In post 1149, sOmeguy quotes Mr. Spock as stating:
"... there are worse places for children in the world, yet they dont get any attention or funds at all because of the self centered palestinians. " I looked back 5 pages but did not find the original, but want to comment on it:
That may be true (Perhaps Zimbabwe?) but I think my tax dollars only pay for any killing of children in Gaza.*
What I object to is my taxes buying the missiles that are fired from the US supplied Apache helicopters rather indiscriminately into homes in Gaza -at least it appears to indiscriminate, if judged by the fact mainly innocent people, including children are killed.
As the US did in Vietnam, Israel always** identifies dead bodies it killed, which are over 10 years of age, as “terrorist” (Well in Vietnam we called the bodies "VC", but it is the same idea. - We too claimed our troops only intentionally killed "bad guys.")
Occasionally this lie is exposed as recently happened when Israeli tank fired shell was recorded on its way to the TV reporter it killed, but generally Israel can and does claim it only kills "bad guys" or it was "unfortunate collateral damage" if body is a dead child, but states they were “only trying to kill the bad guys" when they killed the child.
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*I want these tax dollars used to make sure Joe American kids have a roof over their heads when his homje is foreclosed. Let end ALL aid to Israel until it adopts a DEFENSIVE, instead of HIGH KILL RATIO RETALITATION POLICY.
**Well not “always.” – Sometimes Israel claims the terrorists killed the children as recently the 5 or so killed in apartment were “victims of terrorist walking on the street with load of explosives” or about a year ago the family on the beach killed by an Israeli artillery shell were “victims of a land mine planted by the terrorists” trying to block an Israeli invasion of Gaza from the Sea. (That quickly concocted cover story was dropped in less than a day as it is so silly that no one believed Israel would risk the dangers sea waves etc. when they can and do securely go anywhere in Gaza they like in tanks.)