tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post6136127156357045612..comments2024-03-29T07:16:53.040-04:00Comments on Daled Amos: Is The "Disproportionate Response" Argument Disproportionate To The Truth?Daled Amoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-46462621522932667352008-12-30T12:17:00.000-05:002008-12-30T12:17:00.000-05:00Hamas and other organizations in Gaza have been pu...Hamas and other organizations in Gaza have been purposely sending rockets across the border with Israel intended to harm civilians. This is a violation of morality and international law.<BR/>A proportionate response would be one which put a stop to this outrageous behavior. <BR/>So far Israel's response has been disproportionate in the sense that it seems less than what is required to do so. In that same sense Greenwald is correct.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936676624011803332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-59521286199984516762008-12-30T11:33:00.000-05:002008-12-30T11:33:00.000-05:00The media is not going to remind them--they are to...The media is not going to remind them--they are too busy pushing their own agenda...only in the interests of evenhandedness, of course.Daled Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-7875029512207930642008-12-30T11:26:00.000-05:002008-12-30T11:26:00.000-05:00And yet again the world needs to be reminded that ...And yet again the world needs to be reminded that Israel is not the sole blockader, that Egypt also keeps its crossing to Gaza locked tight. Egypt, as a matter of fact, <I>shot</I> live ammunition at Gazans trying to break down the fence between Egypt and Gaza and escape.<BR/><BR/>The world also needs to be reminded that Gaza was part of Egypt until the Six Day War, and Israel has been trying to give it back ever since. Last summer, with the massive breakdown of the Egypt-Gaza fence, the Israelis almost rid themselves of the Gazan albatross. But when the Egyptians got wind of that idea, they hurriedly push the Gazans back into their cage and locked the door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com