Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 100

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Don't hold your breath aj...er I mean bill.

is this the latest conspiracy theory?

The Israeli military said it had attacked at least 1,350 sites in Gaza since the start of the conflict last week.

Imagine that - more than a thousand attacks and only 100 casualties. SURGICAL precision!

That's why they won't achieve lasting peace. Lasting peace requires a lot more casualties than that.

[decocker 7,198]

considering how pissed off you get at government spending, i'm kind of shocked that you have no issue with billions of us money going to finance israel's every whim.

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/cost_of_israel.html

Even excluding all of these extra costs, America’s $84.8 billion in aid to Israel from fiscal years 1949 through 1998, and the interest the U.S. paid to borrow this money, has cost U.S. taxpayers $134.8 billion, not adjusted for inflation. Or, put another way, the nearly $14,630 every one of 5.8 million Israelis received from the U.S. government by Oct. 31, 1997 has cost American taxpayers $23,240 per Israeli.

It would be interesting to know how many of those American taxpayers believe they and their families have received as much from the U.S. Treasury as has everyone who has chosen to become a citizen of Israel. But it’s a question that will never occur to the American public because, so long as America’s mainstream media, Congress and president maintain their pact of silence, few Americans will ever know the true cost of Israel to U.S. taxpayers.

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The American investment in the Iron Dome has turned out to be an excellent use of money.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

considering how pissed off you get at government spending, i'm kind of shocked that you have no issue with billions of us money going to finance israel's every whim.

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/cost_of_israel.html

Even excluding all of these extra costs, America’s $84.8 billion in aid to Israel from fiscal years 1949 through 1998, and the interest the U.S. paid to borrow this money, has cost U.S. taxpayers $134.8 billion, not adjusted for inflation. Or, put another way, the nearly $14,630 every one of 5.8 million Israelis received from the U.S. government by Oct. 31, 1997 has cost American taxpayers $23,240 per Israeli.

It would be interesting to know how many of those American taxpayers believe they and their families have received as much from the U.S. Treasury as has everyone who has chosen to become a citizen of Israel. But it’s a question that will never occur to the American public because, so long as America’s mainstream media, Congress and president maintain their pact of silence, few Americans will ever know the true cost of Israel to U.S. taxpayers.

LOL. We give Egypt $1.5 billion a year for nothing in return. We supported every Arab Spring movement in the MENA countries only to have those same people we supported butcher our people in Libya. With Israel we get to share military intelligence not to mention technology. Israel is light years ahead of the US in regards to tank armor and a few other nifty things that help defend this country.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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The American investment in the Iron Dome has turned out to be an excellent use of money.

It is quite an improvement over the Patriot's we gave the Israelis.

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It is quite an improvement over the Patriot's we gave the Israelis.

Yup. And the US helped bankroll it to a huge extent... that technology will be coming our way too. Always good to see government money create something that works! 90% accuracy is no joke.

Also, for the anti-Semites in the house: fewer dead Jews makes a ground invasion of the West Bank and Gaza less likely than would have otherwise been the case. So while the fewer dead Jews part may pain you, it also means fewer dead Muslims... which should warm your hearts.

Edited November 19, 2012 by ^_^

[decocker 7,198]

LOL. We give Egypt $1.5 billion a year for nothing in return. We supported every Arab Spring movement in the MENA countries only to have those same people we supported butcher our people in Libya. With Israel we get to share military intelligence not to mention technology. Israel is light years ahead of the US in regards to tank armor and a few other nifty things that help defend this country.

lol ikr?!? LIGHT YEARS!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

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Yup. And the US helped bankroll it to a huge extent... that technology will be coming our way too. Always good to see government money create something that works! 90% accuracy is no joke.

Also, for the anti-Semites in the house: fewer dead Jews makes a ground invasion of the West Bank and Gaza less likely than would have otherwise been the case. So while the fewer dead Jews part may pain you, it also means fewer dead Muslims... which should warm your hearts.

I see what you did there. Well played.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

lol ikr?!? LIGHT YEARS!

Israel came up with the exploding tank armor over a decade ago, and that's just one of many nifty inventions they have come up with. When a shell hits the tank the armor on the tank explodes sending the warhead/shell the other direction so it doesn't kill the entire tank crew. They can also run lighter armor with that set up making those tanks faster. The Jews take what we give them and then they improve on it. You have to remember a lot of scientist were of Russian, Eastern and Central European Jewish decent and a lot of them migrated to Israel during and right after WW2.

[decocker 7,198]

The Jews take what we give them and then they improve on it.

swoosh. went flying right on over your head.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

swoosh. went flying right on over your head.

The US spent 8 trillion dollars fighting a Jewish invention aka Bolshevism/Communism. What we give Israel compared to what we spent in a weapons race with the USSR is peanuts. Better to have them on your side then against you. Just ask the people of Eastern Europe.

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Yup. And the US helped bankroll it to a huge extent... that technology will be coming our way too. Always good to see government money create something that works! 90% accuracy is no joke.

If the US would hurry up on the FEL, then Iron Dome would improve with much greater success rates.

Edited November 19, 2012 by bsd058

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

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It's an unfortunate situation. If Israel is to survive as a stable Jewish state, it has to do terrible things. It has to deny right of return. It has to bomb the occupied territories from time to time. These are things it has to do, if it is to survive.

I don't envy the situation they're in. There's simply no way for them to survive and look good doing it.

I kind of disagree. I think Israel is suffering from poor leadership, they have a lot of opportunity to rally people to their cause by solid negotiations with the west bank. Instead they seem to be squandering that opportunity which might weaken Gaza support among Palestinians. They really haven't done anything in 5 years of good faith. I'm not saying Palestinian leadership has done any better, but Israel has the impetus to do something different.

The Gaza situation is a complete stalemate...both parties would be better off conducting the war like episode 24 of star trek (TOS) 'A taste of Armageddon'.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Israel came up with the exploding tank armor over a decade ago,

Reactive armor was first conceived of by the Soviets in 1949, and an effective working design was developed by the Germans in the late 1960's.

The first patent for RA was registered in Germany in 1970 by a Norwegian, Dr.

Manfred Held, who later worked with the Rafael Armament Development

Authority to develop the “Blazer” RA design for Israeli tanks, which first

appeared in combat in 1982.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/white_papers/WP119/WP119.chap2.pdf

[abezyo 35]

I am against Israels aggression on the Gaza strip...but I am also against Hamas's rockets being fired to Israel. There is no total way to avoid civilian death in Gaza...everything in the Gaza strip is Hamas. The government is ran by Hamas, the health departments and hospitals are ran by hamas, the media is ran by hamas, the schools are ran by hamas, everything in the Gaza strip is controlled by Hamas. In Israel there is the Iron Dome who protects the civilians.

You wanna end this conflict? One simple solution...

END THE BLOCKADE ON GAZA! I promise you there would be rare violence in the region if the blockade was lifted.

That is all...now bash me