6/24/2002: Another Palestinian child

Originally posted by jaguar
Dhamsaic: congratulations for the most shallow analysis or a series of facts i've seen in a long time.

Ill say only one thing, its hard to move wood when i chop off your arms.

Talking of dead kids, 4 of the 5 victims of the currant occupation of the west bank so far have ben under 10.

Jag - this is true, to a certain degree. It is not at all helpful when Israel bombs a Palestinian police station and these actions can certainly be blamed for some of the reluctance of Arafat to "reign in" militants. However, it is hardly accurate to list this as the only cause, or even the biggest.

Far and away the biggest problem when it comes to Arafat reigning in militants is that Arafat is <b>unwilling to do so</b>. Images frequently come along of dead "collaborators" being dragged down the streets by militants. This is not possible in Israel, because its police force would put a stop to it. The Palestinian police force is, quite simply, apathetic. They don't care.

Arafat does not do all that he can do. Not by a long shot. As I've explained in other threads, he could very easily help put a stop to the suicide attacks by collaborating with Israel and arresting known militants for trial. On all but a few occasions, he has refused to do so.

As far as children being killed, we've covered this in another thread as well - they are not <b>targeted</b> by Israel. Is it a shame that they died? Absolutely. Their life is as valuable as anyone else's. But they were not deliberately targeted. Their death, while tragic, is accidental. The same cannot be said of the three children murdered in a settlement last week.

In other words, stop bringing up the children thing, because your argument is far too weak to support it. You cannot win because to do so, you need to be able to justify the targeting and intentional, knowing murder of children. Which you cannot possibly do.