US citizen executed during Israeli flotilla raid

Because the Israelis don't have to, that's why, charver. The plain truth is, the Israelis kicked everyone's ass over there in 1967, in a little more than a week, and they can pretty much do whatever they want to do in whatever water they want to do it in. Now you and the terror appeasers of the world can writhe and moan about it, you can pontificate all these intellectual points about legality and international law, but the Israelis have the right to defend their nation from attack, and you're not going to ever prevent them from doing that. They established this blockade for a legitimate reason, Hezbollah was smuggling rockets into Gaza, and they were being launched into Israel, killing thousands of innocent citizens on a daily basis. Can you imagine that happening in your hometown? Just try to do that for a moment, imagine seeing women and children and their body parts strewn all over the streets outside your house... then imagine some nitwit wanting to question your actions when you try to stop that from happening?

THOUSANDS of innocent citizens a day??

Really?

I call bullshit...

Provide a link with some figures that validate your claim.
 
Why do conservatives salivate at the thought of cold-blooded killing? All conservatives are killers in my mind, and are worse than the worse murderer, because a murderer usually at least has insanity as a mitigating factor, while a conservative is just a killer because it gives them sadistic pleasure.
Says the guy who wants to kill all of a group just for disagreeing. Fascist.
 
Soccer is also played in matches. He thinks that "football" is soccer. It's a European thing.

It is not a European thing, it is worldwide thing except inevitably in the US. What else can you expect when you have a World Series with only country in it! I wonder how many people on here will be watching the World Cup match on Saturday when the USA plays England?

As a matter of interest, soccer is derived from the name Association Football allegedly, it is a very archaic term which is only preserved by your good selves from falling into disuse altogether.
 
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It is not a European thing, it is worldwide thing except inevitably in the US. What else can you expect when you have a World Series with only country in it! I wonder how many people on here will be watching the World Cup match on Saturday when the USA plays England?

Two countries, please!! Canada's Toronto Blue Jays owned in the 1992 and 1993 World Series!!! :cof1:
 
It is not a European thing, it is worldwide thing except inevitably in the US. What else can you expect when you have a World Series with only country in it! I wonder how many people on here will be watching the World Cup match on Saturday when the USA plays England?

As a matter of interest, soccer is derived from the name Association Football allegedly, it is a very archaic term which is only preserved by your good selves from falling into disuse altogether.

But that's only because of Britains miserably failed attempt at world wide conquest. :cof1:
 
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Look, all major Canadian cities are located within 25 miles of the US border, so you could say that about just about any of them except Montreal.

I was talking culturally rather than geographic closeness. Anyway, it totally misses the point in that I perceive a decided lack of interest in the US for the greatest single sports tournament on the planet. I could probably understand it more if you weren't competing but that's not the case. Maybe you should be reminded that the US beat England in 1950, who knows it might happen again.

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I think you can tell just how little interest there is in football by Americans in that we named it soccer, and termed the game of gridiron "football" instead. Then again, you chaps named the greatest game rounders.

That said, soccer has been on the rise in America. My dad played football, baseball, basketball, and so forth, but he never touched a single soccer ball (and subsequently never incurred any penalties). Every single able-bodied American of my generation grew up playing soccer in the schoolyard, at least during elementary school. My brother and all of my friends played organized soccer. In my beloved Pacific NW, the game is immensely popular.

That said, many people still find it extremely dull to watch, like golf and chess.
 
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