"They were not poorly armed nor untrained in 1948. "
No they weren't, but it is no longer 1948 and unless we want our children's children to be struggling with the bloodbaths, it's about time this is recognised.
Nobody comes out of this mess with a clean track record and nit-picking about who did what to whom when solves nothing.
Do we have to continue this "Carroll-the-Prejudice" "Mike the racist apologist, hypocrite" childishness - it gives these discussions a decidedly schoolyard flavour?   
But maybe you are more comfortable in your colostomy/flatulent mode!
Jim Carroll