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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
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Fair enough. These days being anti-Arabic suits me fine.
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Just wanted to note this was total sarcasm. Just in case it wasn't clear.[/QUOTE]Sorry, it wasn't. I'm never quite sure with you!
EDIT: Incidentally, please don't take offense at this, it was not meant as a personal attack. I do find some of your opinions quite shocking, so I genuinely am not sure sometimes!
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
As for the list of charges against Israel, I think some of it is crap and some on-point. But, if it really is so wrong for Israel to take land that was not its own to begin with (which I have said time and again that it is), then this list of censures and reprimands is just funny. Why doesn't the UN get off its collective ass and do something? Well, because it can't -- it's a useless organization.
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Two reasons:
1) US vetoing of 'chapter 7' resolutions (ie ones that are required to be implemented) - i think all of Israel's are watered down to be 'chapter 6' ones.
2) Israel has WMD's. As does Iran and North Korea. None of which get invaded by America. Lets not forget Pakistan of course, which actually delivered the technology to loads of other countries. They're all far bigger security threats to the world than Iraq ever was.
You can see why everybody wants WMD. As international law doesn't protect them from America, they turn to the next best thing, and its worked so well for those countries that have them.
[ 06-08-2004, 08:11 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]