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Rebel said, Most of the time the replies are a mixture of "good riddence", "don't let the door....." and an occasional "we'll miss you".

Instead you are being praised. There is no shame in coming back.

Dittos. I never respond to opii, but yours is different, knighthawk. Not only did you make a valid point, but almost everyone agrees you must stay and fight.

So, you must. : )

At the first instance of an attack ... there must be mass deportation of alien muslims in America, revocation of the citizenship of those who display less than total loyalty

I doubt we get to the first (deporting alien Muslims), much less revoking citizenships. The Liberals would go wild. Even suggesting it will provoke all sorts of measures to protect Muslims from any sort of discrimination.

Yes, and I believe such a short (2 year) previous residence requirement for refugee status was a unique to this situation. In other countries, the person had to have been living there much, much longer. Yet another double standard.

That is no excuse for the trashing of the joint, including altars or the theft of gold artifacts (reported by priests who left earlier). Considering the overall treatment and disrespect, if the only stench is coming from unflushed toilets, I will be shocked.

The thought has crossed my mind, but once I started seeing Palestinians use the abbreviation themselves on other forums, it ceased to be a concern.

And revoke the uniquely palestinian clause that defines refugees as anyone who had lived there for only 2(!) years.

Without a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem there will be no peace. The Israelis have a choice.

Yes, and the bad choice would be to let their enemies dictate their actions by threat of terrorism. Otherwise, they will just keep upping the ante.

They are so hypocritical. It was fine for them to use war to win back the land of Israel, but it is not fine for Israel to keep the land they won when it didn't turn in the Arabs' favor. Now they want to use the "if you want peace, you must give us X" rule, while refusing to allow the Israelis to even exercise reprisal without crying foul. They want two sets of rules - anything goes for themselves, but the Israelis must be pacifists.

Their idea of justice is antithetical to ours.

"I really doubt that. I would suggest that Jews own behaviour over the millenia is the 100% cause of Jewish anti-Semitism today. If you don't believe that, just read your own posts to this thread, then think about it. What you sow is what you reap."

If only I could use a killfile here. You and your friends just travel in packs, dumping your loads then moving elsewhere.

1. Your "Jews get what they deserve" position is duly noted. With disgust.
2. Your using Chunga as "proof" is only proof of your ignoring the fact that just as many or more Christians (myself included) have fought right along with the Jews. And if I am not mistaken, chunga is not Jewish.

I agree with Alouette; the question of what happened to the "lost tribes" could be interesting. But spamming isn't. Nor is the refusal to admit when you've been "outed" as maliciously duplicitous as 3 posters were above. A few, including yourself only confirm that this topic draws bigots.

Funny how the pack runs. I am convinced there is a bit of cloning going on.

Agree with Joe on this or not, the fact is, articles like this drag out anti-Semites in droves. You just watch.

For the record:

-anti-Semitism is a sin just like racism against any group.
-It is not anti-Semitic to criticise Israel. Even unfair bias against Israel can be based more on self-interest or liberal politics than any bias against Jews themselves.
-The accusation of anti-Semitism does get made too often without justification.
-Anti-Semites like to pretend those 2 facts make real anti-Semitism hard to identify.

--There is disagreement between Christian religions about the current role of Israel from a Biblical perspective. The more literal the interpretation, the more likely the belief that Israel has not been replaced by a "spiritual Israel".

---No one here will settle that debate. LOL

I never said anyone was entitled to anything, that is why I stressed the "if". You are making a simple mathematical fact unneccesarily complicated.

If you would not have voted for the conservative even if there were only 2 choices, then you did not help the Dem.

Thus, for some Westerners, it is not so much the facts of the last 50 years in the Middle East that drives their hatred of Israel.
(...) Rather, the Palestinians are weak and the Israelis are strong. So — like the hosts of disadvantaged in America — Mr. Arafat and his minions are deserving of injured-party status as their birthright, getting a pass from liberal censure to mouth hatred and prejudice.
In turn, the Israelis — almost like white affluent Republicans in America — are thought to be so strong and confident precisely because they are exploiters, and thus are held collectively responsible for the oppression and current plight of their long-suffering "victims."

Bingo.

It is right there - could not be more simple. Unless the 3rd party is a serious threat to the Dem, if you would have given your vote to the conservative, but did not, and instead took that vote and gave it to a third party, you helped the Democrat by giving him one less vote he must match against his real threat.

Now, instead of your conservative vote cancelling Joe Blow's Dem vote, making the balance equal (con=+1, Dem=+1), Joe Blow's vote gives the dem advantage (con=0 Dem=+1), whatever the final outcome.

"What if Bush and Sharon planned this."

I've been operating under that assumption all along. Hope I'm right.

Yes ma'am, I grew up with it. It's hard to ignore no doubt.

If Arafat cannot control Hamas, why should Israel negotiate with him?

It's enough to make even a lot of us usual skeptics think twice. Hard to ignore the fact that such a tiny place could be the center of the world's attention. Hell, it's almost a pivot point. Spooky.

"If in fact that Sharon and Bush have been on the same page all along and were giving Arafat the rope he needs to hang himself, then the plan worked.

If, on the other hand, everything is as it appears and the Administration's equivocatuion and appeasement to the Arab world hasn't been for show, then Sharon just told us where we can stick our "peace" plan.

....And God bless him for doing so."

Amen.

The one clear fact is that whoever votes third party benefits the opponent of that person's second choice. Thus, if you would have voted for a conservative over a Democrat, but voted third party, you helped the Democrat, and vice versa.

Did it suddenly get quiet in here, or what? <g>

No problem. I don't suffer fools gladly either.

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