Comments on: Why the Israeli Military Response in Gaza is Bullshit [Updated]

By: Samy

Samy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:43:59 +0000

I am European( belgian, living in London.
I can’t stand the stupidity of some people sayin that the reason why the USA are hated by arab-muslim countries is because of Israel….what the F”"”" does it mean. Israel has always supported the USA everytime it was needed e.g Iran, Iraq,…Some people have to understand that muslim extremists hate the USA because of extreme american values (occidental value but not like in Europe) completly opposed to theirs own values such as the Koran’s values, Sharia….There is a civilazation shock and the USA represent in islamist eyes the other extreme … that’s the main reason of their hate of USA

Concerning the conflict, IDF during an operation has found documents of Hamas concerning weapons(all kind) stocks and tunnels location in highly populated areas such as building ,UN school, mosque…p.s This document was posted on the website of Israeli embassy in France

Israeli obstrategy for bombing(see the videos)first is to avoid theloss of soldiers in Urban fight which are difficult to control in Gaza ( as USA expereince in IRAQ, or soldier in afghanistan can experience).

Some people have to read and to know about the conflict before to react emotionally…Remember rationality prevail.

Shame on Chavez and its connection with Hezbollah,shame on Hamas using civilian as shelter , shame on dumbasses demonstrating against Israel claiming they fihgt for peace cos they only care about palestinian victims which seem to be more important than israeli one… demonstrating for peace while screaming “death to the jews”, “jEws back in oven”, “Heil Hitler” and supporting an official terrorist organisation… Nowadays, this is called a “peaceful demonstration” (just check on youtube pro-palestinian demonstrations in LA or San Fransisco, milan, Brussel, Paris, Nice? Marseille, copenhague, Oslo)

I pray for a peace between palestinians and Israelis without stupid extremists in the street and among gazoui citizens.

By: Asi Dar

Asi Dar — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:34:09 +0000

I don’t mean to be rood, but the things that are mentioned above are absolutely bullshit!!! Few points: Israel has no interest to heart civil population, the opposite, it is against her moral as well against her interest. Every time that civil population being heart, the international pressure on Israel is increased and limits her action. I m quit sure that the author of the text above knows nothing about military actions in populated area. The ability of the air force is very limited and the “pinpoint” actions are effective in very small occasions.

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:21:24 +0000

Exactly.

By: Asi Dar

Asi Dar — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:16:52 +0000

The real way to stop the suffer of the Palestinian people

This article was originally a response to a petition that calls United States to put pressure on Israel to end the violence in Gaza.

