Well actually that link isn't really an article at all.
It's a discussion forum and although the first poster supports Israel many others don't. So it doesn't prove anything except that the issue has been around for a long time.
Sparky55:
(It) only proves that anyone wishing to find information on either side of this issue can do so in a matter of seconds.
Well I wouldn't really call that "information". There was no substance to it. It was a rant.
Of course my opinions, (and yours too), are not information either.
Information has to be verifiable facts.
... the loose use of terms such as Zionists, Jihadists, Ethnic Cleansing and genocide only serve to increase the irrational and emotional basis of the urinary olympics currently being held in the CS forums.
Oh I'm pretty particular about not using terms loosely.
When I speak of "Ethnic Cleansing" I mean a policy of driving people from their land on the basis of ethnicity.
When I speak of "Genocide" I mean the same thing with the exception that the victims are killed instead of being simply deposessed of everything they own.
When I speak of Zionists I mean those who adhere to Zionism (look it up if you don't know what it means).
As for "Jihadists" I don't think I've ever used the term in my life.
We could argue these points, the merits of the sources of videos and news items for as long as the strife has been going on in the middle east and it will prove or solve nothing.
That's debatable. I know when I hear sound reasoning it affects me. And it can change the way I see things.
But then you're not me.
And that's OK, It takes all kinds.
I'm not referring to you but there are some people on this forum that have nothing better to do with their lives than stir up shit.
Well, to be honest.
It's pretty hard to walk in this world without stirring the shit a bit.
The international meddling in this issue has only served to exacerbate the problem. I think it's time for the US and other nations to go hands off and let the cards fall where they may.
It's about 60 years too late for that.
The US has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into Israel over the years, much of it in the form of military equipment.
If you want to level the playing field and let them fight it out among themselves, first either the US should give the same amount of aid (of all sorts) to the Palestinians, or the US should get everything back that they gave to the Israelis (with interest of course).
But neither of those options is likely to happen.
So forget the level playing field.
The only remaining solution is for the world community to go in and occupy and disarm all of Palestine, even the part that calls itself Israel.
And I believe that WILL happen one day.
Sooner than we might think.