>>>>>>>I would find that difficult to believe given the Norwegian track record in WWII. Unlike the Dutch who basically accepted the Nazi occupation, the Norwegians had a huge resistance effort and did not go willingly into that good night...
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>>>>>>>The number of people here who seem to think that Israel should simply accept 200 rockets a day being fired at them by Hamas simply boggles my mind.
>>>>>>Yep me too, but I'm silly, out of touch, factless, etc. Just a fat old conservative who is sick a tired of liberal bs. I don't care anymore if they like my responses or not, but I will respond when the bs meter goes off the scale.
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>>>>>OTOH Israel are responding in exactly the way they have for the past 50 years. If it doesn't work it doesn't work.
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>>>>If by your standards what's happening is "not working", can you offer suggestions for improvement?
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>>>Stop building on the west bank.
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>>>Live with the missiles and reduce them by embargoing non food/medical supplies. Use modern counter measure to deal with tunneling. All the little non sexy things that politicians don't like.
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>>No new ideas there - why aren't they already being done?
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>>>Keep the missiles in perspective. Israel loses more people to road accidents every year
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>>There's a cost/benefit ratio to driving and MVAs. Are you trying to say casualties inflicted by indiscriminate rocket attacks have a similar, or lower ratio? If so, can you elaborate?
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>Looks like the policies are already working
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>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/osloterr.html
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>I'm not sure how you'd work out a cost benefit ratio on something like that.

I'm not sure what you're saying - that Israel is already implementing your suggestions, and reaping the benefits - or that they're not, and don't need to ?

>Whats the cost benefit of your security policies turning you into a pariah state. Many Israeli commentators regard the continuing occupation as something that will in the end destroy Israel.

Well, sure, their policies have made them a listed terrorist organization and pariah state in much of the First World. Oh - maybe you were talking about Israel - I don't see it, myself.

Not sure what you mean about "continuing occupation".