The danger of democracy is that people are also free to make very stupid choices. You give a great example. Elect terrorists and what happens?
Now what have you learned?
2006-08-29 21:37:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Logical, thank you for asking this question. I heard a report yesterday on c-span about the crisis in Gaza and I was going to ask the very question you did. What people do not know is that Israel actually supported the founding of Hamas at first because they saw them as a counterpoint to the PLO but later regretted what they had done. Unfortunately you are batting your head against a stone wall trying to convince those whose minds are closed about the morality of your position. But we know and the people in Gaza and the West Bank KNOW that the US only supports the principle of democracy when it suits their purposes. This is nothing new. This has been the US policy time and time again, not only in Palestine but in Chile with the overthrow and assassination of Allende,the same with Albeniz of Guatemala in 1954, the killing of Maurice Bishop in Guyana, the overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran. None of these people were terrorists. The word did not even exist in those days/ They were all democratically elected by the people of their own country but were not approved of by the US. The US. has absolutely no moral justification for imposing a boycott upon the Palestinian people. But they are repeating what they did to the Iraqis while Saddam was in power. NEVER BE AFRAID TO SPEAK THE TRUTH even though others will call you a liar and revile and prosecute you. The PLO were called terrorists while they were leading the Palestinian people. No matter whom they choose as their elected leaders, the US and Israel will brand them as terrorists as will the people here who do not understand what is going on. They are an OCCUPIED PEOPLE.whose rights and liberties are trampeled upon every day by the Israeli army who occupy these peoples homeland. Ask WHO SHOULD BE REPRESENTING THEM IF NOT HAMAS??.
2006-08-29 22:04:31
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answered by Sicilian Godmother 7
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The land of "Israel" should be split in half. The northern half would be Palestine and the southern half Israel.
The new Israel and new Palestine completely disarmed, by force if needed.
In the middle occupying Jerusalem would be the new U.N. HQ with a corridor that divides these lands from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Stationed there should be 200,000 man Rapid Reaction Force capable of delivering a serious smack down to ANYONE in the region that acts out of line
2006-09-01 19:24:10
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answered by Anonymous
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I feel where you're coming from in that it sucks that there is suffering anywhere. There shouldn't be be a single person in this world starving. However, (and now is where I probably come off as a jerk to you) they made a choice and they have to deal with the consequences. Our government (and I'm speaking of the U.S.) is rich but even we have a finite amount of money. Instead of sending food and money there it gets redistributed elsewhere. They made a decision to elect a government that is against ours, as well as our people. How can you wrong a country that chooses to give to starving people elsewhere instead? I live in a big city and I can walk less than a few blocks and find a baby starving, yet my government still gives to other countries.
2006-08-29 22:11:56
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answered by Richard B 2
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Or it could have nothing to do with democracy. Evil is evil, doesnt matter what banner you hide behind. Recruit children to act as suicide bombers? You're evil. Provoke military responses then hide behind civilians, you're evil (and cowardly). Evil should be punished. Elected or not, the Palestinian government made its choices. It got punished for making the wrong choices.
Of course we are all choosing to believe the Palestinian government is a seperate entity ONLY decided on by Palestinians. We have to ignore reality and Syria to believe that. Is a puppet government a legitimate government? History says no.
2006-08-29 22:00:45
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answered by Anonymous
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They are being punished because they did not obeyed the Persecutors (US/Israel) wishes, they are punished because they want to live a dignify life, the are punished because say that Israel and US are the terrorist not they!
There sin is that they elected the government that WEST hate.
And there is a reason because so called Human Right Activists of the west are not concerned, because in their dictionary of Humane Rights there is a proviso that Human includes all except for Muslims who do not obey us!
2006-08-29 22:28:24
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answered by adnan k 1
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It is now Hamas job to take care of the Palestinian people. That comes with being the elected leaders of your country. no one is blockading your country, no is stopping Hamas from paying your workers.We just stopped giving you the FREE food and money.If Hamas wants the freebies back all Hamas has to do it stop saying it's going to destroy Israel. you want to destroy our allies, but you expect us to give you millions of dollars at the same time?
2006-08-29 22:26:43
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answered by mark g 6
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And once again we show our hypocrisy...We let Palestinians democratically elect their government,but the moment the ones who we wanted to win lost ,we apply a collective punishment...We cut off water and food,maybe this will start a civil war from witch only Israel will win...
This is Palestinian people's choice and we must accept it even we like it or not...
2006-08-29 21:55:47
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answered by Tinkerbell05 6
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You are right. They should not punish people because they democratically elected "terrorist" or people that is not suit to the west. Here you can see that is something terrible wrong with democracy and that changes in system are desirable to all of us.
2006-08-29 21:49:27
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answered by nelli 4
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plenty yet no one is counting, because it sort of feels Israel would not think of they have finished something incorrect in Gaza, possibly they'd not suggestions if the very comparable element they did would be finished over them, what's the great deal right here???
2016-10-01 02:06:21
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answered by ? 3
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