| GHook, he's saying your debate methods are those commonly employed by Republicans, not that you're supporting their issues. You use Carter's presidency to discredit him, while completely ignoring the current issue. It's a rhetorical gambit that works great in a commercial-bracketed segment of talk news, but not so great in a forum.
Would the Gaza blockade be easier for you to discuss if we were to pretend that Mickey Mouse had brought it up, instead of Carter?
Shrike, are you trying to say that Israel is giving Gaza exactly what they deserve, as a response to Hamas' attack on a fuel depot, yet it's not a punishment? I'm not sure you can have it both ways. It's a retaliatory response, but it's not punishment... is this education, perhaps? Rehabilitation? Negotiation?
Or are you trying to say that the blockade isn't a response to anything, just a whim of the week? Either it's a response to something, which would make it a punishment, in my book, or it's not a response to anything, which would make it a capricious disregard for human life. Either way, starving people isn't generally acceptable.
If Israel wants to claim the territory, they must also claim responsibility for the well-being of the people living there. This isn't foreign aid, this is domestic aid. If it's foreign aid, then Gaza isn't a part of Israel, and they need to just get out and leave them alone.
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