P F Tinmore
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And whom exactly would the United States retaliate against?
If these are terrorists, then theyre criminals; their actions not sanctioned by the Mexican government. Since these are criminal acts committed on sovereign Mexican territory, the United States is in no position to retaliate into that sovereign territory; this would be the responsibility of Mexican authorities alone.
But the West Bank and Gaza isnt recognized by the international community as a sovereign state, enjoying the same status as Mexico; and indeed Israel wishes to keep the Palestinian territories in international legal limbo as to cloud the issue concerning the legitimacy of its retaliation policy.
The problem for Israel, of course, is that its standard response to attack civilian targets with a First World military force violates international law and international human rights; that terrorist/criminals hide among innocent civilians doesnt mitigate the fact that Israels policy is illegal.
Needless to say Hamas launches rockets into Israel to provoke exactly this inappropriate response and subject the Jewish State to international ridicule and condemnation Israel is either unaware of this fact or doesnt care; given the current government its most likely the latter.
Needless to say Hamas launches rockets into Israel ...
I see that a lot but those rockets do not cross any border.
the point of this thread was to examine the double standard... not to encourage perpetuation of that double standard. and my preference was that it not be yet another trash thread out of the is'/pal forum.
thanks.
I am not trashing a thread. I am just stating fact. There is no border between Gaza and Israel.