tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779373943645776664.post831604571113220962..comments2023-08-05T11:06:32.405-05:00Comments on The Radish: Explaining the attack on the flotilla to my ten year old sonDavid J. Steinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062156101661938909noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779373943645776664.post-10939729749353674332010-06-06T19:21:36.225-05:002010-06-06T19:21:36.225-05:00bla bla bla.
If you try and explain something long...bla bla bla.<br />If you try and explain something long enough, it's possible to make something so terribly wrong sound ok. Absolutely disgusting. As more details come out about this, it's sickening the continued blatant disregard Israel has for international law and human rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779373943645776664.post-22935381122877981162010-06-02T01:00:40.927-05:002010-06-02T01:00:40.927-05:00Wow! Beautifully and wisely said, we should all as...Wow! Beautifully and wisely said, we should all ask those kinds of questions of our democratic government. Bravo, HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779373943645776664.post-79955186877932056932010-06-01T20:07:05.150-05:002010-06-01T20:07:05.150-05:00It is a complex situation for sure. One the one ha...It is a complex situation for sure. One the one hand, Israel has imposed a naval blockade in accordance with International law. Israel has a bona fide enemy in Hamas and to the extent that she can deprive her enemy the means to wage war Israel is entitled to prevent that. The fact that civilians suffer sucks big time. But that's why war is horrible. But the fact that civilians might be in harms way is not a reason not to take action. It is a reason to take precautions.<br /><br />So I cannot share in the hand wringing too much. I sympathize with those who were killed, but the Israeli soldiers know that they go into harm's way, and the people on the ship (I hesitate to call them civilians since they were purposefully and knowingly running a naval blockade) knew that they were putting their lives and their ship at risk. In fact, they were looking for trouble, and they found it. It is stupid, and the best thing we could do is not give this any more exposure than necessary. Both sides share blame and tis incident will not change any minds about who is right and wrong. And that is the greatest tragedy of all. All the death and suffering in this incident was probably in vain. It's just more death and suffering.<br /><br />This is one of those situations where nobody wins, and where both sides must realize that NO ONE WILL WIN. It is a zero sum game. Either we will all make peace, one side will annihilate the other, or both sides will annihilate each other. There is no way to win. We're all losers each time something like this happens.<br /><br />It's time we all got creative. Hamas, Israel, America, PA...all of us.Eric D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08448753389237677609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779373943645776664.post-57912954782911258552010-06-01T06:21:38.906-05:002010-06-01T06:21:38.906-05:00Thank you for the local insight.... certainly diff...Thank you for the local insight.... certainly different than as you said the 15 second clips that make the news over hear.Can you hear me nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334133471848737642noreply@blogger.com