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Military????
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Israel drives all this
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No it doesn't. Israel merely wants to live in peace, with the security of its citizens its primary concern. "All this" is driven by the backward medievalism of its neighbours.
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Any gentile posts allowed on ere?
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About time too. Will be a bit disappointing if there are no civilian casualties though.
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cameron wants them to fire at food bank 'scroungers.'
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good on israel
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ebulGery 23 Jun 14 09:47
Israel drives all this Only YOUR opinion of course, you seem to have forgotten to add this, you usually do but perhaps being Israel you thought it unnecessary, perhaps you think on this occasion everyone agrees with you, personally I think its a pathetic statement, only my opinion of course. |
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Getting tired of the anti-Israel posts when you see the lunatics they are surrounded by,
any sympathy long since run out. |
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EVEN IF THEY WERE MADE TO SIT DOWN AND SORT IT ALL OUT .THERE WOULD BE LOADS OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES WHO WOULDNT LET IT REST.THOSE WHOSE LOST FAMILIES ON BOTH SIDES WONT LET IT REST
AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT TO STOP FIGHTING AS THEY MAKE MONEY OUT OF WARS, |
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Aye, Thutmoses III will still be chasing Moses for many eons to come..
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ITS BAD ENOUGH LIVING IN SALFORD NETHER MIND LIVING NEAR THE WEST BANK WHERE THEVE GOT TANKS AND ROCKETS.WE DONT REALISE HOW LUCKY WE ARE
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THERES PEOPLE WHO WONT GO TO WORK WHERE ITS SAFE IN BRITAIN .NEVER MIND HAVEING TO GO TO WORK WHERE THEY CAN BE BLOWN UP ON THE WAY TO WORK
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yes only my opinion of course pumphol apologies
and maybe some of us get fed up with anti Muslim posts lfc 1971 The Jew claim to Palestine seems about 2000 years out of date to me tbh However they are there now I do not expect them to leave My objection is when Western countries do their work for them, by taking down strong Arab countries at their request Iraq, Libya under Gadhafi, and Assad if they could, also constantly destabilising these countries ie Egypt, Iran ...I regard this as morally wrong I think we should stay away from this region, and let Israel/Arabs sort it out for themselves. We gave the Jews what they wanted, we cannot take it away, but they have to live with the reality of their situation. They will fight for what they have, I accept that, but our involvement is wrong |
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Do wah Diddy • June 23, 2014 1:54 PM BST
THERES PEOPLE WHO WONT GO TO WORK WHERE ITS SAFE IN BRITAIN .NEVER MIND HAVEING TO GO TO WORK WHERE THEY CAN BE BLOWN UP ON THE WAY TO WORK yes it is increasingly for people to live normal lives, if there is a permanent civil war going on |
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increasingly difficult
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The only war going on in Palestine is the one they've been having amongst themselves for the last thirty years, and of course the one they insist on having with Israel.
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That may be
but what are we doing in the Middle East, since basically, it absolutely has nothing to do with us???? |
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The UK and the US of A are after chariot contracts..
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mULTICULTURISISUMMM is why we r in mid east
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that would be insane
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Sorry ebulGery, but we have not taken anyone down at Israel's request. That is a preposterous notion.
And we should stay away? Equally preposterous, I'm afraid. Of course the West should be involved, it is vital for our energy and security that we have influence in these places, and that if necessary we wield our power to shape events in our favour. That may offend your sensibilities, but it is nonetheless a fact. Do you really think that Obama will sit back and let a bunch of Salafist loons take over Iraq? |
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if obomber was that worried he wouldnt have armed them to the teeth in the first place
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jed.davison • June 23, 2014 4:00 PM BST
Sorry ebulGery, but we have not taken anyone down at Israel's request. That is a preposterous notion. No it is not, it is the only explanation I can see. Who the hell really cares in this country, about what happens in the Middle East....no one These countries do not have the weapons to threaten us, so they are no threat to us. Terrorism - they target Israel and their main supporter America, not us. But because we decides to actually start attacking these countries at Americas request, we are now a target. We have a large Muslim population, we are very vulnerable. Our government have shown incredible stupidity, guess who owns most of Media. This country created Israel. Between WWI and WWII we allowed mass Jewish immigration to Palestine, then after WWII we gave the Jews half of Palestine, they named it Israel. The Palestinians and Arab neighbours regarded this as theft, so they attacked, they were defeated. They forget one thing, the Jews are ex Europeans, they fight the European way, the best. Traditional Arab inter tribal fighting is no good at this. We also supply Israel with the latest arms, well America do. Israel have to fight for survival now. They do it well, for every Israeli that is killed, they kill 100 Arabs in return. Brutal but effective. But we must now leave them to it, in fact the whole of the Muslim world. We are too vulnerable ourselves because of our own Muslim population just my opinion |
