JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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kinniku
Sorry, should have been: "Hamas does not believe these allegations. So, it is also amusing and strange that others think they know better while at the same time continously defending Hamas.
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kinniku
Hamas was a charitable organization. Now they are the leaders of the people in Gaza. As such, their actions of late have been less than charitable to their own people. BTW, Hamas has never claimed they were created by Israel. I find it rather amusing and strange that others know better than Hamas themselves.
There a lot of 'probably's' and 'maybe's' in your post. Perhaps, facts would be better suited to the discussion. Hamas does not believe these allegations. So, it is also amusing and strange that others think they know better.
Personally, I believe it is possible and true. There are spies of many countries all over the world. It would be unrealistic to think they would not be among Hamas as well.
Sounds like an interesting read anyway.
I highly doubt there will be much saying people were wrong if they were wrong in thinking Mossad was involved. I remember years ago some regular guy was blamed for a bomb during the Atlanta Olympics in the US. The man was fried in the press on the front pages of newspapers and on TV. He was innocent. That was in the back of most newspapers and was barely mentioned on TV, at least here in Japan and from what I saw on the internet.
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kinniku
While it was certainly originally supported by some Israelis as a charitable organization, Hamas is not an Israeli creation.
It will interesting if it comes out Hamas was also behind the Dubai assassination. What will all the Mossad blamers say? Probably that Israel put Hamas up to killing a Hamas member. That is how far fetched the accusations seem to go.
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kinniku
Again, I believe you are thinking of the Canadian passports. You have posted a few things that seem to be mistaken. This seems to be one of them. Anyway, no one has presented any specific evidence that Israel was involved. So far, only Palestinians have been arrested.
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kinniku
Not that I think any evidence pointing to Mossad has surfaced as of yet. However, this did give me a chuckle. As if someone could not use glasses as a diguise even if they had 20-20 vision!
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kinniku
Oops. That is one big wrinkle that seems to point to Hamas.
stevecpfc,
Again, it was Canada before, not Britain. In this case, there is absolutely no evidence as yet specifically pointing to Mossad.
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kinniku
stevecpfc,
When has the Israeli government 'admitted' any such thing? This seems to be the second time you claim the Israeli government says things they don't say.
I don't know about US sponsored IRA. However, you are correct that there are many, many similarities between Hamas and the IRA. If the Palestinian Authority continues on this hysterical path, they will also share the similarities.
Posted in: Palestinian president warns of 'religious war'
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kinniku
Yes, you are essentially correct. In fact, this sticks in some people's craws so much that they attempt to claim Jewish people are not 'real Jews' to escape this reality.
Posted in: Palestinian president warns of 'religious war'
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kinniku
skip,
I mean they are racially 'white'. The top PA figures and the top Israeli figures they are also light-skinned. There is a difference between being darker because of naturally born pigment and because of the sun. Look at Japanese, top politicians are lighter-skin than their farmer counterparts. That does not mean they are any less Asian. It does not even matter. Racially, most Palestinians and Israelis are basically the same.
That is one of the reasons that this fighting between the two people is so meaningless. Hebron is important culturally to both sides. However, two nations living side by side in peace is even more important.
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kinniku
justice4plstine,
Palestinians have no peaceful choice except negotiating for peace. Israel has already made peace with Egypt and Jordan and has traded land for peace that lasts until today. Israel also left Gaza and the Palestinian Authority was controlling the border with Egypt for the first time in the history of the Palestinians.
Negotiations that continue to a peaceful resolution are the only answer to the Palestinians' problems and the only solution in which they get their own nation.
This bickering that we see here is counterproductive to this. So is racism.
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kinniku
HeyLars,
In order for there to be peace. Both sides must negotiate. This is true whether one or both sides think things are obvious. I am not interested in your racial profiling or whom you think or Jews or not. However, both most Israelis and Palestinians are 'white'. Your "clarification" does not change this.
The fact is neither side should be talking about wars, religious or otherwise. They should be talking about peace.
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kinniku
HeyLars,
Maybe you should take a trip to the Middle East. The typical Israeli today or anytime looks pretty much the same as the typical Palestinian today or anytime.
However, this is beside the point. The point is Israel exists and the Palestinians should get cracking on negotiations instead of jumping up and down about this symbolic designation on the part of Israel.
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kinniku
sabiwabi,
There is absolutely no evidence to support the theory that al-Quaeda in Yemen are spies, false flags or anything of the sort. The Taliban recognizes the existence of al-Quaeda. The government of Yemen recognizes the existence of al-Quaeda.
