Cheat Sheet
The Best In Brief
THANK YOU
Your feedback has been sent!
Israel Strikes Gaza
Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, wounding at least seven people, despite a recent informal promise of a ceasefire from Gaza. Gaza's Hamas rulers had recently agreed to stop firing rockets, which Hamas's interior minister said was designed to prevent Israeli retaliation. Israel's offensive in December and January killed 1,400 Palestinians, according to U.N. estimates. Thirteen Israelis were killed. The offensive was meant to crush rocket squads that had disturbed Southern Israel for years. “We will defend ourselves with all means possible and we will counter any new offensives,” said a spokesman for Hamas, after the Israeli strikes.
COPYRIGHT © 2008-10 RTST, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Demsdisorder
Good for them
Plantagenet
Hamas promised to stop firing rockets from Gaza into Israel and then fired another rocket into Israel. Obviously Israel has the right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamasitan.
Demsdisorder
I cannot believe Israel puts up with the palestinian parasites they need to be wiped off the face of the earth. poor Israel just wants to live in peace.
reasonable
Hi Plantagenet!
Does it help or hurt your arguments when demsdisorder agrees with you?
Plantagenet
Hi reasonable!
Arguments and political positions stand or fall based on their own merits. Isn't that the most reasonable way to evaluate arguments?
reasonable
Hi Plantagenet!
I haven't seen any reasonable arguments presented on TDB yet, but if I do I'll let you know.
jojo12
Plant: Suggest you read the comment again. At this time, the Palestinians did not fire rockets into Israel. The Israeli's made a preemptive strike against buildings where they suspected the Palestinians were making weapons.
ACR1493
what else is new...........
crymeariver
Israeli aircraft? I think you mean AMERICAN aircraft and/ U.S. tax-payer bought aircraft. Give credit where credit is due.
when-the-whip-comes-down
This is just another case of Israel provoking for some new weapons.
keepakeeper43
Israel could still be an independent soverign nation without the help of of the United States.
...for about 10 minutes.
theschmooze
The US meddles in a lot of countries around the world at taxpayer expense. Some of that meddling is necessary. I would love to see more $ spent in places like The Sudan where there is immeasurable human suffering, instead of places like Iraq and Afghanistsn. The US has a long history of ignoring a variety of countries where human rights are being violated regularly and wholesale slaughter is taking place. These places usually don't have anything to offer us in return, so the slaughter continues.
Garvagh
Let us keep in mind that 1400 Palestinians were killed by the Israelis, and was it four Israelis killed by the Palestinians, during the murderous Israeli rampage in Gaza a year ago?
nortonclybourn
"I disagree with the Obama administration on that," Palin told Walters. "I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead."
crymeariver
Yes Norton,
it's already been established that Sarah Palin is both a moron and a religious zealot who would be happy with the destruction of a Jewish state either via settlement expansion or the return of the Christians before they kill off the Jews. Leave her alone to sell her books; she doesn't belong in a topic dealing with foreign policy.
Garvagh
nortonclybourn - - Bravo! An imbecile even worse than George W. Bush! Palin is an eager stooge of the neocons manipulating US foreign policy in an insane effort to enable continuing oppression of the Palestinians by the Israelis.
winston1
Garvagh I hate to disapoint you obama holds that title..
theschmooze
It may help us all to remember that war and hatred between the Jews and the Arabs is not new. It has been going on for a few thousand years, long before the US sold anything to Israel. This in mind, brings me to the conclusion, one that I arrived at long ago, that there will never be peace between the Jews and the Arabs. I will celebrate long and hard if the day arrives that a lasting peace occurs.
Garvagh
theschmooze- - Israel has a solid offer of peace before it, and its failure to take the offer owes not a little to the many people who argue "why make peace"? Translation, of course, is that with the US to provide protection, at the cost of course of tens of billions per year, why not continue to oppress the Palestinians?
kscr14
Here we go again...........
kscr14
Here we go again...........
TaterSalad
Obama isn't going to like this one and surely isn't going to put up with this any longer. Israel better ah..........ah............ah........well, I have to go now on vacation, I'll get back with ya' all !
winston1
TaterDalad Where are you going on vacation? I hope it's not Palestine.
Thank you.
As a first time user, your comment has been submitted for review. It can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or two for your comment to be reviewed, depending on the time of week and the volume of comments we receive.