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2003-07-29 Middle East

Israelis Drive Palestinians Back From Security Fence

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Posted by Frank G 2003-07-29 9:53:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Palestinians say it encroaches on Arab land and threatens the "road map" plan for Mideast peace.

Translation: "The fence impedes our efforts to kill even more Jews."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-29 2:14:31 PM|| 2003-7-29 2:14:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 They haven't electrified it? Why?

Posted by tu3031 2003-7-29 3:31:51 PM|| 2003-7-29 3:31:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 LGF has a pic of the ISM/Paleos trying to tear down a gate on the fence....asshats

Posted by Frank G 2003-7-29 8:42:46 PM|| 2003-7-29 8:42:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 STFU and send money America

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-7-29 8:58:38 PM|| 2003-7-29 8:58:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I bet the GDR had a great reason for their wall too

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-7-29 9:00:18 PM|| 2003-7-29 9:00:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Not Mike Moore: STFU and send money America

We're not going to cut off aid to Israel any more than we're going to terminate NATO or our Asian alliances. If Not Mike Moore wants to promote the cut-off of aid to Israel, he can always donate money to Palestinian causes - if they succeed in driving the Jews into the sea, Israel will cease to exist, and there won't be any need for American aid.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-7-29 9:07:28 PM|| 2003-7-29 9:07:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Not Mike Moore: I bet the GDR had a great reason for their wall too

Actually, their reason was to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Germany. Israelis are trying to prevent Palestinians from conducting bombing attacks against Israeli civilians. The Israelis are also trying to keep some of the West Bank territory they conquered from Jordan after all the Arab countries mobilized for their second war of annihilation against Israel in 1967.

As Rumsfeld noted earlier this year, Israel needs the land to avoid being overrun by a surprise Arab attack. Heck - even with all of the West Bank, Israel was almost annihilated during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The more strategic depth Israel has, the less likely it is that we'll have to expend blood and treasure to defend them like we defended Europe, Korea and Vietnam during the previous century.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-7-29 9:17:55 PM|| 2003-7-29 9:17:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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