Dave wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 09:20:46 -0600, "KLC Lewis" said:

Some Palestinians don't want Israel to exist. Some Israelis don't want
Palestine to exist. Both sides are working to wipe the other off the face of
the Earth. Innocence is hard to find.

Well said. Unfortunately truth has little appeal to the simple-minded, who
prefer one-dimensional political slogans..

Ironic statement, considering that the false moral equivalence statement
above is itself one dimensional.

What some people in each society want is irrelevant.

Hamas *is* working to wipe Israel off the face of the earth because
Hamas considers all free societies evil. In the process they *target*
innocent citizens on a regular basis. Israel is trying to wipe this evil
religion along with those who will not abandon it off the face of the
earth, but are find with Arab neighbors who leave them alone. Israel not
only isn't targeting innocent Arabs, they are hampered by their moral
superiority of avoiding harm to innocents as Hamas uses their own
innocent citizens as human shields, hiding weapons and missile attacks
among them.

Those who refuse to recognize this stark difference in morality are
themselves contributing to the advancement of evil.

Stephen