isoLadyOwner
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx quote:
I do not support the USA aggressively imposing Democracy on any society through unprovoked war. If one has a political idiology imposed upon them how is that democracy? When you have your cronies vote your gang into power under force of ams that is called a puppet state Iraq and Afghanistan are run by puppet governments and Libya is slated for the same. The alternative to puppet governments in the Middle East or Libya is an islamist theocracy, hostile to the West, or a strongman Dictator. Obviously Iraq and Afghanistan are currently touted as Democracies by the USA. quote:
ORIGINAL: tweakabelle quote:
Someone mentioned that they hoped the SAMs would be launched into Israel from Gaza for example. Inaccurate missiles are unlikely to protect the residents of Gaza since they are basically inaccurate and apt to slam into an Israeli school or civilian homes which would lead to heavy handed and likely disproportionately aggressive IDF reprisals against the Palestinians. I've seen footage of Israeli soldiers shooting at Palestinian schoolgirls, it was very sad. Those SAMs, if used in Gaza, would lead to more Palestinian schoolgirls being gunned down by the IDF, more homes razed, more senseless destruction. Whether SAMs are particularly accurate or not, a Surface to Air Missile that misses its target might eventually land on civilians. You may well have a point about the accuracy of SAMs. I really haven't the foggiest idea about military technology. The civilian casualty figures are enough to convince me how evil it all is. I didn't express a hope that " the SAMs would be launched into Israel from Gaza". I did suggest the missiles would be far more likely to end up in Gaza than Afghanistan. And I wondered if they would help correct the imbalance between IDF military might and the people of Gaza. Something needs to be done to protect those poor people from the murderous onslaughts of the IDF I automatically assume inaccurate SAMs will wreak havoc on civilians at some point but reread your post and realize you weren't hoping for collateral damage on Israeli civilians. I'm sorry for mischaracterizing your words.
< Message edited by isoLadyOwner -- 9/12/2011 11:47:33 PM >
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