[extropy-chat] ENOUGH already

[Major]

Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> writes:

> And as many others get sick of telling [Palestinians]: you start
> obeying the laws of war, and you'll get more respect in the
> world.

If the Zionists had behaved in a legal manner 50 years ago the
state of Israel would not exist and there would be no "Palestinian
question", there would just be a state of Palestine.

50 years of legal options (including any number of UN resolutions)
simply have not worked for the Palestinians. This is not surprising, I
can't think of many cases where that *have* worked for anyone who does
not the military strength (or have friends with the military strength)
to enforce the law.

> its about not intentionally targeting civilians and civilian targets
> with no military value.

Tell it to Israel. The Palestinians are quite sick of hearing the sound
of bleating Americans on one side and Israeli tanks shelling their
homes on the other.

I really don't see how you can expect someone with limited weapons and
money to obey "the laws of war" when the well-armed other side and its
rich and powerful mates do not.

Major