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Thread #158999   Message #3769078
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
29-Jan-16 - 08:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Terrorism, Again (Israel)
Subject: RE: BS: Terrorism, Again (Israel)
Jim,
it (Israel) has demanded the closure of the International Criminal Court.

You have made this claim a number of times now.
You have yet to substantiate it.
Please do so now.

No democratic government has absolved Israel from war crimes and atrocities - they have remain silent

Yes, because Israel has committed none!
On real issues, like settlements, they can be very critical but no serious person believes all that shit about massacres and atrocities.
You are too gullible Jim!

Israel has a rapidly expanding arms industry
That makes it a rival of most democracies, not a reason for friendship.
No-one has to be their friend, but decent democracies like to encourage others, especially in a region otherwise devoid of them.

You are not putting arguments Keith - simply denying Israel's guilt is not an argument - it's a denial.

That is not what I do.
All I have done is to put their side, just as you put the opposite side.
How could any fair minded person object to both sides of an argument being put?
What is your objection Jim?

I chose to respond to your point 5.
I put Israel's case that it abided by International Law, and the civilian deaths were due to Hamas' flouting of the law.
You have failed to challenge a word of it.
Would you like to choose the next one?