grafton said...

grafton at 07:54 AM JST - 8th January

688575 at 07:53 PM JST - 7th January

“Israel has continued to stop the media from entering the zone.”

Egypt has a frontier with Gasa too & they have NOT stopped the media, have they?

“Israel have stopped doctors from entering Gaza to assist in the terrible shortage of medical…

Posted in Deepening Israeli assault on Hamas divides Arab world at 07:54 AM JST - 8th January
grafton at 08:34 AM JST - 7th January

I voted “yes” because it is about time somebody did something to rid the world of Hamas, as much for the sake of the Palestinians as the Israelis. Hamas didn’t get voted into power, they were in a coalition with Fatah & then decided to take control by killing any…

Posted in Do you support Israel's action in Gaza? at 08:34 AM JST - 7th January
grafton at 06:45 AM JST - 2nd January

Patrick Smash at 02:35 PM JST - 1st January Utah? In the US? Who would want to live in such a place? "Muslim fundamentalists would no longer be able to harp on about Israel" True, but then they would still have the US to harp on about wouldn't they? And…

Posted in Dealing with Muslim fundamentalism at 06:45 AM JST - 2nd January
grafton at 06:40 AM JST - 2nd January

Gavinova at 11:11 PM JST - 1st January It is not taken seriously by any serious scholar on the topic. It is not scholars that are firing rockets into Israel & it is not scholars that are posting rubish here. Given the context I think I did apply it correctly.…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 06:40 AM JST - 2nd January
grafton at 09:18 AM JST - 1st January

adaydream

Is Isreal against everybody?

Israel is surrounded by people that are against Israel. It would seem that you have been indoctrinated to see Israel as the bed guy here. Maybe before commenting on world issues you should ask who taught you to see the world the way you do.…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 09:18 AM JST - 1st January
grafton at 09:10 AM JST - 1st January

LIBERTAS at 05:05 AM JST - 1st January

"I guarantee you, dismantle "israel" and the world can actually see the light of world peace at the end of the tunnel. "

Religion is the problem the world has always had to deal with. Indoctrinated idiots will do what they believe…

Posted in Dealing with Muslim fundamentalism at 09:10 AM JST - 1st January
grafton at 08:17 AM JST - 1st January

Bought my house early last year (2008) for a not bad price & finished buying all the materials I will need to totally refurbish it before July. With little going out any reduction on in come is not at all painful. It could have been very different.

Posted in Are you better off generally than you were this time last year? at 08:17 AM JST - 1st January
grafton at 07:37 AM JST - 1st January

"Protocol 1, Article 51 of the 4th Geneva Convention and Article 28 of the Geneva Convention make clear that "the deliberate intermingling of civilians and combatants, designed to create a situation in which any attack against combatants would necessarily entail an excessive number of casualties is a flagrant breach of…

Posted in Israel rejects 48-hour halt to Gaza assault at 07:37 AM JST - 1st January
grafton at 07:10 AM JST - 1st January

BBLeo at 04:56 PM JST - 31st December

'When will cops find the truck and driver?'

No need, you can bet he/she will hand him/her self in within 48 hours. They nearly alawys do.

Posted in Woman dies after hit-and-run in Hokkaido hot spring town at 07:10 AM JST - 1st January
grafton at 12:20 AM JST - 24th December

VoXman

Good post, close to my own reasoning. Whatever policy a government might have & try to maintain, it would still be extremely irresponsible not to use whatever was possible to protect ones citizens. It is not hypocrisy, it’s planning for a worse case scenario while praying that it never…

Posted in Japan in 1965 sought U.S. nuclear shield versus China at 12:20 AM JST - 24th December