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President Obama authorises air-strikes on Islamist barbarians

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I've already corrected it. There were rockets fired by Hamas from the last days of June. That was 8 days before Operation Protective Edge started.

All throughout June, Islamist militants in Gaza were firing rockets at Israel (the murdered boys bodies were found on 30th June). On 29th June, Israel conducted an air strike against a rocket crew who were setting up to fire, and one Hamas operative was killed. The next day, Hamas responded itself by firing rockets into Israel, and continued to do so up until 6th July. On 6th July, the IDF responded to the rocket bombardment by Hamas and other groups by launching an airstrike that liquidated seven Hamas terrorists.

On 7th July, Hamas increased the number of rockets it fired from about 15 a day in the early days of July to 80 on that day. On 8th July, they fired over 150 rockets. On that day, and in response to the massive increase in rocket fire, Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge.

Those are the facts. You might not like them, but you can't run away from them

Thank you for your explanation. I assume you have sources for HAMAS firing rockets, as opposed to simply "militants"...

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GnomeMage

Original post by Fullofsurprises

Funny poster, but it doesn't relate to the truth about this situation in any way. You are aware that ISIS are busy trying to massacre (in fact, succeeding in massacring according to the latest accounts) an entire people? If the US stops at least some of that, they should have the votes of everyone.

the poster wasnt sarcastic. was literally.

Reply 122

Reform

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11023915/Iraq-crisis-150000-Yezidi-Kurds-refugees-surrounded-by-Islamic-extremists.html

'Two American aid flights have also made it to the mountain, where they have dropped off more than 36,000 meals and 7,000 gallons of drinking water to help the refugees.

However, Iraqi officials said that much of the US aid had been “useless” because it was dropped from 15,000ft without parachutes and exploded oin impact.'

Reply 123

goape

Original post by MostUncivilised

You're absolutely right, far better to allow the 40,000 Yezidi who have fled to Mt Sinjar and are surrounded and facing almost certain death if they don't get help, to die. That's definitely the moral response to this situation.

if anything we perhaps should intervene, but only because our previous disastrous interventions in Iraq (and afghanistan and libya) have created the breeding grounds for this mess.