Comments on: Gaza report’s author is really full of himself http://www.yourish.com/2009/10/23/9146 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Gary Rosen http://www.yourish.com/2009/10/23/9146/comment-page-1#comment-38190 Gary Rosen Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:49:52 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=9146#comment-38190 I strongly recommend that people link to Col. Kemp's video, and not just read his words which are strong enough in themselves. The passionn and anger in his voice is quite bracing. At least *some* Brits haven't just rolled over for the Islamists. I strongly recommend that people link to Col. Kemp’s video, and not just read his words which are strong enough in themselves. The passionn and anger in his voice is quite bracing. At least *some* Brits haven’t just rolled over for the Islamists.

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2009/10/23/9146/comment-page-1#comment-38175 Michael Lonie Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:37:21 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=9146#comment-38175 The assertion that Israel's response to Hamas' attacks was "disproportionate" is puzzling, not to say ludicrous. Israel was striking at Hamas, which has been making war on Israel for years, and shooting rockets at Israeli civilians (a war crime) and conducting terrorist attacks (another war crime). Hamas intends the destruction of Israel and the genocide of the Jews (all Jews, not just Israeli ones). It does not hide its goals, but proclaims them proudly to the world. Its ability to carry out genocide is limited only by its lack of means and lack of sufficiently competent personnel. It is trying to rectify both of those lacks. I have a question for all the clowns babbling this assertion: So what would be a "proportionate" response to attacks intending genocide? So faced with the threat of genocide what would be a "proportionate" response to such a threat? It seems to me Israel went easy on Hamas and the people of Gaza who support it. Israel did not level Gaza and sow the ruins with salt. That's more or less what the allies did to Nazi Germany, after all. Instead Israel took great care to harm as few Gazans as possible. Under actual international law Hamas' use of Gazans as shields puts the responsibility for any casualties among them, and for damage to protected buildings that Hamas used as military installations, squarely on Hamas' head. The Arabs of Gaza made their bed with Hamas. Why should they not be compelled to lay in it? The lesson of the 20th Century for Jews was: if someone says he intends to kill you, believe him. Hamas says it intends to kill the Jews. Believe them. Kill them first, it is the only way to prevent a renewed genocide. Next time Israel should not pull its punches. Israel gets no appreciation for its restraint, and Israel's enemies certainly do not propose to restrain themselves on account of that, so there is no need to pull the punches next time. The assertion that Israel’s response to Hamas’ attacks was “disproportionate” is puzzling, not to say ludicrous. Israel was striking at Hamas, which has been making war on Israel for years, and shooting rockets at Israeli civilians (a war crime) and conducting terrorist attacks (another war crime). Hamas intends the destruction of Israel and the genocide of the Jews (all Jews, not just Israeli ones). It does not hide its goals, but proclaims them proudly to the world. Its ability to carry out genocide is limited only by its lack of means and lack of sufficiently competent personnel. It is trying to rectify both of those lacks.

I have a question for all the clowns babbling this assertion: So what would be a “proportionate” response to attacks intending genocide?

So faced with the threat of genocide what would be a “proportionate” response to such a threat? It seems to me Israel went easy on Hamas and the people of Gaza who support it. Israel did not level Gaza and sow the ruins with salt. That’s more or less what the allies did to Nazi Germany, after all. Instead Israel took great care to harm as few Gazans as possible. Under actual international law Hamas’ use of Gazans as shields puts the responsibility for any casualties among them, and for damage to protected buildings that Hamas used as military installations, squarely on Hamas’ head. The Arabs of Gaza made their bed with Hamas. Why should they not be compelled to lay in it?

The lesson of the 20th Century for Jews was: if someone says he intends to kill you, believe him. Hamas says it intends to kill the Jews. Believe them. Kill them first, it is the only way to prevent a renewed genocide. Next time Israel should not pull its punches. Israel gets no appreciation for its restraint, and Israel’s enemies certainly do not propose to restrain themselves on account of that, so there is no need to pull the punches next time.

]]> By: Dan Irving http://www.yourish.com/2009/10/23/9146/comment-page-1#comment-38164 Dan Irving Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=9146#comment-38164 The attacks have become so personalized, Mr Goldstone, because you are such a douche. We don't have to read the report - we only have to know Hamas loved it which speaks volumes of it's balance. The attacks have become so personalized, Mr Goldstone, because you are such a douche. We don’t have to read the report – we only have to know Hamas loved it which speaks volumes of it’s balance.

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