Stephen Frug
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Commented on Let's put the future behind us
In the link on the words "biologically questionable", they mention the problem with CO2 being sucked out of the atmosphere by the concrete walls: "the excess carbon dioxide was reacting with calcium hydroxide in the concrete walls to form calcium...
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notsam commented on
Let's put the future behind us
----That's not quite correct---- Truly curious, how does the IDF and nukes help prevent violence directed at Jews outside Israel?...
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Vanzetti commented on
Let's put the future behind us
Well, think for a moment - does the power of a state ends right on the border? Does, for example, the US of A has some power to protect its citizens outside its borders? Or just google "Operation Entebbe"....
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Therion667 commented on
Let's put the future behind us
Or just Google "Operation Entebbe". So, was the number of terrorist attacks against non-Israeli Jews reduced after 4th July 1976? I wonder if Leon Klinghoffer would think so? Or any of the victims of anti-Semitic attacks that not infrequently happen in the UK? This is to say that Israeli Nuclear ambiguity or the undoubted skills of the IDF aren't much use up close and personal while walking home from the pub in North London....
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notsam commented on
Let's put the future behind us
I'm confused, the operation you referenced is in relation to a hijacking by a Palestinian terrorist group trying to free Palestinian prisoners in Israel - hard to imagine they'd ever have hijacked a plane if it wasn't for the conflict over Israel in the first place....
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Charlie Stross commented on
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RED CARD This comment thread has turned into a train wreck and is therefore indefinitely closed....
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