Posted on 07/23/2014 6:25:39 AM PDT by Star Traveler
Well, no. It’s more like saying that if I pay my taxes, I’m giving money to the Democratic Party, since the Democratic Party is one of the parties making up that government.
OR... if you pay your taxes, YOU are sending money to Hamas.
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Sort of. Gaza is ruled by Hamas, the West Bank by the PA. In theory they have formed a coalition unity government. In reality they are deadly enemies.
With perhaps rare exceptions Arab and Muslim countries play politics for keeps. Losers don't go into retirement or a minority position in a coalition government. They go up against a wall, or if they're really lucky into exile.
That whole post is an absurd "analogy" The Western world did indeed do that in several places, Dresden and Hiroshima for two. Punishing those populations, for the actions of their leaders, seriously demoralized them and killed public support for those regimes.
Not only that, there are still troops in Japan and Germany. Have we had any problems with them for say....70 years?
Back in the days of WWII, we had our heads screwed on right.
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