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		<title>By: WarDogLRS</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5407408</link>
		<dc:creator>WarDogLRS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GOOGLE:
BENJAMIN FREEDMAN SPEAKS: A JEWISH DEFECTOR WARNS AMERICA

http://fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/history/zionism/news.php?q=1228947965</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GOOGLE:<br />
BENJAMIN FREEDMAN SPEAKS: A JEWISH DEFECTOR WARNS AMERICA</p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5407058</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Israel is robocalling and dropping leaflets suggesting Palestinians evacuate their neighborhoods. Evacuate to where? 

Gaza is under seige. Who wants to move around and be a shooting duck? This smacks of psy ops and justification for coming bad deeds.

“But we warned them.”

Providing no means for evacuation makes any warning sadistically cruel.

http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2009/01/israels-cruel-robocalls.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israel is robocalling and dropping leaflets suggesting Palestinians evacuate their neighborhoods. Evacuate to where? </p>
<p>Gaza is under seige. Who wants to move around and be a shooting duck? This smacks of psy ops and justification for coming bad deeds.</p>
<p>“But we warned them.”</p>
<p>Providing no means for evacuation makes any warning sadistically cruel.</p>
<p><a href="http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2009/01/israels-cruel-robocalls.html" rel="nofollow">http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2009/01/israels-cruel-robocalls.html</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5407058', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5406622</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does Barack&#039;s monitoring include statistics on U.S. supplied weapons use in Gaza?  

What kind of munitions did we provide?  How were they used?  What new bombs did the U.S. sell or provide gratis to the Jewish state?  What impact do they have on innocent civilians, in the wrong place at the wrong time?

C&#039;mon media, do your job.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does Barack&#8217;s monitoring include statistics on U.S. supplied weapons use in Gaza?  </p>
<p>What kind of munitions did we provide?  How were they used?  What new bombs did the U.S. sell or provide gratis to the Jewish state?  What impact do they have on innocent civilians, in the wrong place at the wrong time?</p>
<p>C&#8217;mon media, do your job.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5406622', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5406554</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norweigen Doctor believes Israel is using new weapons:

&lt;em&gt;&quot;We do have indications that Israelis are using a new type of weapon with an enormous explosive power that is having a devasting effect on the body.  The Palestinian colleagues of us are telling us about complete amputations and bodies that are split in two.  Also they have more than 100 severe burns among the 2,000 injured, and most of these burns are more than 50% of the body surface and second- to third-degree.  So these are very severe burns and extremely severe injuries caused by, probably, some new types of weapon, maybe the DIME weapon, which are tungsten-alloy weapons, which are also radioactive.  These reports have not been scientifically confirmed but there is absolutely reason to believe that they used a new weapon.&quot;  &lt;/em&gt;-- 

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8242/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norweigen Doctor believes Israel is using new weapons:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;We do have indications that Israelis are using a new type of weapon with an enormous explosive power that is having a devasting effect on the body.  The Palestinian colleagues of us are telling us about complete amputations and bodies that are split in two.  Also they have more than 100 severe burns among the 2,000 injured, and most of these burns are more than 50% of the body surface and second- to third-degree.  So these are very severe burns and extremely severe injuries caused by, probably, some new types of weapon, maybe the DIME weapon, which are tungsten-alloy weapons, which are also radioactive.  These reports have not been scientifically confirmed but there is absolutely reason to believe that they used a new weapon.&#8221;  </em>&#8211; </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8242/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8242/</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5406554', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5406430</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fed buying $500 billion of securitized mortgages:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/economy/06feds.html?ref=business</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fed buying $500 billion of securitized mortgages:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/economy/06feds.html?ref=business" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/economy/06feds.html?ref=business</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5406430', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Annie @40 - &lt;em&gt;Kinda sounds familiar, eh…?&lt;/em&gt;

as i said recently, &quot;Do unto others, as was done to you...?&quot;

isn&#039;t it ironic...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Annie @40 &#8211; <em>Kinda sounds familiar, eh…?</em></p>
<p>as i said recently, &#8220;Do unto others, as was done to you&#8230;?&#8221;</p>
<p>isn&#8217;t it ironic&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5406206', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5406106</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The EU is pushing for a cease-fire and “sustainable truce” between Hamas and Israel.&lt;/em&gt;

&quot;Sustainable&quot; truces are another post-Bush term.  It basically means &quot;we won&#039;t accept any truce agreement that isn&#039;t long-term and permanent.&quot;  Meanhwile, people are dying.

The proper method is to shoot for a short-term truce - any truce you can get - and then use the time that buys to negotiate for something more permanent.

