>>>>>>>Facts != Truth
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>>>>>>Hmm. So something can be a fact but not true?
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>>>>>A set of facts, each individually true, may not sum up to the "truth".
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>>>>Can you give an example ?
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>>>Fact: Israel has been bombing the Gaza
>>>Fact: Those bombs have killed children
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>>>What's the truth: Israel is a country of monsters who bomb the Gaza in order to kill children?
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>>>Unless you have all the facts (and whoever does?), the facts you have don't necessarily add up to 'truth'.
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>>Israel is not out to kill children. They just don't care if they do.
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>Frankly, I think they care, but I think they care more about their own people being bombed by rockets from Gaza, and being surrounded by states that feel they have no right to exist.
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>>Just in case you're wondering, I am not anti-semetic. But I really dislike the Israeli state. They seem to feel a need to keep the world temperature just below a boil. Which gives them yet something more in common with the Arab nations.
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>I'm not either - I like Arabs. ;) That one always gets me in trouble with my mother.
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>The truth, for me, is that I don't feel that Israel has a lot of options. Hamas has always been a terrorist organisation bent on the destruction of Israel, and now they are in charge - elected yet.
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>Personally, I'm not a fan of how the situation went down back in '47, but it is what it is, and car bombs, rockets, and all the rest isn't likely to change it. I honestly believe that if the various Arab states truly wanted peace, there could be peace. But I don't see that happening in our lifetimes.
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>>IMO it's an open question which nuclear war occurs first, Israel vs. Arabs or Pakistan vs. India.
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>It's a horse race alright.
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>I mentioned it before, but it's worth repeating. Dave Barry once said that some day in the distant future when the earth is nothing but a ball of cinder hurtling into the sun, and all that is left alive are amoeba, the amoeba in the middle east will be at war.

Could you imagine the response from this government if any nation, no matter how small, launched bombs which actually landed on our soil? Let alone hundreds of them or thousands. I don't think it would go on for years...