Wow, Tim. We crossed streams on our thoughts on that one.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > If their house is being used to launch or store or build rockets, or is > shares a wall with a building that is being used to launch or store or > build rockets, is it then reasonable to have them leave before that > building is blown up? > > (I think yes.) > > There can be legitimate questions on how accurate the information is, and > how well vetted, and if it is true at all. (that the Israeli munition hit a > legitimate target, and that it was the target it was being aimed for). That > should be looked into. But the very fact that it should be looked into > shows that we are holding the Israelis to a different standard than we are > the Palestinians. How often are we asking if the rockets are being aimed at > legitimate targets? > > There can be legitimate questions as to whether the people in those houses > are supporting or have control over the actions of the Hamas militants with > the rockets and their placement. If they don't, then leaving the area while > a war is going on seems like a good idea. And the fact that they are even > being warned it helpful (I know I would leave, even if it was to go sit in > a field by myself, or huddle in a UN school like so many are.) If they do, > then they are participants, albeit non-combatants. > > The fact that the war so far has had such limited casualties is frankly > amazing. Picture if you will London. Or Paris. Or Dresden. Or Tokyo. Or > Srebrenica. Or Sarajevo. Or Basra. > > The fact that there are kids in Gaza crouching in horror and fear is > heartbreaking when I imagine it. I can remember crouching in fear from > tornados and hurricanes and once from an escaped murderer from a local > mental hospital loose in our neighborhood. I remember those events clearly. > I try to imagine how much worse these kids are experiencing, and just > cannot. > > It is horrible. > > But as long as Hamas is the government, and is playing these games with > people's lives, I don't see how to end it. > > â > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371514 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