It seemed to me you were referring to the US when you wrote, " And now the US has a massive presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, well positioned for the next stage." As European countries in Iraq or Afghanistan, they were in business with Iraq before this all started as well. However, it is the Chinese and Russians making the deals now, not the Americans, to the chagrine of the US companies I would imagine.
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kinniku
Sigh. I don't know why I bother when you drag me into tangents that will probably be deleted.
Iran should make peace with Israel now. Then Israel having weapons or not would not be of concern to them. It is Iran that has decided to be at war. These drones are certainly less obviously offensive than Iran's recently developed long range missiles which Iran itself claims can reach Israel.
No, I mean Iran showing they don't want war with Israel right now, thus heading toward peace in the Middle East by then encouraging the Palestinians to negotiate for peace with Palestine and Israel side-by-side.
No. Encouraging war and destruction of Israel would be and is wrong. However, so far, that is exactly what Iran is doing. That is wrong and it certainly does not and has not helped the Palestinians.
They don't have it yet. Palestine before Israel's (and Jordan's before that) was merely a mandate. It was not a nation. The Palestinians want a nation. Iran and Hamas's way will not get it for them. Negotiations will.
The Palestinian state will certainly look something like that. However, it was never a state. Israel occupying the West Bank and Gaza has been the first chance for an actual Palestinian state since 1948.
As to recognizing the Palestinians. You don't have to attempt to convert me to what you think is a cause I don't support. I support the cause of the creation of a Palestinian nation side by side with Israel in peace. I believe in the future state of Palestine. That is why I want them to negotiate for peace and get their nation. I wish Iran felt the same way and encouraged negotiations with Israel as opposed to sponsoring Hamas and Hezbollah. Then they would have nothing to fear from Israel and the Palestinians would get their state all the sooner.
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kinniku
Hamas and Hezbollah happened. Now the Palestinian Authority don't want to be left out.
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kinniku
Actually, during the mandate both sides seemed to take offense at the Palestinian label. The identity of the Palestinian Arabs and a Palestinian nation really took hold after 1967. That is not to say their grievances did not exist up to that point. It is just that after 1948 and up to 1967 they referred to themselves as refugees.
Anyway, these moves by both sides to increase tensions on both sides is counter-productive. The two sides should be talking peace. Let them decide details of the negotiations in negotiations for a change.
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kinniku
There is no evidence yet to support this. All we have is some Palestinians that have been arrested.
There are also Israeli intelligence experts saying Mossad is not involved. Bottom line is that nothing has been shown to be true yet. I have never said Mossad is not involved. I have merely said we have not seen this to be true yet. I have also never said Israel can do no wrong.
Posted in: Israel unveils new drone fleet that can reach Iran
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kinniku
Iran has never specifically done this. I would like them to specifically name Israel and say they are committed to peace with Israel and that they do not want to go to war with Israel. They have never done this.
The IAEA suspects Iran's declarations are untrue.
Iran's leaders do not say they 'expect', they say 'should' and encourage other countries to help Israel toward the path of destruction. That is not the same as 'expect' at all.
Iran and Hamas have never said any such thing. Neither have the Arab League.
All Iran needs to do is say to Israel that they want peace right now and they don't have any worry about drones. All the Palestinians have to do to get their nation is negotiate for it. They will not get it without negotiations.
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kinniku
I never suggested they had stopped. I suggested there was a lack of strong and consistent criticism to al-Quaeda and these kinds of threats, both in western and non-Western media.
Al-Quaeda are not 'spies' of a country. You seem to be talking about something completely different to al-Quaeda. Perhaps, you should consider discussing spies in a discussion about spies.
I can imagine fantasies as much as the next person. However, these fantasies do not apply to al-Quaeda in Yemen or anywhere else.
I am talking about the latest auction just a month or two ago in which in a recent Iraq auction of oil deals, the deals were largely snapped up by the Russians and Chinese. The Uniteds States was noticably absent and did not get those deals. You were claiming the US had all the oil. Although you wrote western companies, you were clearly discussing the US and you specifically mentioned it. You were mistaken. The US companies got no oil deals.
This is your personal assumption. It is not established fact.
Again, this is your personal assumption. It is not established fact. There is no evidence to suggest that al-Quaeda is a front for any country. Nor is there evidence to suggest that al-Quaeda's terrorism or threats are 'false flags'.
Moderator: Kinniku and sabiwabi, please stop engaging in these tit-for-tat exchanges. Focus your comments on the topic, not at each other. If you want to refute a post, then please do it in a general way, rather than a sentence-by-sentence analysis.
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kinniku
Yes. I hear the Soviet Union is humming along smoothly as well.
Today's friends sometimes become tomorrow's enemies. Today's enemies sometimes become tomorrow's friends.
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