The reality in Gaza is unacceptable!!! No doubt! But if you really care for the Palestinian people, if you want a resolution of the situation, you shouldn’t twist the facts like you do and change your concept. Who do you blame for this catastrophe? To remind you, there is a terror organization called Hamas. He was elected by the Palestinians to the government. The Hamas declares that he doesn’t want peace and his goal is to exterminate Israel (he says it clearly). On the other side there is Israel, which is stronger but is willing to do peace and supports the establishment of Palestinian country at the occupied territories and understands that other compromises should be made as well from her side. Israel has only one demand- stop the terror, for ever! That is exactly what the Hamas (with the support of Iran and other “friends” of the Palestinians) is reluctant to do. The leaders of the Hamas said recently that “even if we will have to die, we wouldn’t stop fighting Israel”. Last weeks (as most of the last 7 years) the Hamas was attacking the Israeli civilian population on a daily basis. Israel asked the international help to stop it while explaining that she wouldn’t be able to tolerate it for much longer and she doesn’t want to be dragged into an extensive military action which will cost a lot of human life (where have you been then??). Hamas declined all attempts to stop those attacks. About the siege, it wasn’t from the beginning and it could be easily removed if the Hamas would just reduce his terror activity. Now, hypothetically, lets say that the hamas (and generally the Palestinians) neglects terror, establishment of free, open Palestinian country that communicates with Israel and the rest of the world will be a matter of few months. The end of the conflict and prosperity can be easily achieved, few square meter of land to this or other side is not the issue. Only one condition- stop terror, for ever. No more killing and suffer, people will be able to feed their family, no more 14 years old children with machine guns or explosive belt.
You can’t expect that Israel will accept daily terror. The claim that Israel is acting not proportionally- imagine that your child is being bombed every day when he goes to kindergarten, for the last few years. What would be your “proportional” response when you fill that all other means where failed to stop it?! Israel was dragged to that military action that she was unwilling to take.
For me all people are even. I don’t want to see death or suffer of any side. The conflict in the Middle East should come to an end.
The real enemy of the civil population is the terror, not Israel, not US.
Hamas and other fundamentalists are more interested in terror than in the life of their people. They don’t fight for the people; they fight for the fundamentalism and hate. All the horrible things that happen are the consequence of terror; Israel has no interest to strick civil population, the opposite it is against her interests and moral. The hamas is the one that uses schools, hospitals and houses as humen shield for their terror. When you judge the events, please ask your self not only what happen but also why it happen. But, the most important question is “how to stop it?”. The answer is to stop terror, make the hamas understand that peace and mutuality between two separate countries are the only solution. Alternatively, make the Palestinians to understand that the terror is not the way and they could get much better life if they would give up this way and try to maintain peace and normalization. They will have to switch the hamas to a more moderate leadership.
If you want to help the people in Gaza you have to stop terror. It is easy to fall into the fails concept of “strong bad” Israel killing the “weak poor” Palestinians, just remember that the Palestinians have the key for the solution, they can have peace and a country of there own, they just have to stop terror Israel. Asking from Israel to tolerate the terror is really not the solution….

By: Nadine

Nadine — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:49:36 +0000

Man, are you ever misinformed.
Hamas has always used the palestinian civilians as shields, firing rockets into Israel from schools, mosques, and hospitals which is why civilian casualties occur when Israel finally retaliates. Then, when children are killed, they can bombard the media with these images and make Israel look bad to the rest of the world, and to gullible people like you. It’s such a sham! They would have you believe that they actually care about children, yet they are happy when their own children blow themselves up as suicide bombers killing scores of innocents in schools and in buses or cafes in Israel! You have NO idea what is going on there. How would you like to raise your children with mortar shells raining onto your head daily? Or fearing suicide attacks when you go shopping?
Israel has suffered with 11,000 + rockets in 8 years and done nothing until now. Israel is the size of New Jersey, yet she has had to constantly fight for her right to exist for 60 years now. Israel only wants peace. You shouldn’t judge them without first stepping into their shoes.

By: W.S.

W.S. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:13:50 +0000

How sad that there are people out there as sick as you are. What a horrific thing to say. It is obivous you have no clue what your talking about and that all that brainwashing has worked

By: hn

hn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:50 +0000

I am appalled at L. Johnson’s post. The Israeli cannot take out Hamas without going in the way they have. Do you really think that Hamas would be waiting calmly above ground at the same spot where the rockets came from and allow for the Israeli target weapons to take them out?
They have to annihilate Hamas’s arsenal and the underground passages which allow for them to smuggle the weapons made in Iran and Syria. Shame on you Larry Johnson! You used to be a Hillary supporter and I suggest you ask her what she thinks. As per the Palestinians, their own people (Iran, Syria) supply them with weapons instead of education and means to function as an independent nation, they voted for a terrorist faction! I feel sorry for the Palestinian children and civilians who are in harm’s way. Although it is a fact that the Israeli try to take out the source of their constant bombings by Hamas. The assaults target Israeli civilians and children. How can Israel reach the Hamas rocket launching sites when Hamas purposely surround those with the very people, civilians who elected them and are always moving them? Hamas want for the Palestinians to be seen as martyrs and they are the ones responsible for the tragic deaths of Palestinians and Western Israeli alike.

