-- Posted by xoxo1234 at 1:06 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 Well, duh, their are more civilian casualties in Gaza. Israeli citizens are prepared, that's all. We have air raid sirens and bomb shelters in every building. We've been taught what to do if there's ever a bomb. So when the rockets come a flying, we just hop on into the shelters where we keep our emergency food and water and relax. The difference is that Israel isn't TARGETING civilians. Hamas is. I'm not saying I agree with the Israeli government's decisions and actions, but the constant Qassams shot at Sderot and surrounding communities daily just got too high. We started complaining to our government, wtf. We're under attack. Can you, uh, stop the rockets, kay? And now the governments well, doing something, even if it's not what I'd have suggested. I'm not looking for an argument, I just wanted to add a few points for thought. -- Posted by Chevelledrew at 1:07 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 Israel hasn't done shit wrong.  I love the Palestine nut huggers. -- Posted by neverjeeps at 1:08 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 13 israelies dead 777 pali i think that yall did the right thing, but you can stop now -- Posted by SpasticTurnip at 1:09 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 Makes me happy to be Irish. -- Posted by xoxo1234 at 1:11 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from neverjeeps at 11:08 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 13 israelies dead 777 pali i think that yall did the right thing, but you can stop now Lol. Well, the reason for the high death toll is up there. But like I said, I'm not responsible for my government's actions.   -- Posted by medjai at 1:12 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 How can you claim that Israel is not targetting civilians? They are blowing up mosques and schools and refusing aid to the people who's lives they're destroying. If your city was being shelled by your own tanks and jets and bombs, your death toll would be just as high or higher than the palestinians, pretending that they aren't used to being attacked is outright stupid. They are shooting shoulder fired rockets at you, you are shelling their homes with tanks, dropping bombs on their schools and destroying their mosques. There's a huge difference in level of force being used, don't pretend that somehow isrealis would be just fine if an attack of the same scale hit them, that's a joke. When tanks are shelling civilian homes, and more than 20% of the deaths are civilian, it's rather difficult to claim that Israel is not "targeting" civilians. At the very least, Israel is firing indiscriminant of whether or not it's hitting civilians, and that's just as bad. -- Posted by xoxo1234 at 1:14 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from medjai at 11:12 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 How can you claim that Israel is not targetting civilians? They are blowing up mosques and schools and refusing aid to the people who's lives they're destroying. If your city was being shelled by your own tanks and jets and bombs, your death toll would be just as high or higher than the palestinians, pretending that they aren't used to being attacked is outright stupid. They are shooting shoulder fired rockets at you, you are shelling their homes with tanks, dropping bombs on their schools and destroying their mosques. There's a huge difference in level of force being used, don't pretend that somehow isrealis would be just fine if an attack of the same scale hit them, that's a joke. When tanks are shelling civilian homes, and more than 20% of the deaths are civilian, it's rather difficult to claim that Israel is not "targeting" civilians. At the very least, Israel is firing indiscriminant of whether or not it's hitting civilians, and that's just as bad. Israel definitely is not targeting civilians, I can promise you that. I have friends who are in the air force. =/ But yeah, they're bombing really populated areas, and it's impossible not to have civilian casualties. But they target Hamas militants and officials. I didn't say they're not used to being attacked, they just aren't prepared by their government as we are. -- Posted by neverjeeps at 1:31 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 and all of the civilian death statistics are coming from hamas, so you know they are not reporting it 100% accurate -- Posted by medjai at 2:12 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 It's impossible for anyone else to report them, though. Bombing heavily populated areas because hamas targets might be there is still knowingly murdering civilians, and therefore the same as "targeting" them. That like if a terrorist leader was in an american walmart, so american forces blew up the walmart and then said "well the terrorist was in there." -- Posted by xoxo1234 at 5:43 am on Jan. 10, 2009 Hardly. It's a war, and there will be casualties on both sides, unfortunately. -- Posted by JohnTheNormalOne at 7:03 am on Jan. 10, 2009 Israel isn't targeting civilians. It is just firing randomly on the cities in Gaza.   -- Posted by Natsy at 7:07 am on Jan. 10, 2009 the whole war is stupid >__>