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Old 18th July 2006, 10:51 PM
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Re: If Israel has the right to use force in self defence, so do its neighbours

The roots of this problem trace back to the Empire - Britain promised Palestine as homeland to both the Arabs and the Jews during WWI.

The Jews ended up with backing from the US and got their promises honoured, no-one gave a shit about the Arabs and the rest is just history.

Hezbollah are now getting arms and support from Iran & Syria, making the war slightly less 'assymetric'. Gotta love that Orwellian lingo

As Twain said "History doesn't repeat itself. But it rhymes"
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