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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 09:58 AM Original message |
Under Netanyahu, Abbas has gone from 'good Palestinian' to foe |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. He's a bad Indian -- one who doesn't want to give up all his land. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's all show business anyway. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. actually netanyahos approach is correct.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yup, Bibi is a great guy, smart as a whip too. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. sometimes the guy you dont like...gets it right....its called having an open mind |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I am perfectly willing to let Bibi's results speak for themselves. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. No, waiting for new leadership doesn't justify continuing the Occupation |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. your just wrong.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I believe ending oppression is the most important value |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. if you dont like oppression....you should be outraged at hamas... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. If the Occupation had ended once and for all in the Nineties |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. There are no settlements or Israeli troops in Gaza where Hamas has taken power |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Hamas had built up its support base before the Israeli withdrawal |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. yes ..fatah has no responsibly towards their own corruption... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. There definately was settlements and troops in the West Bank. Why act like that isn't an issue? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Fatah rules in the West Bank, Hamas rules in Gaza |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. It doesn't matter which party is ruling in what part of Palestine... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. So is there any particular reason for the divide? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Did I give you the idea I was interested in you firing a bunch of questions at me? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. You claimed that it did not matter which group was in power where |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. The answer is: No, I'm not interested in you firing off a bunch of questions at me... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. No further questions were asked |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. I didn't say there were. I just answered the question you didn't answer... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. as if you know PA/hamas politics....... |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
84. Why didn't the occupation end *before* the rockets and missiles? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I believe those places have bad governments |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. wrong - Israel doesn't occupy in order to prevent Palestinian freedom |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
81. In what sense, exactly, is Hamas "occupying" Gaza? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Gaza is occupied just as Iran or any other non-free country with freepers in charge |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. at least you admit it: repression is fine....as long as its of the same genes... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Oh puhleeze...there's no way you can spin the Occupation as a blow against racism and nationalism |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. so we agree that its racism.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. It is not racism to say that one people shouldn't be under military occupation by another |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. and i would explain to you, that is racist to assume values to a society that doesn't have them.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. what hamas does is not more important that everything else. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. you think so low of the Palestinians....dont you? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. the tiny little rockets and hamas are not more imporant than everything else |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. itsy bitsy terrorism.... i was waiting for that.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. 17 people died from those rockets..thousands of Palestinians were killed in response |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. 100,000s + |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. You can't be on the left and defend keeping a nation under military Occuopation |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. i'm liberal...that means i believe in one standard and responsibility..... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. And I would say that it's bigoted to assume that Palestinians are culturally incapable of democracy |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. not culturally incapable....but not yet integrated within the culture |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. None of the "improvements" you speak of can happen under military occupation |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. the occupation is not for their own good.... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Too true. And unfortunately they are also considered 'foes' by Hamas. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. well it seem Abbas was a great partner |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yeah, "How soon we forget ..." |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Agree about Fayyad |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hi LB. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. you guys dont get it.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No, you don't get it. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. your not going to get that.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Come on, you are fending off "vigorous outside intervention" as we speak. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. vigorous outside intervention.....for the Palestinians.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. None of the above vindicates a brutal military Occupation |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. sorry....the Palestinians of the westbank disagree... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. It's not MY flock |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. you seem to know what they want....more than they do.... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. So your claim here is that the Palestinians |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. you should read my whole posts.....and avoid simplistic summaries |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I did read you whole post in fact several of them |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. the point is....that not only was it possible...it was real threat.... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. while I am well aware of Gaza's history |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. and do you believe hamas is so dumb as to not change their tactics? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. well I guess not killing each other is cooperative |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. and that is a real first step |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. It is incredibly arrogant for you to act as if YOU can speak for the Palestinians |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I dont speak for them... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. you really don't get it - there is no comparison b/w the PA being corrupt and Israel |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Ehud Olmert defiant as corruption trial begins |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. okay, and the PA and leaders from neighboring countries do far worse and are never investigated |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So "We're not as bad as Fatah" is the defense? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. hardly - Israel rates well against any western democracy |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. You said "the PA and leaders from neighboring countries do far worse and are never investigated"? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. that was in response to your post #15 where you stated... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No, it was in response to post #30, as anyone can see. |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. all govt's are corrupt - so you don't respect any of them, right? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Do you really think all governments are corrupt? nt |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. of course, that's the nature of politics - some are more corrupt than others |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Ok, thanks for the answer. nt |
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