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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:26 AM Original message |
As Gaza burns |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. different argument..... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. So in your opinion Pelsar |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. actually thats not my opinon.... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not sure any more |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. poverty is not the problem... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No not simply because they're poor |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. there will be a multitude of excuses and reasons.... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Could it be that the Palestinians need to |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. there are actually a whole bunch of other political parties |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. no colonized people in history have ever willingly surrendered 54% of their homeland |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Actually, the vast majority of colonized people . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. well I'm glad the rules have changed |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, they are not the first in history who . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. listen I don't even like posting here |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Boy, that was amazing. I saved a copy of it. nt |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. An interesting comment from you |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. and like other colonized people they resisted their colonization |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I would agree |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Well, for the last several centuries, they were . . |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Who were you referring to when you said "helping people build their own state"? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Oh so you mean like Iraq? |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I would add that it's not considered help when you invade them against their will. nt |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I can't decipher your first sentence. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. So, because Israel has a powerful military and 'can' kill all Palestinians and instead |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Remember these children |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I hate to be sarcastic, but numbers like that don't seem to account for much here. nt |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Thank you for reminding us of the IDF's barbarity |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. How is this a reminder of that? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. Is it only important to remember the children killed by Israelis? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. the website list all children on either side--killed by either side and how they died |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Very, very few? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 01:53 AM Response to Reply #65 |
78. it would be very, very nice if the mainstream American media would humanize |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Thank you ! |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
68. a nice read.... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. actually my mistake -- that was "a brief history" by Dr. Pressman - the same author |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
75. error-self - delete |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
76. my mistake on the link for "Vision of Collision" by Jeremy Pressman |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
82. In Regard To Your No. 16, Mr. Carpenter: A Point On 'Transfer' Circa 1937 |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. the point is nonetheless relevant Sir to establishing that Palestinian fears of |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Each Side, Sir, Had Reason To Fear the Other |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. in purely calculating terms I concede your point Sir |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Calculation, Sir, Is My Limit |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 01:26 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. what i wonder about... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. When would one guess the following paragraph about the Gaza was written? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Nine Israeli human rights organizations |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Mogadishu, Grozny, Port-au-Prince, Kabul, Baghdad, Medellin,Soweto. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Wasn't this the whole point of boycotting Hamas? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. That is what I wanted to say |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It's not accusatory. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. True but was this result |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. What else would you get? |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I especially liked this part . . |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It is the most elementary rule when one people seeks to rule over another |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Actually, you are as wrong as you could be. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Subservient is the key word there. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Subservient is not necessary. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. That seems like the same thing. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Sorry to disrupt your narrative. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Arafat did NOT walk out of Taba..Israel ended the talks because of the election |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Arafat effectively ended the talks knowing . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. All sides have confirmed the European Union notes as being a reliable record |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I repeat for your benefit . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. okay if one does not want to believe the official record that all sides confirm to be reliable..fine |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. The EU is a big organization. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. The DU server is having a senior moment. Self delete. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I also trust Wiki . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Mr. Sharon made it absolutely clear that he would not honor any agreement reached at Taba |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I didn't make it up: |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Like in any demcracy with many parties and spokesman and . . |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You are confused about what I am saying. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. acutally some palestinians actually blame themselves.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh, I'm sure some of them aren't behaving well. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Are you asserting that Israeli policy has not been effective? |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. the heart of the problem... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #49 |
89. Well then you have four choices: |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Some Tuning Or Blending May Be Required Here, My Friend |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. So you favor option #1, more or less. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. More A Blend Of Nos. 1 And 2, Sir, With Pinches Of The Others As Well |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Well, it is true that speaking of governments as though they had will and purpose |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Fair Enough, My Friend |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. That seems to be sort of a fad lately Sir. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Someone Here, Sir, Whose Name Escapes My Recollection |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. i think your basic assumption is wrong... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Well, if it doesn't matter what you do, you might as well do what I say. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. your assertion... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Indeed, always a pleasure when we can agree. nt |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. I disagree that the strife in Gaza is due to the halt in aid to Hamas. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. the far more interesting question... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Not easy questions |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:50 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. tough reading the "future" |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The future for the I/P is |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. the key to the I/P issue.... |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
73. Personally, any sympathy had for the Palestinians is gone. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. actually polls show by overwhelming majorities Palestinians have long wanted peace |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 04:13 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. the call for human rights in gaza.... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. of course the situation in Gaza requires good Palestinian leadership |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I don't know anyone here who thinks that . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. it is simply not true that Palestinian society is based on hate |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
101. Breaking the Siege of Gaza. A slow boat to Gaza |
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