Very well said, Jerry, thank you.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As with most things, I don't see it so cut-and-dry. > > You are not really talking "responsibility", you are talking "moral > culpability" I believe. > > And I don't think it falls on any one group. > > Israel is culpable for firing the weapon. And for allowing the situation to > sink to the point they have to. > Hamas is culpable for "forcing" Israel to fire, knowing full well the > consequences of their actions. > The civilians who elected Hamas are culpable for making terrorists their > elected government, knowing full well the type of government to expect. > The civilians who allow rocket launchers on their apartment rooftops are > culpable. > Iran and Syria and China are culpable for arming Hamas with rockets. > The Arab countries are responsible for forcing the Palestinians into those > camps, and using them as pawns. > Egypt is culpable for keeping the Gaza borders locked down. > America is culpable for arming Israel. And for not forcing a better > solution 10 years ago. and 20. and 40. > > There are degrees of culpability. > > But I guess here is my bottom line (that these talks have helped me > solidify). > > There is no excuse or reason for Hamas to fire rockets into Israel. None. > Zero. Not helping their cause, not helping their people, not helping their > military objectives. The ONLY point for them to fire is to force a response > from Israel, causing destruction and death to their own people, and then > crying foul. > > They are the Suarez of the Middle East. Ow! Hit hit my mouth! > > All else flows from those rockets. > > And nothing else good will come to them while that is their only tactic. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371560 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
