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Is Israel turning into Iraq?
Eitan Haber
Published: 28.01.10, 10:09
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31. Let me see if I have this right.
Haifa granny   (01.29.10)
Someone throws a shoe, that makes us Iraq. Someone gets shot on a beach (a horrific incident, I agree), that makes us...what, Italy? There were two or three instances of people killed over parking spaces, so that makes us America, lucky us. Muslim schoolgirls in Kfar Cana wear headscarves, so I guess that makes us France. People get drunk over the weekend and stab each other, so that must mean we are turning into Russia. We have a security fence, so that's America again, or maybe cold war Berlin. Talk about kibbutz galuyot!
32. @ Peter
jkb ,   si   (01.29.10)
Luckily there is no tax evasion, hit and run, criminals laughing at police in Austria. Civilized Austrians, couple of decades after what they did to the world prefer to attack Mauthausen survivors who come to comemorate. Or galatnly rape famili members in their cellars. Others use them for storage.
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nana ,   jerusalem   (01.30.10)
iraque is so intiant than democracy .........and democracy is so intiant than israil .. i think noah and the ship was in north iraqu and after the flood the life return to that place .whatever you said about israil it is not more than 62 years old and whatever you say about democracy it is not perfect in israil ..democracy is not saying only it is program to do
34. But is it good for the billionaires?
Hen   (01.31.10)
That is the only thing that matters, the rest of us are expendable.
35. LOL
Nimrod ,   Baghdad, Iraq   (01.31.10)
Hi I am an Iraqi and yes I live in Baghdad, well I have to clear a few misconceptions 1- Iraq is an emerging democracy true but our issue is complicated unlike Israel where you have established a government based on democracy and freedom back in 1948. Our issue is complicated as in you have a government that is literally made up of peasants and illiterate people, and ones who base their judgements on racism, hatred and revenge, kinda like if Palestinians come to power in Israel ( god forbid) and yes I am talking about the Shiites who took Iraq, a former secular state and modern (society wise) we had more social freedom but not political under saddam and his demented Baath regime, the only time Iraq was doing well was between 1921- 1958 during the Monarchy and even later up until 1979 when Saddam ascended to power then we started declining, although I must give him credit for two things: 1- war with Iran too bad we didnt get enough support to overthrow the shiite fanatic regime there and thats why we are all paying the price now, especially with Shiite power everywhere nowadays in Lebanon ( Hizbollah), in Syria, Gulf States especially with so many Persians in the gulf states of Bahrain, UAE , Kuwait etc. 2- putting Kuwait in their place back in 1990 was a must. now the idiot he should have used the Iraqi army back then to establish a tri defense system with Israel and Turkey and we would all not be in todays mess and there would be no terrorism had he ( saddam the moron) used his brains to do something right. I am sure you will all agree that Middle Eastern mentality is rough and that people need someone to show them who is boss time and again but without resorting to violence, now Israel is not turning into Iraq unless you have a US$ 77 billion annual budget and your country is in ruins while politicians are busy looting your money, and should some Shiite come to power in israel and start celebrating their religious festivities which run around all 12 months of the year when they whine and beat themselves with chains coz some loser who died like 1400 years ago and to feed their areas with power and cut power from your areas coz you aint shiites well then only will you join our club.
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