Yes . It surely was the right thing to do. Kidnapping is always appropriate at all times. Seriously, why ask such a dumb question that asks for an obvious answer?
2006-07-27 04:33:54
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answered by charlie_the_carpenter 5
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Israel is being a barbarian, as usual
"basically the current stage of what's going on -- there's a lot more -- begins with the Hamas election, back the end of January. Israel and the United States at once announced that they were going to punish the people of Palestine for voting the wrong way in a free election. And the punishment has been severe.
At the same time, it's partly in Gaza, and sort of hidden in a way, but even more extreme in the West Bank, where Olmert announced his annexation program, what’s euphemistically called “convergence” and described here often as a “withdrawal,” but in fact it’s a formalization of the program of annexing the valuable lands, most of the resources, including water, of the West Bank and cantonizing the rest and imprisoning it, since he also announced that Israel would take over the Jordan Valley. Well, that proceeds without extreme violence or nothing much said about it.
Gaza, itself, the latest phase, began on June 24. It was when Israel abducted two Gaza civilians, a doctor and his brother. We don't know their names. You don’t know the names of victims. They were taken to Israel, presumably, and nobody knows their fate. The next day, something happened, which we do know about, a lot. Militants in Gaza, probably Islamic Jihad, abducted an Israeli soldier across the border. That’s Corporal Gilad Shalit. And that's well known; first abduction is not. Then followed the escalation of Israeli attacks on Gaza, which I don’t have to repeat. It’s reported on adequately.
The next stage was Hezbollah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers, they say on the border. Their official reason for this is that they are aiming for prisoner release. There are a few, nobody knows how many. Officially, there are three Lebanese prisoners in Israel. There's allegedly a couple hundred people missing. Who knows where they are?
But the real reason, I think it's generally agreed by analysts, is that -- I’ll read from the Financial Times, which happens to be right in front of me. “The timing and scale of its attack suggest it was partly intended to reduce the pressure on Palestinians by forcing Israel to fight on two fronts simultaneously.” David Hearst, who knows this area well, describes it, I think this morning, as a display of solidarity with suffering people, the clinching impulse."
Professor Noam Chomsky(Jewish) - Democracy now! interview 7/14/06
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/14/146258
2006-07-27 11:40:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Personally, and I hope my Jewish friends forgive me for this answer, although I know how I feel about the subject,but I feel Hezbollah has every right to do what's been done to them for years. The Musad has been kidnapping people for years and detaining them. So why cry foul now that it's been done in return. Can you honestly justify launching a airstrike on a country because they took 3 of your soilders and killing civilians in the process? How would you feel if half of our country was taken by a foreign power in the name of establishing a homeland for others?
2006-07-27 11:40:13
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answered by navyflyrz 2
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Youve got to take into consideration that this has been going on for years...and all of us who arent part of it can only give a minute insight of what is right or wrong...in war...the end justifies the means...
This is a HOLY WAR...and is subject to misinterpretation
2006-07-27 11:35:20
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answered by B3@ch B@LL 1
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No, Hezbollah bit off more than it can chew this time!
2006-07-27 11:29:55
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answered by Wounded duckmate 6
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Forget the chicken or egg question. Once you're at war, what wouldn't YOU do to gain a (perceived) advantage?
2006-07-27 11:30:39
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answered by xamayca.com 4
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It's not OK what they did,but definitely it's not OK to kill more than 300 civilians for two people...
2006-07-28 04:40:01
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answered by Tinkerbell05 6
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i think its not.... this will keep on the war moving...
2006-07-27 11:35:39
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answered by thevraj 1
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no, its not right
2006-07-27 14:49:30
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answered by mike g 5
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No and they are paying for it.
2006-07-27 11:46:10
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answered by P P 5
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