Israel Arrests Attackers' Relatives

Associated Press | 07/19/02 | By MARK LAVIE,

[Jersey Kid]

Way to go Israel. Get them and send them packing

[GATOR NAVY]

Sounds good to me

[Joe Boucher]

It is about time and the least Israel should do.

[DoughtyOne]

Aw, they're gonna have to celebrate in Gaza. Waaaaaaaa, waaaa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. They should have to do it in Syria or Iraq.

[DoughtyOne]

I'll tell you what folks, if this keeps up I'd make it a policy to drop a major bomb in the household of the family shortly after the attacks. Just let it be known that home is going to cease to exist. If it's occupied all the better. Supporting this activity is every bit as bad as doing it yourself.

[dennisw]

Hit the road Jack Abdul and don't you come back no more no more

[inquest]

It's not the way to go at all. It's what we who know about governments call a "slippery slope". Israel knows what it needs to do, and it's not doing it. It needs to go after the senior Palestinian leadership and go after them hard. This piddling around, going after small (non-combatant) fish, isn't going to stop terrorism, not by a long shot. But it will push Israel a little further to the "barbarian" end of the spectrum, like the people they're trying to fight.

[Terriergal]

It's what we who know about governments call a "slippery slope"

War is a slippery slope. And the Pali's keep pushing people into it, what are we supposed to do?

Do you think a few people on the Allied side didn't break a few "rules" trying to deter the enemy? Get real.

[Terriergal]

This piddling around, going after small (non-combatant) fish, isn't going to stop terrorism, not by a long shot.

I do agree here. But you can't go and attack a nation until you have support for the action. I think no matter what they do people will complain.

[Terriergal]

I should say I agree to an extent. But how do you distinguish anymore? Women and children strapping bombs to themselves, with the blessing of the men and other leaders or at least with them condoning it?

We know that these nutcases won't stop at any self destructive action to make their point. If we say we won' shoot X kind of people, they WILL USE them as shields.

[Toddsterpatriot]

It's not the way to go at all. It's what we who know about governments call a "slippery slope".

The slippery slope is greased with the blood of innocent Israeli civilians.

Forcibly exiling civilians is inhumane, but sure beats blowing them up. Hamas and the Pali's whining about it means the Israeli's are on the right track.

[inquest]

Do you think a few people on the Allied side didn't break a few "rules" trying to deter the enemy? Get real.

I wasn't demanding an anal attachment to every rule of "civilized" warfare. But when a government makes an official policy out of killing non-combatants (however distasteful these people are) while at the same time refusing to strike where it would get them the most mileage, it's a prescription for perpetual misery.

But you can't go and attack a nation until you have support for the action. I think no matter what they do people will complain.

Support from whom? It's true that Washington might pull some funding if Israel goes after Arafat & Co., but seriously, how is all that funding really helping Israeli security? I suspect that what it really helps is Israeli bureaucracy, which is why they're so attached to it. Taking out the leadership of Fatah, Hamas, IJLP, PFLP, etc., is not something I think would create much of a financial burden.

And you're right, people will complain no matter what, so they might as well do the right thing to get this war over with as quickly as possible.

If we say we won' shoot X kind of people, they WILL USE them as shields.

I'm not doubting that, and I'm not denying that soldiers out in the field may have to make some unfortunate decisions in order to defend themselves, but this article is about punishment, not simple defense against potential attackers.

[inquest]

Forcibly exiling civilians is inhumane, but sure beats blowing them up.

What beats both is not going after civilians at all, but after the leadership, as I said. Israel has it exactly backwards right now.

[wtc911]

You keep saying WE, as in "what are WE supposed to do?" and
"If WE say WE won't shoot X kind of people..." Are YOU part of the group that is making these decisions to kill? Is the WE that you put yourself and the rest of us in the US orIsrael? If it's the US then please advise me when WE went to war with the Palis, and when WE should say to the world that WE will shoot non-combatants as a policy.

[Terriergal]

You know what I mean by "we" - those that don't apologize for Israel.

[Terriergal]

Apparently you don't have a grasp of how to speak or discuss something hypothetically.

[Terriergal]

Also the article didn't say anything about shooting non combatants.

[Terriergal]

Did the article say "killing non combatants"? No I thought it was about exiling related noncombatants.

[Terriergal]

In contrast, Hamas and Al Qaeda DO have a policy of attacking and KILLING non combatants.