As this war is 99.999% one-sided, you&#039;d think it wouldn&#039;t be difficult to negotiate a truce, or at least to figure out who&#039;s to blame that there isn&#039;t one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The EU is pushing for a cease-fire and “sustainable truce” between Hamas and Israel.</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Sustainable&#8221; truces are another post-Bush term.  It basically means &#8220;we won&#8217;t accept any truce agreement that isn&#8217;t long-term and permanent.&#8221;  Meanhwile, people are dying.</p>
<p>The proper method is to shoot for a short-term truce &#8211; any truce you can get &#8211; and then use the time that buys to negotiate for something more permanent.</p>
<p>As this war is 99.999% one-sided, you&#8217;d think it wouldn&#8217;t be difficult to negotiate a truce, or at least to figure out who&#8217;s to blame that there isn&#8217;t one.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5406106', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: drew3rd</title>
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		<dc:creator>drew3rd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan — which may cost nearly $775 billion — “plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses” which will “provide credits up to $500 for most workers” and “more than $100 billion in tax incentives for businesses.” 

The more I hear from president-elect Obama, the more I can&#039;t believe how lucky we are. Finally a president who gets the economy of America. When our businesses are strong, we are strong. Dubya just can&#039;t let these worthless companies go under and let strong, lean ones snatch up their market share. Destruction is an important phase of the macro business model in America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan — which may cost nearly $775 billion — “plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses” which will “provide credits up to $500 for most workers” and “more than $100 billion in tax incentives for businesses.” </p>
<p>The more I hear from president-elect Obama, the more I can&#8217;t believe how lucky we are. Finally a president who gets the economy of America. When our businesses are strong, we are strong. Dubya just can&#8217;t let these worthless companies go under and let strong, lean ones snatch up their market share. Destruction is an important phase of the macro business model in America.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5406052', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5405944</link>
		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Wayne A. Schneider Says: 

I could be mistaken about this, but I thought that it was, technically, a crime to interfere with the foreign policy of our country. If so, then no matter how Obama feels about what’s going on in Israel, he may not legally be able to contradict Bush publicly until Jan 20th. 

January 5th, 2009 at 11:46 am&lt;/em&gt;
_________

I&#039;m not sure that&#039;s true, especially if &quot;interfere with foreign policy&quot; includes speaking out against current administration policy.  He had no problem doing this on the campaign trail, particularly on his overseas trip. 

My gut feeling is that Obama is hoping the conflict will end before he gets into office, so he can concentrate on the economy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Wayne A. Schneider Says: </p>
<p>I could be mistaken about this, but I thought that it was, technically, a crime to interfere with the foreign policy of our country. If so, then no matter how Obama feels about what’s going on in Israel, he may not legally be able to contradict Bush publicly until Jan 20th. </p>
<p>January 5th, 2009 at 11:46 am</em><br />
_________</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s true, especially if &#8220;interfere with foreign policy&#8221; includes speaking out against current administration policy.  He had no problem doing this on the campaign trail, particularly on his overseas trip. </p>
<p>My gut feeling is that Obama is hoping the conflict will end before he gets into office, so he can concentrate on the economy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405944', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Witch1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Witch1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mary #48...I have to agree to a point on the UN...May I add for people to comment on,,,Perhap&#039;s America and Israel have to much power...Both being war like and feeding the war machine&#039;s they may have become the be all to end all...It appear&#039;s to me we have become the United States of Israel....Since the Lebanon killing&#039;s I have been against  Israel and our own country for allowing this kind of genocide..Not to mention the fact all those bomb&#039;s and war good&#039;s plus finance&#039;s go to Israel with no repayment...They are supported by us completely...It is as if we are their benafactor....The USA has adopted a very ugly red headed step child.More precisely our administration&#039;s have taught them well.....Blessings</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mary #48&#8230;I have to agree to a point on the UN&#8230;May I add for people to comment on,,,Perhap&#8217;s America and Israel have to much power&#8230;Both being war like and feeding the war machine&#8217;s they may have become the be all to end all&#8230;It appear&#8217;s to me we have become the United States of Israel&#8230;.Since the Lebanon killing&#8217;s I have been against  Israel and our own country for allowing this kind of genocide..Not to mention the fact all those bomb&#8217;s and war good&#8217;s plus finance&#8217;s go to Israel with no repayment&#8230;They are supported by us completely&#8230;It is as if we are their benafactor&#8230;.The USA has adopted a very ugly red headed step child.More precisely our administration&#8217;s have taught them well&#8230;..Blessings<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405942', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mary</title>
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		<dc:creator>mary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Juan C. Says: 
What I see extremely shameful and pathetic is the complete silence of the other countries besides the useless rethoric in the UN General Assembly.&lt;/em&gt;

I think John Bolton got his way - the UN is toothless and the world knows it.

