>>>>>>>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.

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