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Re: More on Palestine
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 08:26:28 GMT
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> Is this one hogwash too?
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> "Israel has been a loyal ally in other ways. During the Gulf War in 1991,
> Saddam Hussein deliberately attacked Israel with 39 Scud missiles and
> threatened to strike it with chemical and biological weapons. Rather than
> retaliate with its military might, the U.S. persuaded Israel to stand down —
> fearing moderate Arab states (and Syria) would drop out of another
> American-led coalition. "
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> Or perhaps this is hogwash?
Are you now saying Syria is a moderate Arab state? Who said this:
"Some countries are better than others. Syria is one of the worst on just
about any metric you care to name. Any metric."
Do you views change with the wind?
Scott A
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| (...) Quoting: "moderate Arab states (and Syria)" Note the conjunction, used here to connect DISSIMILAR things. If *the speaker* had felt Syria was moderate, he would have said: "moderate Arab states including Syria" or words to that effect. So *the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You are going to have to do a little better than that at debunking... Is this quote "hogwash"? "Of course, "the right of Israel to exist" has never been accepted by its enemies, especially Yasser Arafat. " (I note you haven't answered whether (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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