Who is Winning?

[Israeli]

WHAT WOULD history look like if it were written in the style of the "Solid Cliff (a.k.a. Protective Edge) operation?

For example:

Winston Churchill was a scoundrel.[*]

For five years he kept the population of London under the unceasing fire of the German Luftwaffe. He used the inhabitants of London as a human shield in his crazy war. While the civilian population was exposed to the bombs and rockets, without the protection of an "iron dome", he was hiding in his bunker under 10 Downing Street.

He exploited all the inhabitants of London as hostages. When the German leaders made a generous peace proposal, he rejected it for crazy ideological reasons. Thus he condemned his people to unimaginable suffering.

From time to time he emerged from his underground hideout to have his picture taken in front of the ruins, and then he returned to the safety of his rat hole. But to the people of London he said: "Future generations will say that this was your finest hour!"

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[shira]

1. Disgusting article from phony peace group equating Israel to Nazis. n/t

[Israeli]

2. .......

[shira]

3. Rabin would be disgusted by this outlandish hate. n/t

[Israeli]

4. ........

[bemildred]

5. "Winning" is not really what happens in these things.

It's more like who has done the most damage each time. Or even more accurately, who has improved their damage score the most each time. It's more a contest about losing.

[FBaggins]

6. Ridiculously ignorant of both history and current events

Churchill built bomb shelters and warned the population when the enemy was coming. He didn't tell them to ignore Germany's (nonexistent) warnings and stay in homes that he also made into military targets so that he could falsely blame Germany for their deaths to influence public opinion in other countries.

There is, however, one way in which "human shield" really isn't an accurate description: When a gunman hides behind a captive so that the police won't shoot him in fear of hitting her... that's a "human shield". In the case of Hamas, the gunman actually wants the woman to die and continues shooting at the police.

[leftynyc]

7. Could be the biggest bunch of crap

I've seen posted in over 10 years on this board.

[Israeli]

8. Waaay over your head ....

Thanks for the rec Scoot .....see you soon .

[leftynyc]

9. Drivel isn't over anyone's head

But it's understandable that you and someone who can't seem to keep him/herself from getting a time out took a liking to it. And DU continues it's descent.

[Israeli]

10. shira took a liking to it ..........

news to me .

[leftynyc]

11. That you slander Shira with your

nonsense isn't a surprise to anyone. And the descent of DU continues.