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In reply to the discussion: Netanyahu Does NOT Speak For Me... [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)1. I think they said the same thing about Asians during Vietnam and the Korean War
I remember hearing commentators on TV saying that Asians didn't really value life like westerners did and that dying for them wasn't that big a deal. It was a convenient attitude for Americans considering the thousands of enemy soldiers and civilians who were dying at our hands in those conflicts.
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I think they said the same thing about Asians during Vietnam and the Korean War
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2014
#1
I raised mine as you advise. But I feel sadly outnumbered. Listening to Cheney spouting off
maddiemom
Jul 2014
#35
Netanyahu's election was in fact a *ratification* of the assassination of Rabin
villager
Jul 2014
#5
Can someone explain how this is a "war of choice" on the part of Israel or Netanyahu?
George II
Jul 2014
#16
Israel takes land that isn't theirs. Then acts surprised when Palestinians fight back.
randome
Jul 2014
#19
What land is that? This conflict is between Gaza and Israel, who withdrew from Gaza...
George II
Jul 2014
#32