Yesterday the media kept saying that the UN Security Council couldn&#039;t &quot;agree&quot; on a statement, but, that was because the U.S. was set to veto anything and everything they came up with!  But the media made it sound like it was the Security Council&#039;s fault.  They certainly don&#039;t seem to have any power.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Juan C. Says:<br />
What I see extremely shameful and pathetic is the complete silence of the other countries besides the useless rethoric in the UN General Assembly.</em></p>
<p>I think John Bolton got his way &#8211; the UN is toothless and the world knows it.</p>
<p>Yesterday the media kept saying that the UN Security Council couldn&#8217;t &#8220;agree&#8221; on a statement, but, that was because the U.S. was set to veto anything and everything they came up with!  But the media made it sound like it was the Security Council&#8217;s fault.  They certainly don&#8217;t seem to have any power.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405922', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DNFP</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/thinkfast-january-5-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5405916</link>
		<dc:creator>DNFP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Obama, pssst…say something!&lt;/em&gt;

Pssssssssssst-psssst-psssss....

Tell it to AIPAC.

They run our government EXACTLY like the mafia used to control the longshoremen, the unions, the liquor during prohibition, etc.

Nothing happens here without their direct &quot;okay&quot;.

Jews decided after WWII to NEVER EVER be a victim again, so to them, anything to avoid becoming a VICTIM is 100% in their right.

Stupid fcuking hypocrites.

Z I O N I S T S are the Nazis of the 21st Century.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Obama, pssst…say something!</em></p>
<p>Pssssssssssst-psssst-psssss&#8230;.</p>
<p>Tell it to AIPAC.</p>
<p>They run our government EXACTLY like the mafia used to control the longshoremen, the unions, the liquor during prohibition, etc.</p>
<p>Nothing happens here without their direct &#8220;okay&#8221;.</p>
<p>Jews decided after WWII to NEVER EVER be a victim again, so to them, anything to avoid becoming a VICTIM is 100% in their right.</p>
<p>Stupid fcuking hypocrites.</p>
<p>Z I O N I S T S are the Nazis of the 21st Century.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405916', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;ICEMAN Says: 

FEDS EYE $175 COW TAX FOR CLIMATE CRIMES

Call this one of the newest and innovative the ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions.

Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.

January 5th, 2009 at 10:23 am&lt;/em&gt;
______________

Ok, that&#039;s pretty brilliant.  I hope the EPA follows through with this.  It&#039;s about time we started paying the true costs of our carnivorous lifestyle.  

Alternately, this could be used to encourage more cattle farmers to convert to organic and grass-fed farming or use methane-capture methods to prevent the release of greenhouse gases.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>ICEMAN Says: </p>
<p>FEDS EYE $175 COW TAX FOR CLIMATE CRIMES</p>
<p>Call this one of the newest and innovative the ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
<p>Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.</p>
<p>January 5th, 2009 at 10:23 am</em><br />
______________</p>
<p>Ok, that&#8217;s pretty brilliant.  I hope the EPA follows through with this.  It&#8217;s about time we started paying the true costs of our carnivorous lifestyle.  </p>
<p>Alternately, this could be used to encourage more cattle farmers to convert to organic and grass-fed farming or use methane-capture methods to prevent the release of greenhouse gases.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405914', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I would go farther: Their violent and heavy handed leaders (which in the case of Hamas, a political party with a military wing, not everybody is a radical nut) shouldn’t be exterminated. They should be brought to justice, which is completely different.&lt;/em&gt;

Juan, my friend, in some peoples&#039; minds, they are one and the same thing.  We are talking about people who see violence, not simply as a &lt;em&gt;legitimate&lt;/em&gt; way to resolve disputes, but the &lt;em&gt;preferred&lt;/em&gt; way.

Humans will never evolve to the next level as long as we continue to look the other way when some of us start killing each other.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I would go farther: Their violent and heavy handed leaders (which in the case of Hamas, a political party with a military wing, not everybody is a radical nut) shouldn’t be exterminated. They should be brought to justice, which is completely different.</em></p>
<p>Juan, my friend, in some peoples&#8217; minds, they are one and the same thing.  We are talking about people who see violence, not simply as a <em>legitimate</em> way to resolve disputes, but the <em>preferred</em> way.</p>
<p>Humans will never evolve to the next level as long as we continue to look the other way when some of us start killing each other.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405910', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I could be mistaken about this, but I thought that it was, technically, a crime to interfere with the foreign policy of our country.  If so, then no matter how Obama feels about what&#039;s going on in Israel, he may not legally be able to contradict Bush publicly until Jan 20th.  The rest of the world will just have to understand that Obama can say nothing about this until he is the president.  I know people are dying, but there really is nothing Obama can do until he is in charge.  I suppose until then we can be grateful that the new president takes office Jan 20 instead of Mar 4, as it used to be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I could be mistaken about this, but I thought that it was, technically, a crime to interfere with the foreign policy of our country.  If so, then no matter how Obama feels about what&#8217;s going on in Israel, he may not legally be able to contradict Bush publicly until Jan 20th.  The rest of the world will just have to understand that Obama can say nothing about this until he is the president.  I know people are dying, but there really is nothing Obama can do until he is in charge.  I suppose until then we can be grateful that the new president takes office Jan 20 instead of Mar 4, as it used to be.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405906', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juan C.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Juan C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;stateofthedivision Says:

