Bond, I noticed you missed this part from earlier.
All the linking of stories of the Israelies attacking shows is that you are ignoring that fact that the Hez are attacking Israel still. You have to share the entire story not just what "proves" your point.
As for the history: are you saying that every person in the ME should know their history to stop the maddness? Well if you do, then good luck teaching the entire region decades of unadulterated violent history. Like that would do any good.
Originally posted by: The Raven
I noticed in reading this thread that people were going back and forth about who started what and who came from where, etc. But I don't think the spewing off of "facts" by everyone contributes much to this "discussion." This is exactly what the ME countries have been doing since time began and is the reason they are still fighting. You don't need any knowledge about history to stop a fight. In fact, that is what perpetuates this kind of thing. If BOTH sides could just forgive each other and forget about the troubles of the past then we wouldn't have this situation. But they won't, and that is why Israel is attacking. Let's just pray that it will resolve the decades of suffering.
We all should know that there are biases in both the news and by association the history books (especially religious records such as the Bible and the Torah). I don't know why you guys were linking to Lebanese papers to make pro-Lebanese points and Israeli papers to make pro-Israeli points. That's not very good rhetoric.
Let's just stick to the simple facts, that is, the things that pretty much everyone agrees are true. I think everyone here, and in the ME, should live in the now and plan for the future. Things would be a lot better.
All the linking of stories of the Israelies attacking shows is that you are ignoring that fact that the Hez are attacking Israel still. You have to share the entire story not just what "proves" your point.
As for the history: are you saying that every person in the ME should know their history to stop the maddness? Well if you do, then good luck teaching the entire region decades of unadulterated violent history. Like that would do any good.