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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:35 AM Original message |
'Bombs more precious than children' |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yep, you need to negotiate, otherwise this will continue. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Negotiating with Terrorists isn't an option. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Pointing at the endless list of deranged loons created by Israeli |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Israel is not solely responsible for the deranged loons |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If it's the culture, how do you explain the Rabin & Barak years? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. How do you explain |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. It's total one-sidedness to point out it's not culture???? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Violet, violet, violet |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Neither HamdenRice nor bemildred solely blamed Israel... |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Wow, Reaching Back To 1972 Are We? |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. I think the explanation is clear... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. didnt happen.. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. It was a Jordanian soldier, but Arafat definitely went |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. nope.....do some research... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You are making some very faulty assumptions |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
90. no i just happen to know some history.... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Culture creates the deranged loons? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Never said they were. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. In some ways I'd like for them to recognize Israel. Because then we'd likely see that those few |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Do you think for one minute |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes. I think they do already recognize Israel but it's their leaders who are waiting |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Since when has Israel denied the Palestinians the right to exist? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The Likud Charter certainly denies it... |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Is Israel governed by Likud's Charter? n/t |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No more than the Palestinians are ruled by the Hamas Charter n/t |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, I don't think that's quite as easy to say. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's every bit as easy to say... |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Of course the Likud party operates according to . . |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And the Hamas Charter doesn't control the Palestinians... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. A classic statement MsM. certainly says much about your perspective. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Yes, I am very honest and open with my views. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I have no illusions that entertaining the thought of crimes against humanity |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Discussing such a serious matter . . |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Calling ethnic cleansing a 'reasonable alternative' is disgusting... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Deleted message |
Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I know you said that ethnic cleansing is a reasonable alternative... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. It is not a choice between a great crime against humanity, and continued conflict. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Let's hear some details... how is this "relocation" going to be carried out? |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
54. You still haven't answered my question. I would like to hear details of how |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Your questions are absurd and bear no realtion . . |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. How is it absurd? Simply asked how such a program might be carried out. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Deleted message |
Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Believe me, relating to you is the very, very opposite. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. Ethnic Cleansing as war crime and crime against humanity. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Take a look at the conditions under which Palestinians are forced to live. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The vast majority of Palestinians have supported a peaceful resolution |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think the election poll voting in Hamas is more important |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Hamas won the election based on domestic issues... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. This poll might be of interest |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. thank you...interesting polls |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. the irony.... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Both sides need to stop the violence... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Where would this "State" be? Israel has basically annexed much of the West Bank |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Imagine, someone saying they prefer death to living without freedom? Has that ever happened before? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. When talking about terrorists... |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. I think that is not an accurate way to frame that, Violet. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I'm glad you're still posting. Even though . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. when you use the phrase "most of the rest of the world" |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Do you understand the term "context"? |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. If the reasons for the occupation as so pure, how do you explain the settlements? |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I find the settlements puzzling. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I think you find it puzzling because it doesn't match up with the image you have of |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Please don't take this as an underhanded insult . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. no I guess the presence of 450,000 settlers in the Occupied Territories |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Well, the occupation started in 1967. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. But there still remain 400,000 settlers in the West Bank. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. and the removal from Gaza included more than doubling the settlement development |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Neither you nor TJ have addressed my guess . . |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I would would not dispute that they may have many reasons why |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Would you also not dispute that Palestinian militants . . |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. You have already stated what you see as the solution. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I did? What is that? n/t |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. dupe |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. what is being created is a Greater Israel -- from the Jordan to the Sea |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Those settlers were re-settled in the West Bank and I believe during that same year |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I am not sure what you are saying. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I was referring to the second half of your post where you mentioned the removal |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I was offering no proof of anything. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. To be fair, I think its also possible that Israel . . |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. The Wall is meant to encompass the settlements first and foremost. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. You said, |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. If |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I did not see any inflammatory words in my post. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Thanks. nt |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. your wrong... |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-26-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Israel breaks promise to U.S. with settlement |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. having the right is not always the smart thing to do... |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I would agree that this strategy is not the most effective |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
84. smarter tactics were never really tried.. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. You're right about Intifadah I. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Pelsar, do you honestly believe your gov't would ever |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-25-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. the israeli govt... |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-26-07 05:23 AM Response to Reply #89 |
97. I think for Iranians what is best is this: |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-26-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Supposedly, so is the US governement, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Imagine someone saying |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-24-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. But of course no-one's said that n/t |
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