Originally Posted by
Coventrysucks
Yes and no...
You can't blame the British, only the people in the British government at the time when it took place.
Quite frankly, I am stunned that the international community is doing approximately bugger all about this situation.
Lets recap.
1 soldier is kidnapped, so the first thing the Israelis do is bomb the powerstation in Gaza so that 75% of the population won't have any power for the next 6 months, followed by kidnapping of democratically elected Hamas government officials (apparently kidnapping Israeli people is bad, kidnapping Palestinians is fine & dandy), and bombing of "government" & "terrorist" facilities, except for some reason, instead of killing anyone in the Palestinian government or any terrorists, the Israelis just seem to keep killing loads of women and children. Nice.
Then, in an effort to diffuse the cituation, when 2 more Israeli soldiers are kidnapped, we have pretty much all-out war in an instant.
How the hell can Israel ever expect Arab terrorists to let them live in peace when they pull stunts like this?
There has been no effort for diplomacy, just bombing.
Imagine if a Canadian man, not directly representing the official government, kidnapped 3 Americans - would America start bombing all of Canada the instant that they found out?
I find it very hard to feel sympathy for Israel when it is becoming a genocidal maniac of a country that sees the only way to achieve "peace" in the middle-east, is to bomb all Arabs into submission (with USA planes, tanks & bombs) and occupy their countries.
this israel thing is like (to quote king of the hill) a tire fire, youve got to sit back and let it burn
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.