take Gaza strip is like saying the American military went to war with Afghanistan to colonize Kabul. It doesn't matter who "won" in the bigger scheme of things, what matters is that Israel, like any other country, is obliged to provide its citizens with the maximal level of personal safety. Having rockets and mortars shot at, teenagers kidnapped and executed and - last but not least - tunnels spanning kilometers that go underneath its borders and allow dozens of Jihadists to emerge in the middle of a neighborhood, contradicts the safety the government is entrusted to provide its citizens (of which 20% are Arabs, by the way - not that it matters).
erokar 12y ago
Israeli death toll: 25 soldiers, 2 civilians. Palestinian death toll: Nearing 600, over 150 children killed.
adventured 12y ago
You're on a site that is heavily about sharing views and opinions. I can't imagine what value your anger contributes here, given the supposed low quality of the opinions here according to your response (after all, how many people on HN could possibly know anything about the Middle East per your rant, thus nearly all opinions here are disqualified). Conflicts are not solved there, they never have been. That's the problem.
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ilaksh 12y ago

I know that it is a long history which is generally misconstrued deliberately by Western and Israeli media. Israel is not fighting for its life. Israel mostly won, and is now terrorizing civilian Palestinians and killing them in order to finish taking over the area again (which they previously controlled). I'm not saying the rockets aren't a real threat, the threat is just overhyped and used as an excuse to abuse the Palestinians.

flyinglizard 12y ago
Saying Israel is at war with Gaza to take Gaza strip is like saying the American military went to war with Afghanistan to colonize Kabul. It doesn't matter who "won" in the bigger scheme of things, what matters is that Israel, like any other country, is obliged to provide its citizens with the maximal level of personal safety. Having rockets and mortars shot at, teenagers kidnapped and executed and - last but not least - tunnels spanning kilometers that go underneath its borders and allow dozens of Jihadists to emerge in the middle of a neighborhood, contradicts the safety the government is entrusted to provide its citizens (of which 20% are Arabs, by the way - not that it matters).

erokar 12y ago

Israeli death toll: 25 soldiers, 2 civilians. Palestinian death toll: Nearing 600, over 150 children killed.

adventured 12y ago

You're on a site that is heavily about sharing views and opinions. I can't imagine what value your anger contributes here, given the supposed low quality of the opinions here according to your response (after all, how many people on HN could possibly know anything about the Middle East per your rant, thus nearly all opinions here are disqualified). Conflicts are not solved there, they never have been. That's the problem.

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