By: fred heidrick

fred heidrick — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:49:52 +0000

what do you expect them to in the gaza concentration camp not defend them selves. im sure if the jews had morters in the old days they would have mortered the natzies.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:55:02 +0000

I think Israel is doing the right course of action good for them defend your land.

By: abraham

abraham — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:33:20 +0000

Geez, Larry, you’re such a douche. In that second video, I don’t see a “terrorist”. I see someone fighting an occupation of his homeland. And I guess you are implying that he was taken out by counter-insurgency fire? Looks like a weapon malfunction to me.

Geez, dude, is this a blog or a gateway to Amazon.com’s product catalog?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:42:51 +0000

Can someone explain why Israel has a right to defend itself.
Would a hypthetical invader and occupier of YOUR home have that right after they had killed your children, humiliated you and thrown you and the remains of your family into the street. Would you accept it meekly as it was endorsed by a distant town council. Not me I’d take revenge. Its human nature, even the Christianfascists (Western equivalent of Islamofascists) would understand an eye for an eye.
Try putting yourself in the shoes of a Palestinian. Zionists have always resorted to terrorism to enable their missions beginning prior to their bombing of the King David Hotel and the USS Liberty attack.
One State without apartheid is the only just way. For too long zionists have brought misery not only to Palestinians but to Jews, Americans and much of the Middle East. To link them with the Holocaust survivors is an insult. They are employing the very same Nazi methods of collective punishment, brutality and war crimes against civilians, all with the financial and political support of the US. Ever wonder why the US has become a target for hate and terrorism?
Grasp reality folks what would you do if you were a Palestinian locked in a cage without work, food, sanitation, electricity, inadequate medical and educational facilities seeing your children abused or the children seeing their parents humiliated?
For me I’d be targetting those who brought my family its misery….the Israelis and the US.
The majority of Israelis and Americans I’m sure will understand but the morally bankrupt amongst them will never understand , they can’t grasp the concept of right and wrong and the rights of others, only their own greed and self satisfaction.

By: abraham

abraham — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:19:58 +0000

Yeah, whatever, Larry. You’re the one that feverishly supported one of Israel’s most loyal lapdogs during the election. Why the sudden sympathy for the Palestinians? Don’t you stand behind your favored candidate and her policies? If so, you should be parroting the propaganda coming from the Israelis.

As for the zionist sympathizers in your comments section: may your God raze your homes, kill your children, and end your life in a blaze of hellfire. It would be too good an end for you.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:22:03 +0000

LDW,Dani, ford and all others who have a better grasp on this situation than Mr. Johnson:

I second your responses and am also disappointed in Mr. Johnson’s remarks.

I would not mistake you for a bigot, Mr. Johnson, but your comments are close to the line.

By: Edgar Rosales

Edgar Rosales — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:01:22 +0000

You cant really blame people because they voted for a political party that champions the poor. To their bad luck, this party is also a militant party. We had George W., who certainly does not represent what the general public in the US believes in ( I will not even go into his approval rating ). We voted for him because of his “Terrorism Cold War”, in which he justified all his actions by scaring the public and by abusing people’s general trust of safety in America by announcing “possible threats of terrorism” prior to executing his agenda; To the point of enriching his buddies Dick Cheney and Halliburton. It is sad that we as everyday Americans are hated just because Bush came into power.

By: Edgar Rosales

Edgar Rosales — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:46:06 +0000

Maybe because random Jews from Europe decided they would just take Palestine by force and call it Israel in the early 20th century. Jews already lived in peace along with Christian and Muslim Palestinians in Palestine before Israel fanatically decided embark themselves in a neverending quest to occupy and settle more and more of Palestine and declaring themselves to be a country. It does not justify the rocket attacks, but at the same time it is just not smart to provoke these incidents by settling. I was blown up in Iraq, and I don’t really blame the Iraqi who did it. I would have done the same to him if he occupied the US.