Am watching BBC presentation on Syria ...

by awledd
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Why do people fight?? for what? Is all this for freedom? The city is an absolute mess. trash. I couldn't see the suffering the Children and family are going through. Too much to bear!
  • Profile picture of the author pomodorium
    Originally Posted by awledd View Post

    Why do people fight?? for what? Is all this for freedom? The city is an absolute mess. trash. I couldn't see the suffering the Children and family are going through. Too much to bear!
    Why people always fight ??? the answer is right there, even after all the excuses, such as political differences, racism and other it is always about money,land,gas, oil etc. Couple of days ago I saw a post on imgur of a airstrike ready to hit a building full of civilians ... not armed men, but civilians, there are many photos circulating the web that only bring pain to someone's heart, but unfortunately the people who have the power to stop this just watch and maybe will go there after to take out whoever wins this war, to make a profit on it. Unfortunately it is the world we live in and we have to accept it
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    • Profile picture of the author Midnight Oil
      Originally Posted by pomodorium View Post

      Couple of days ago I saw a post on imgur of a airstrike ready to hit a building full of civilians ... not armed men, but civilians
      No one was killed. The Israeli military called the owner of the building ahead of time and warned them, giving them time to evacuate. There was actually enough warning that the streets were blocked off beforehand. It was a pinpoint strike, most likely because it sat on top of an underground bunker.
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Originally Posted by Midnight Oil View Post

        No one was killed. The Israeli military called the owner of the building ahead of time and warned them, giving them time to evacuate. There was actually enough warning that the streets were blocked off beforehand. It was a pinpoint strike, most likely because it sat on top of an underground bunker.
        More than 1,650 Palestinians have been killed, wide swaths of Gaza destroyed and its only power plant knocked out since Israel began the offensive on July 8, the Health Ministry said. Palestinian and U.N. officials has said most of those killed were civilians. Israel has said 63 of its soldiers have died in the Gaza fighting, along with three civilians killed by rocket fire into Israel.
        Truce in tatters as Gaza death toll nears 1,700 | Pakistan Today
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  • Profile picture of the author awledd
    It could have been me or anybody else. you couldn't even imagine how those cute beautiful girls and boys are terrified. Pls stop war - will do good to nobody.
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    Originally Posted by awledd View Post

    Why do people fight?? for what? Is all this for freedom? The city is an absolute mess. trash. I couldn't see the suffering the Children and family are going through. Too much to bear!
    People fight because their leaders are sociopaths who are addicted to power and wealth and the people are not smart enough, or are too indoctrinated, to tell them to F*** off when they ask them to go kill for the "cause".
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      It's not just the leaders. People fight for what they believe - whether it be religion or politics or 'right'.

      They also fight for power and land - and those are most of the battles.

      I think sometimes they fight just because they always have and it's become a habitg.
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    Somewhere there is almost ALWAYS someone that wants power or some trinket of some sort. Religion,politics, etc.... always gets blamed, but it is REALLY just used as a way to leverage OTHERS to do whatever under false pretenses! The people lead almost always end up worse off for it, but every time they feel THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT! WEEEEEEEEE will get the spoils!

    HECK, I knew a person once that thought she had a GREAT idea to solve the irish problem! It was a 2 step process!!!!!!

    1. Start a new religion!
    2. Get EVERYONE to convert to it.

    Since it was "catholic against anglican", NO MORE FIGHTING! YEAH!

    But it WASN'T a religious war! It was the cultural irish(Predominantly catholic), against the British(predominantly anglican). It was kind of the wests version of israel and palestine! The british wanted control of resources and the people, and the irish didn't like it.

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  • Profile picture of the author awledd
    Here is the link for the report: I don't think video is available now yet:

    BBC News - No place to hide for children of war in Gaza and Syria
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