Scary huh On Jul 14, 2014 7:50 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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:371517 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