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ebulGery 23 Jun 14 19:33
guess who owns most of Media. Could you please have the decency to explain this in black & white for me please ? This country created Israel. The Palestinians and Arab neighbours regarded this as theft, so they attacked, they were defeated. You really should read up on your history before coming out with comments like that, for your information the " arab neighbours " wanted neither an Israeli state or palestinian state, Egypt, Trans Jordan, Syria & Iraq among others all attacked both countries as independence was announced, Israel is far from solely to blame for the lack of a palestinian state. We also supply Israel with the latest arms, well America do. Selected amnesia I see, an oversight that you have forgotten to mention that Russia supplied all of Israel's neighbours for the last forty years or so but hey why let facts ruin a so called good story ![]() |
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This country created Israel. Between WWI and WWII we allowed mass Jewish immigration to Palestine,
then after WWII we gave the Jews half of Palestine, they named it Israel. The Palestinians and Arab neighbours regarded this as theft, so they attacked, they were defeated. We (the British) didn't create Israel. We controlled Palestine after WW2 until around 1947 during which time we strictly limited Jewish immigration to Palestine because we didn't want to upset the Arabs. We then passed the problem to the UN who created Israel |
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the Yanks basically told the brits to butt out
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Anybody with a passing interest should read A Peace To End All Peace by David Fromkin.
The creation of Israel can be traced back to our desire during WW1 to have some sort of Jewish state in place for geo-political reasons. The Holocaust obviously meant that eventually many more sought refuge their which was caused alot more problems. |
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Could you please have the decency to explain this in black & white for me please ?
there is only so much I can do, think for yourself I think you need to look at your history pumphol The Balfour declaration the justification for Israel, was made buy this country in 1917 In effect we did create Israel....I hold that by that as well...... you want to look at the Jewish immigration to Palestine between WWI and WW2 We all have our different opinions Anyway the point I was making we must now stay out of the Middle East for good what is done, cannot be undone |
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I will look at that john
As for as peace is concerned, not an outstanding success |
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tbf it was me, not pumphol, that mentioned the creation of Israel and post-war Jewish immigration
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It is a tough read but is worth it. Very enlightening.
The title is a play on what was said about WW1.... 'A war to end all war' |
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ebulGery
23 Jun 14 21:16 Joined: 08 May 10 | Topic/replies: 13,153 | Blogger: ebulGery's blog Could you please have the decency to explain this in black & white for me please ? there is only so much I can do, think for yourself It's not a case of thinking. It's a matter of fact. BBC and C4 are publicly owned ITV is a plc so is owned by its shareholders C5 is owned by Richard Desmond Sky - Rupert Murdoch The Times / Sun - Rupert Murdoch Daily Express - Richard Desmond Daily Mail - Rothermere? The other newspapers - not sure. Can you fill in the gaps? |
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There is a notion, that when countries attack other countries, they are bad
when they defend themselves, they are good On this basis Israel had right on it's side when it defended itself against Arab attacks even though the Arabs felt they had just cause When Israel attacked Lebanon they were in the wrong and I regret to say when we invaded Afghanistan, Iraq and attacked Libya, we of course, were in the wrong In this country we have made ourselves more vulnerable to terrorist attack, not less Our Intelligence has had to deal with a considerable number of terrorists plots since our invasion of Iraq ps nick Well what do you think Rupert Murdoch is? I wont go into detail but I do see a bias......in America it is even worse I even saw an episode of the Simpsons , which contained anti Saddam propoganda |
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There is also a notion by government and media
that if you tell a lie often enough, it will be believed sadly I see this happening a lot I don't believe anything our government and media tell us |
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I am not trying to be anti Semitic here, just trying to look at this fairly.
Outside Israel, the Jews have received appalling treatment I can see why they would desperately want their own country, their spiritual homeland the trouble is after 2000 years, there is a question of whether their claim has lapsed because somebody else lived their now , the Palestinian Arabs the real losers in all of this But I think we have to step out ourselves, this is important perhaps it will solve itself or whether it will end in Armageddon for the Middle East I don't know ps I do not object to us supplying Israel arms, it is the fighting wars for them I object to |
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ebulGery 23 Jun 14 22:31
I do not object to us supplying Israel arms, it is the fighting wars for them I object to What wars are we fighting for Israel please, can you list them & explain why the west is fighting each of these wars for Israel. |
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ebul when you miss out the just my opinion are we to take this as something different ie it's not your opinion but someone else's. I'm confused.
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