Re: You've got to let us kill some of them Archived Message Posted by Si on March 31, 2019, 11:09 am, in reply to "You've got to let us kill some of them" Then there's the usual array of sleight of language all through the article Exactly! The Guardian are excelling in that regard. Take this from last Monday: Israeli forces and Hamas exchanged rocket fire on Monday night amid fears of a new conflict in Gaza. That's the opening sentence - obviously designed to establish a non-existent parity between hugely assymetric forces. They then go on to push this lie further: Hamas and Israel have fought three conflicts in the past decade, and battled in dozens of minor flare-ups since the last one in 2014. With little to show for any previous violence, neither side has expressed interest in full-fledged war. An obvious travesty! Leaving aside the fact that the 'three conflicts' have simply been shooting fish in a barrel exercises from an IOF perspective, the idea that Hamas is in a position to wage a 'full-fledged war' is utterly preposterous. As we know, Israel operates with near 100% impunity - but a 'fully-fledged war[ring]' on Gaza would probably see that blighted territory and all its inhabitants wiped out in minutes. Such a scenario would probably attract a degree of criticism with which even the Israelis would be uncomfortable. And the dismissive notion of 'minor flare-ups' is a travesty also. Again, as we know, even in those very regular 'minor flare-ups' it's Palestinians who suffer by far the greatest losses - without exception. Message Thread: You've got to let us kill some of them - Raskolnikov March 31, 2019, 8:11 am What about "innocent unarmed protesters mown down in a hail of bullets".. - David Macilwain March 31, 2019, 8:34 am Re: You've got to let us kill some of them - Si March 31, 2019, 11:09 am Pogrom is the word....nm - Keith-264 March 31, 2019, 11:35 am Sky news reported stones and grenades being thrown by Palestinians -that's Skisraeli news for you nm - CJ March 31, 2019, 1:41 pm   Searching