Keith - I have indeed made the mistake in the past, on several occasions - which I why I deliberately chose the this time.
Throughout this thread I have carefully check every single statement I made to give you people no reason to trip me upon errors - the MacBride report was no different - I checked and rechecked what the report said and was fully aware who produced it - I've actually compiled a list of all the statements I've used in the Sabra/Shatila arguments for future use.
I deliberately overused it on this thread (14 times) before I corrected it - (worked like a charm - couldn't have hoped for a better result) - you responded to it "authoritatively" on 5 occasions.
Had it been a mistake it wouldn't have been a problem saying so - I've never seen the point in denying mistakes in a discussion, certainly none as trivial as this - unlike you, who yet to admit to one.
I asked a question - Do you really believe that The united Nations and all the Human Rights Groups are not to be trusted and the only ones to believe are politicians
"Because I saw the same programme you did and have kept it for reference."
Can you give us the exact statement - the programme is still on line?
"Others dispute them"
Disputes Benny Morris - now that is interesting - can you link us to them please?
"Of course it was. It was committed by a local Arab militia."
And was facilitated by the Israeli army - you heaven't even bothered to respond too the facts of the massacre - perhaps you might care to do so now
"Of course it happened, but the war crimes were committed by Hamas.Israel complied with international law."
Do you have a hot-line to the U.N. - their enquiry is still underway, no announcement has ever been made and Israel is still struggling to keep it out of the Court - how on earth do you know when the rest of the world has no idea?
"Massacres and atrocities are just propaganda"
A matter of recorded history Keith - even by Jewish historians
(Perhaps you are only talking about living historians or those writing over the last 20 minutes?
Jim Carroll