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Peaceful Dave's avatar

As a Marine I learned that in war there are no good guys and bad guys, just our guys and their guys. I also saw the suffering of the non-combatants who wanted no part of any of it. Not everyone in Palestine supports Hamas.

I knew a Palestinian who moved to the US at the age of 18. He said that as a child he wondered why the Israelis frequently shut off the water and/or electricity. The children now must be wondering why they are being bombed.

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Grow Some Labia's avatar

Today I wonder whether Israeli children are wondering why they got kidnapped, or their brothers and sisters slaughtered in a kibbutz.

Or why their uncle was blown up at a Sbarro's years ago.

Israeli schoolchildren must wonder why the Palestinians vowed many decades ago to 'drive all the Jews into the sea'.

Tit-for-tat is a very ugly game in which everyone loses, every single time.

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