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You're bordering on setting up a straw man in your response to the second quote by automatically translating my statement into one of support for Israeli tactics.  What I'm saying is that Israel has the right to arrest and/or fight terrorist organizations in defense of its citizens.  I am not saying it has the right to take other people's land and terrorize Palestinian civilians.  You're putting words in my mouth.  My statement was a general one -- not directed toward any particular tactic used by Israel.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Dec 10th, 2005 at 08:28:23 PM EST
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You're bordering on setting up a straw man in your response to the second quote by automatically translating my statement into one of support for Israeli tactics.

That would be a legit critique of my reply, had it just been about tactics. But I contend those tactics are part of an entirely different strategy, one not primarily aimed against terror. I contend the right for self-defense is not the issue here, because Israel's actions aren't self-defense.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sun Dec 11th, 2005 at 06:12:24 AM EST
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Perhaps so.  I would argue that it's only partly in the interest of self-defense.  But, again, I'm not speaking to anything specific in the original post.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Dec 11th, 2005 at 03:31:52 PM EST
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