Reply #12: i was generalizing... [View All]

and painting with a broad brush......didnt mean to.......

I have no problem with the sympathese for the palestenian people.....In fact I believe my sympathy for them is a far more responsable version than the usual "good victimized palestenains...bad bad israelis"...

but when the constant barrage of "evil israel for stealing land, murdering innocent palestenians....using occupation electricity to keep the palestenains downtrodden while stopping is considered a "war crime"....every attempt to stop the kassams is considered collective punishment, (I could go on..) I would say that holding a reasonable discussion about the conflict is rather useless.

When i originally came here, i thought it could be interesting..i have the experience from the Israeli point of view...and that would include how a soldier makes decisions or doesnt make them and ends up in a very violent situation.....how night vision goggles are not so very clear, how a TV camera looks uncanny like an RPG from a distance, etc....i was to discover that i was simply niave.

To have a decent discussion about the conflict means first and foremost wanting to understand the other side and that means addressing the "other sides complaints and understandings"...start with that and you'll have an interesting exchange of info...or we can "change sides"..I'll be the pro palestenain and you can be the pro israeli.....that would be quite an interesting discussion...anybody game?