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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:29 PM Original message |
Today I end my support of Israel |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I support both the Israelis and the Palestinians |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Indeed. eom |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Magic, you have hit the nail on the head. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I look at it like this |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. But Hamas demands the end of Israel |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. well... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Right now, Israel is aiming for Hamas. Israel has made a number |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. I used to be a staunch supporter of Israel... |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. There was plenty of Hamas provocation BUT Israel |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. He will be a "useful tool." |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. oh, c'mon. that's silly. however, the diary amused me |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I am amused at whom you follow |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. the real cali stands up day after day. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Really I have been reading your posts they some |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Could you supply some examples of these scathing diaries? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. I'll try. The search section at kos can be |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I see you don't support fairness for the original people of the land in dispute. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Uh-huh. |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Oh..... stop it |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I can tell you from personal experience that lots of Europeans |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. What do you mean by *lots*? Most of them? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Most -- No, but many more than Americans would ever believe. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Well, as lots of Americans falsely believe that Europe is a seething mass of antisemites... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. I lived in Europe for many years. My statements are based on |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Name one single anti-semetic country in europe today? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. The majority of Europeans are not anti-semitic, but a goodly |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Your post is a joke. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. I agree that we're all citizens of the world |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Just butting in here, but I support fairness for both Israelis and Palestinians... |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Its about time! welcome aboard |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. ZIonism isn't racism, it's the last refuge of the jewish people. |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Actually, according to a 1975 UN resolution, zionism is indeed racism. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The resolution was revoked in 1991 |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That doesn't matter. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Why are you only curious about why this one poster joined today? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I've gone back and forth with this particular poster quite a bit today |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yeah, on my first day I went back and forth a lot with one DUer... |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thanks |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. No worries, and welcome to DU... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. DU is the Democratic Underground. It is not extremely left wing. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yeah, yr post is the sort of thing my friend was talking about... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
75. Sounds just like you... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. That's exactly right |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Would you consider poland the home of polaks Or russia the home of russians? |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No, I wouldn't. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
45. You are unrealistic. How old are you? |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
67. I'm 19 and nothing I've said is wrong |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. As I said, it is a great idea, but it has been tried, and it failed. |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Jews are welcome in Russia and Poland and Libya |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. are you being sarcastic? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I didn't really say they weren't |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. There are a number of countries that are not nearly so welcoming of Jews and others |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
50. I would consider Palestine the home of the Palestinians... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Have you ever BEEN to Poland? |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No I haven't |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'm puzzled by your logic |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. no where'd you get that idea? n/t |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. From your statement that xenophobia is caused by a lack of immigration |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. xenophobia can be cured if people are exposed to multiculturalism |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I've lived in several different countries. Not only was each one |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. So you think that Israel should be more multivcultural, like europe? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. He clearly has no idea what it is like in Israel |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
55. This resolution was rescinded. And according to the anti-nationalist argument,bloody hypocritical |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. You are right. And of all people on earth, Jews need a safe haven. |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. That doesn't make it right |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
79. Had an interesting encounter with a lovely Zionoist today on the streets of Philly. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. It isn't about Palestine v. Israel right now. It is about Islamic extremists |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Yeah, Hamas is bombing Gaza, right. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. That in NO WAY justifies Isreal's behavior over the past several days |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
60. No it's not. It's Israel massacreing Palestinians. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Isn't Abbas a "puppet?" |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. FCOL have you even seen him on TV? He has not even spoken to denounce the massacre of fellow |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. President Abbas Condemns Israeli Aggression Against Gaza |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. Are the blood donations for the people of Sderot? |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Abbas is a puppet |
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Vegasaurus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
64. Islamic extremism is the greatest threat we face in the world today |
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rundownman (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. No, its not..... maybe its the greatest threat YOU face but no me. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. The greatest threat the world faces today is the nuclear armed terrorist regime in Israel |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. The greatest threat to the WORLD is Israel? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. That's just madness. The greatest terrorist threat in the world today |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. racist pigs are the greatest threat we face today |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
82. mine ended in 1983 when war criminal Ariel Sharon orchestrated the massacres at Sabra and Chatilla |
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