Dilbert_X wrote:
FEOS wrote:
Dilbert_X wrote:
Not really, since the Palestinians have been there continuosly for the last hundred generations and the 'Israelis' are mostly Russian immigrants.
We've been over that failed argument repeatedly. Your argument is only valid if, for some reason, you refuse to accept Israel's existence. Unless you and Dinnerjacket party, I recommend you drop that line of thought. Israel exists, has existed, and will continue to exist. Deal with it.
That isn't the issue, you're arguing the Israelis have the right to boot all Palestinians out of what is now Israel, they don't and its bizarre that they're expecting to get that right.
Israeli settlements are illegal and Israelis have no right to be in the Occupied Territories.
1. When have I made that argument?
2. I'm in full agreement on the settlements. Have been for a looong time. So take it easy, Francis.
Dilbert_X wrote:
I know exactly what I wrote. You're forgetting those little "wars" where Israel's "peaceful" neighbors did everything in their power to eliminate it from existence. Wars have consequences. Israel is giving some of its hard-won security back to the Palestinians in exchange for peace.
Countries don't get the right to steal other people's land for security.
Australian security would be a whole lot better if Indonesia and Papua New Guinea were under Australian military control and only white people lived there.
The Japanese attacked Australia, does that give us the right to slaughter or expel the Papuans or Indonesians 50 years later in the name of 'security'?
We could give them New Zealand in return I guess.
This 'security' argument is spin and smokescreen, they're only interested in taking biblical land for 'security', other land doesn't interest them, so its obviously a lie.
Your analogy is flawed on many levels:
1. None of those are contiguous with Australia.
2. Australia's security issues regarding them are primarily maritime in nature, not land-based (see point #1)
3. Australia IS involved in maritime security in that area, as well as peacekeeping operations in E Timor and the like...so your argument kind of falls flat there.
4. Oh, and none of those nations attacked Australia with the intent of wiping it off the face of the earth simply because a bunch of whiteys lived there, using the false argument that it was "for the Aboriginals" who they really couldn't give a squirt of piss about.
5. But...using YOUR logic, all those whiteys should GTFO back to Britain and wherever else they came from. Their cities are illegal, Australia doesn't have the right to exist. It was stolen from the Aboriginals. They were there for hundreds of generations before a bunch of British immigrants/criminals decided they needed it more than the people who already lived there.
But other than those points, your analogy is spot on!