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[Goh Lip]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:29:03 +0800, Cybe R. Wizard  
<cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:03:07 +0800
> "Goh Lip" <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:43:25 +0800, Cybe R. Wizard
>> <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I /do/ support the actions of the Israeli government vis-a-vis
>> > the Gaza strip and the Golan heights.  They won 'em fair and square.
>> > The land should absolutely be theirs to do with as they please.
>>
>>
>> As like Nazi Germany with Poland?
>>
> Not at all like that;  Nazi Germany invaded Poland in an act of overt
> aggression. Israel, OTOH, was the one overtly and aggressively attacked
> by Egypt (with Syria and Jordan's assistance).  The lands in question
> were taken as buffer zones between Israel and all three of those
> attacking countries, a 'solution' which has historical precedence.
>
> No one has to like it but it is the way the world seems to work.  Until
> a better solution comes along I'm supporting the victor->spoils theory
> of wargames in cases where the one attacked overcomes the agressor.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard

Well, okay, understand what you're thinking, I think.

So if, and if history is correctly recorded, the people of Gaza are  
refugees chased out of other lands in present day Israel, like from Haifa  
for example, are the Gazans the attacked or the aggressors?

And if, if some Iraqis view the Americans as aggressors, would it be okay  
if an attack on American or British soil be any justification as  
historical precedence?

Ah well, Cybe, it's time to look beyond historical precedence,  
justifications and 'solutions'. Let not history, however repugnant, tie us  
down to an unending cycle of retributions and hatred. And there are many  
admirable precedence for this. The stories of modern day Germany and South  
Africa are just two fine examples. All it would take is honesty and  
humanity.

Take care - Goh Lip


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