Children and families should not be exterminated because of their violent, heavy handed leaders.&lt;/em&gt;

I would go farther: Their violent and heavy handed leaders (which in the case of Hamas, a political party with a military wing, not everybody is a radical nut) shouldn&#039;t be exterminated. They should be brought to justice, which is completely different.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>stateofthedivision Says:</p>
<p>Children and families should not be exterminated because of their violent, heavy handed leaders.</em></p>
<p>I would go farther: Their violent and heavy handed leaders (which in the case of Hamas, a political party with a military wing, not everybody is a radical nut) shouldn&#8217;t be exterminated. They should be brought to justice, which is completely different.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405892', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juan C.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Juan C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;mary Says:

This Gaza thing is making me crazy. So many lies, so much suffering.&lt;/em&gt;

I can understand US position and the position of its mercenary state, Israel. What I see extremely shameful and pathetic is the complete silence of the other countries besides the useless rethoric in the UN General Assembly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>mary Says:</p>
<p>This Gaza thing is making me crazy. So many lies, so much suffering.</em></p>
<p>I can understand US position and the position of its mercenary state, Israel. What I see extremely shameful and pathetic is the complete silence of the other countries besides the useless rethoric in the UN General Assembly.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405882', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
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		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Children and families should not be exterminated because of their violent, heavy handed leaders.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Children and families should not be exterminated because of their violent, heavy handed leaders.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405880', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Leftside Annie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leftside Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This whole Gaza thing reminds me forcibly of the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto by the Nazis in WWII - it took the full might of the Nazi war machine nearly a full month to obliterate the Jewish resistance in the ghetto...(Poland itself fell in a mere 3 days). 

If you read the accounts, basically the Nazis surrounded the ghetto, bombed the crap out of it, burned what was left standing, then went in on a ground assault until virtually every Jew in the ghetto was dead. 

Kinda sounds familiar, eh...?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This whole Gaza thing reminds me forcibly of the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto by the Nazis in WWII &#8211; it took the full might of the Nazi war machine nearly a full month to obliterate the Jewish resistance in the ghetto&#8230;(Poland itself fell in a mere 3 days). </p>
<p>If you read the accounts, basically the Nazis surrounded the ghetto, bombed the crap out of it, burned what was left standing, then went in on a ground assault until virtually every Jew in the ghetto was dead. </p>
<p>Kinda sounds familiar, eh&#8230;?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405878', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lemme get this straight.  Israel bombs Gaza because of Palestinian rocket attacks and suicide bombers.  The Palestinians fire rockets and detonate themselves in crowded locations because Israel bombs them, harrasses them, and barricades them in ghettos.  It&#039;s not hard to see how this vicious circle keeps going, and there comes a point where it really doesn&#039;t matter who threw the first punch, because both sides have plenty of blood on their hands.

I suspect that both Israel and Hamas would love to see each other completely exterminated.  Unless both sides are completely stupid, they know very well that their actions merely inflame the other side, and strengthen their resolve.  Which appears to be what both sides want -- any excuse to practice genocide.

Does Israel truly believe that bombing Gaza will stop the rocket attacks and the suicide bombers?  Does Hamas truly believe that continued attacks against Israel will stop their bombs?

It would serve them both right if the all the rest of the world gets completely disgusted with both, and they both lose all world sympathy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lemme get this straight.  Israel bombs Gaza because of Palestinian rocket attacks and suicide bombers.  The Palestinians fire rockets and detonate themselves in crowded locations because Israel bombs them, harrasses them, and barricades them in ghettos.  It&#8217;s not hard to see how this vicious circle keeps going, and there comes a point where it really doesn&#8217;t matter who threw the first punch, because both sides have plenty of blood on their hands.</p>
<p>I suspect that both Israel and Hamas would love to see each other completely exterminated.  Unless both sides are completely stupid, they know very well that their actions merely inflame the other side, and strengthen their resolve.  Which appears to be what both sides want &#8212; any excuse to practice genocide.</p>
<p>Does Israel truly believe that bombing Gaza will stop the rocket attacks and the suicide bombers?  Does Hamas truly believe that continued attacks against Israel will stop their bombs?</p>
<p>It would serve them both right if the all the rest of the world gets completely disgusted with both, and they both lose all world sympathy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5405872', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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