Gavinova said...

Gavinova at 08:51 PM JST - 31st December

bobbafett,

Your analogy makes little sense. You can also apply it to the Palestinian side if you want. That is the problem with your reasoning. You fail to apply the same moral standards to Palestinians as you do to the Israelis.

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 08:51 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 08:32 PM JST - 31st December

adamantine,

I see you have supplied a link from Ann Coulter's favourite site to advertise. Even if you assume this happens to a limited extent, it does not excuse the mountains of reports and evidence of killings of innocent Palestinian civilians who were not even near a "Hamas security post"…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 08:32 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 08:12 PM JST - 31st December

smithinjapan,

Yes, but to me that is not using someone as a human shield. Gaza is the most densely populated area of the world. Civilians will be injured and killed. Thus brings to the point that the military option is not a problem solver anyway. The only option for Israel…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 08:12 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 07:55 PM JST - 31st December

Otto said:

They are going to push for another couple of days, bomb a few more school houses and kill about 100 to 200 more women and children (on top of the Hamas security agents)

Those Hamas security agents are always hiding behind women and children...

I am unsure about…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 07:55 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 07:32 PM JST - 31st December

Israel doesn't want a cease-fire or halt because they want to finish Hamas or at least crack their skulls and teach them a lesson at whatever cost. No point in playing games here. It is standard Israel behavior.

Just depends if the propaganda machine can keep public opinion on their…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 07:32 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 07:23 PM JST - 31st December

TonyUS,

An interesting opinion. Thank you for sharing. But I disagree with you on a number of points.

Israel do fire missiles into densely populated areas if you look at the recent 2006 Lebanon war and the use of cluster bombs as one example. Secondly, methods such as starvation and…

Posted in Israel strikes Gaza in 2nd day of attacks; death toll tops 280 at 07:23 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 06:54 PM JST - 31st December

WilliB,

The principle of proportionality means the amount of force should be in proportion with your stated military objective. So the question you have to ask is - Are the bombings of Universities etc in proportion to to objective of the stopping of firing home made rockets?

I see you…

Posted in Defiant Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets at 06:54 PM JST - 31st December
Gavinova at 04:21 PM JST - 4th December

She can't have been groped for 18 minutes. Even the Chikans would have got bored. Must have been the time between stops including holding the men down.

Posted in Two members of train groping gang grabbed on Saikyo line in Saitama at 04:21 PM JST - 4th December
Gavinova at 03:48 PM JST - 21st November

I suspect the police have nothing to go on in regards to the man's identity if they are trying to trace the purchase of his Chinese shoes. He could be anywhere in the world by now.

Posted in Police say killer of ex-health official wore 26-cm China-made shoes at 03:48 PM JST - 21st November
Gavinova at 04:56 PM JST - 8th October

Nothing Freddie Flintoff wouldn't do after a couple of beers!

Posted in Naked Briton detained after swimming in Imperial Palace moat at 04:56 PM JST - 8th October