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Originally posted by Danny_C
To the Israelis they're terrorists... to the Palistinean people they're freedom fighters.
It's easy to point fingers and throw around the word "terrorist" while you sit in the U.S. in your nice home drinking your martinis. But have you ever bothered to ask yourself, "Why are they 'terrorists'?" I'm sure you haven't.
These are oppressed people fighting for liberation. They're not just doing this because "all they know is war", or any other lame reason you might come up with when you're watching the action on MSNBC. They're doing it because they have children who they love, and spouses they love, who they want to see live better, more peaceful lives.
I'm not excusing their tactics, but I like to do this thing I like to call thinking, and while I was using this tool, it occurred to me that the Israelis had taken the land from the Palestineans, oppressed their people, and then were slaughtered when they tried to fight back. They're like wolves backed into a corner, doing anything they can to fight their way out. And the U.S. has backed Israel the whole way... and what do we get out of all this? Oil. Lives vs. oil? The U.S. ALWAYS chooses oil. And then we play innocent, "Why would they possibly be upset at the United States?"
You guys should try to do a bit more research into the history of U.S. foreign policy, and then make your judgments against an oppressed people. Even better, try walking in their shoes for a day or two. I'd be willing to bet you'd come back with an attitude make-over.
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You don't call strapping bombs to kids and sending them into crowded markets full of women and children terrorism?
Maybe when the Palestinians stop acting like animals, the Israeli's won't have to treat them like animals.
btw, a couple of years ago, the Palestinians had the chance to accept huge concessions from the Israeli's and take a big step towards peace in the region. The Israeli's offered all kinds of things that the Palestians claimed they wanted and were using as the reasons for the freedom fighting market bombings. Why didn't they accept? If they really wanted peace they had the opportunity...
The US has backed Israel? Damn right. But in case you haven't noticed, the US has also stopped Israel from marching into the Palestinian areas and killing every living person in site for a while now. But you seem to forget that as well while extolling the virtues of the Palestinian freedom fighters who can't stop bombing crowded market places.