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Originally posted by dooper
I have three degrees already. How many more would you suggest?
At 2200 hours, local time, on 16 May, Brigadier Eiz-El-Din Mokhtar handed to General Rikhye, the Commander of UNEF, the following letter:
"`For your information, I gave my instructions to all Armed Forces of the United Arab Republic to be ready for action against Israel the moment it might carry out any aggressive action against any Arab country. Due to these instructions our troops are already concentrated in Sinai on our eastern borders. For the sake of complete security of all UN troops which install observation posts along our borders, I request that you issue your orders to withdraw all these troops immediately. I have given my instructions to our Commander of the eastern zone concerning this subject. Inform back the fulfilment of this request.
A request by the United Arab Republic authorities for a temporary withdrawal of UNEF from the armistice demarcation line and the international frontier, or from any parts of them, would be considered by the Secretary-General as tantamount to a request for the complete withdrawal of UNEF from Gaza and Sinai, since this would reduce UNEF to ineffectiveness.
Originally posted by Goathief
reply to post by BlueRaja
Israel did not sign, so you are correct about it being a non-starter. As for the safe distances:
I am withholding information about safe distances as its disclosure would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of our forces.
- John Reid
However, none of that makes it right. Using WP on a densely populated city is just indiscriminate and wrong.
Originally posted by boaby_phet
reply to post by jam321
how flawed is that argument ? .. your comparing things thats happened for 100's of years, with 2 completly sides, on the other side of the planet, with completly different sets of beliefs... Oh and thats ignoreing the fact that they dont have rockets to fire! .... im fairlyu sure they tried to fight back though,... where did all these cowboy vs indian storys come from ? thin air.
thats like comparing it to the the farmers Vs bunnys from watership down ..!
ive yet to hear a good excuse that does not involve the palestinian people defending themselfs from a tyranous country. that doesnt bring up them trying to free their own country...
let me ask any american this, as you all have the laws in place and many people with the beliefs of taking arms ect..
if canada took over america, and claimed it, and had much bigger armys, super hi tech weapons, and all you had was your millita groups and a few rockets... what would you do do claim your country back ?
[edit on 13-1-2009 by boaby_phet]
Originally posted by boaby_phet
reply to post by BlueRaja
yet another half assed post..
no-one is argueing that isreal doesnt belong to isreal?.. the discusion is about palestine.
noone got any actual facts to read ? preferable more than 8 sentances of lame info-bites.
Originally posted by BlueRaja
It might be indiscriminate if there were clearly large numbers of non-combatants in the vicinity
And besides Israel is going after Terrorist Headquarters and Terrorist Bunkers, and hideouts.
Israel was the historic home of the Jews
Palestinians were offered land for their own state, but refused
After the holocaust, there was a moral obligation to restore a Jewish homeland
The Arabs sided with the Nazis- the Nazis lost. They bet on the wrong horse.