Israel invades Gaza

Originally Posted by Locke

Does anybody here honestly buy into the shit that Israel is spewing? Jesus fucking Christ. 600 dead. 600 fucking DEAD. I doubt that half of them are actually members of Hamas, and even fewer those that actually fired rockets. Jesus fucking Christ. Can I go and annex my neighbour's apartment, and then rape and torture his family before murdering them all? Is this the lesson we're fucking learning here.

Ignoring the sheer levels of idiocy on display here, I think you'll find that that precedent was somewhat set when a US-led coalition stormed into Iraq under the pretence of a pre-emptive strike against terrorists. If you're going to be jumping up and down shouting at people, shout at the US, shout at the UK, and anyone else stupid enough to get involved in Iraq.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by ♪^___^♪

So basically you're saying that the assault on Gaza is totally cool because other countries have also been doing bad things elsewhere.

Take a look at my statement, tell me where I said it was OK. The quick answer to that is, I did not. Because it's not OK. What I actually said was, the precedent for such an action was rather set by the invasion of Iraq.

The point being that by marching ahead with the invasion of Iraq despite objections from various countries those involved implicitly opened the door to other countries following suit as long as it's all part of the guise of going after terrorists. Of course it's not OK, but that doesn't mean the precedent wasn't set.

Try actually, you know, reading before you reach for that post button.

There's nowhere I can't reach.