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Thread #96942   Message #1901853
Posted By: Little Hawk
06-Dec-06 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: The right to attack - what gall!
Subject: RE: BS: The right to attack - what gall!
You are getting completely carried away with your own hyperbole, BB.

All I meant by saying, "Hezbollah has a legitimate cause from the point of view of Iran, so of course they are assisting them. That's just reality." was this....

There is a regional confrontation going on in the Middle East, as we all know. It's an old one. It has a long history. It involves the USA, the UK, and Israel on one side...with a great many groups of Muslim people, Muslim paramilitary organizations, and several Muslim nations on the other side...and a few other Muslim nations pretending to sit on the fence (although they are really anything but neutral).

It is inevitable that Iran would openly or clandestinely assist anyone who opposes the USA, the UK, and Israel in that conflict. It is equally inevitable that the USA, the UK, and Israel will openly or clandestinely assist anyone who opposes theirenemies in the conflict. And they do.

And that's reality. For one to accuse the other of being heinous for doing it is nothing more than pompous posturing for the sake of propaganda.

For you to extrapolate what I said into the most extreme position possible ("the destruction of Israel") does not contribute any light whatsoever to the discussion, but merely a lot of heat, and it makes me think you are incapable of thinking in shades of gray when it comes to this conflict, and probably incapable of recognizing that Muslims have some legitimate concerns in regards to Israel and the occupied lands.

I already KNOW Israel has legitimate concerns too, and a right to defend itself. That is totally obvious. No one needs to convince me.

I do not object to anyone defending themselves, I object to full-scale aggression by nations and terrorism by paramilitary forces.