@22Michelle
I don't think so. Again I am refuting your point that terrorism wouldn't exist without this event, I don't buy that.

I never said it was. My point is that guerilla warfare introduced the concept of terrorism, and the framework for future terrorists and terrorist acts. I don't believe the Israeli's were the blueprint for terrorism.


Interesting, thank you. I feel like Mandela has a whole host of apologists that conveniently forget about his actions before he was imprisoned.

@SumKindaMunster

I don't think so. Again I am refuting your point that terrorism wouldn't exist without this event, I don't buy that.

I never stated that Irgun / the bombing of the King David Hotel was the first terrorist act. My point was that terrorism was the way that Israel came into existence. Its therefore hypocritical for Israeli politicians and supporters to try and take the moral high ground.

I never said it was. My point is that guerilla warfare introduced the concept of terrorism, and the framework for future terrorists and terrorist acts. I don't believe the Israeli's were the blueprint for terrorism.

I disagree that Guerilla warfare introduced the the framework for terrorism. I accept that Irgun and other Zionist groups were not the first terrorists. However, it was the Begin book "The Revolt" that has been quoted as a handbook / blueprint by terroris organisations such as the IRA, the PLO and others.

Interesting, thank you. I feel like Mandela has a whole host of apologists that conveniently forget about his actions before he was imprisoned.

It's debatable how we should view the likes of Mandela, Begin, Gerry Adams etc. Does their move to negotiation, to peace, to being political leaders etc mean we should ignore their terrorist activities. No, we shouldn't, but we should acknowledge what they have done in moving away from terrorism, and that in some cases they helped bring an end to what seemed endless war.

@SumKindaMunster Interesting how that Mandela guy is seen as sort of a saint, by many 👎🏽

@SumKindaMunster liberals

@Northwest Yes you "missed" that part, because it doesn't fit into your picture.
The members of the Teheran conference (1943) stated that there will be no negotiations with Nazi Germany, and the war will go on until there's an unconditional surrender of the Nazi criminals.
But, of course, fighting against Nazi Germany is genocidal...

@HoeBag they usually last and often lead to peace negotiations. Not for Americans! Or Israel. They don't last and peace isn't reliable. You are very different from the rest of us. You know nothing can stop war! We don't.

@ChipmunkErnie Trump thinks he rules the world. A few world leaders like Emmanuel Macron are afraid of trump but most of them are not.

@ChipmunkErnie Ah! Yeah, when he declares a ceasefire, and everyone continues killing each other. Like how he was gonna stop the Russia Ukraine war in 24 hours.

@Allelse You mean he didn't stop it?? Gee.

@NerdyPotato

Took you 13 hours to vomit up that?

Good boy - have a cookie

@Thrust I replied an hour after the question was asked. You replied 13 hours after me. So did you mean it took you 13 hours to read 2 sentences or that you don't understand how timestamps work?

Anyway, Israel is and always has been the initiator of every escalation in the region, whether you like it or not.

@Royricky09 I'm not going to trust anything that POS has to say.

@LordShadowfire okay...
Np.

@wishforthenight Not on the part of the Israelis.

@AthrillatheHunt
Hmmm... good point you make, but so true just the same! 🙂

@whowasthatmaskedman Yes, this conflict, like so many through the centuries, is about "my god is bigger than yours".

@Thrust Hamas represents the 10% who don’t want peace . “Settlers” represent the 10% on the other side

@AthrillatheHunt then why have they not been voted out? If there’s so few of them

You imply benign motives to wholly underserved savages

@Thrust 10% of voters is more than enough to have several seats in the Knesset , which the “ultra nationalists “ do.