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Originally posted by Bang Up
Look, I get where you are coming from. You are under the impression that your country is under attack and so you side with your country and its actions. It's like that here in the US. When the US invaded Iraq, the public rejoiced because they felt attacked after 9/11. I get it.
What you don't get, though, is just what your country is doing and how you are in no danger whatsoever. You are repeating the same fear-mongering blabble told to you by your media and your government. "If we don't fight, they will attack us, "if we don't beat them, they will beat us..." It's all very scary indeed, but it's not true. You have defense systems in place and the backing of the most powerful country in the world. You have nothing to worry about because your country controls the country it's currently attacking and the people it's killing. You have to open your eyes before your country decimates and rids this planet of the Palestinian people.
As for civilian vs. soldier dying: you also don't get that soldiers sign up for war knowing they could very well die. That's their choice and they have to live or die with the consequences.
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I just can't. I feel like everytime I'm about to walk away a new comment pops up and makes me wanna stay and fight the ignorance.
First of all, army in Israel is mendatory. It's not a choice and there are large part of people in the army right now who got called back after they're done with their service, because of what's happening in Gaza. The choice?To get back or go to jail.
Why it's not a choice in Israel? Because since day 1 this country was alive, it was busy in being attacked by arabs/Palestinians.
As for the "what my country lead me to believe"? How about the dozens of buses who got blown up in the last 10-20 years? Or the missiles fired at places I was at, places my friends live.
And so much more.
If that's not being under attack than I dunno what is. We can't allow Gaza strip to be open wide untill the leadership in Gaza will actually remove the extrem and bad parts from it.
You can't let someone who throw missiles at you have an open hand. If we leave Gaza strip open we will basiclly be leading ourselfs to death. That's basic as this.
What you basiclly saying in the end of that part is that we don't need to worry cuz' we have a defanse system and US back up, well, like I said before, those busses who got blowned up, got blown up even with everything we have, even when the strip is under out control.
I don't want to imagine what will happen with the strip open.