Jonathan,
here's the history lesson i recently received, maybe you can get something out of it too. it's from the BBC News Website:
'The hawkish leader of Israel's opposition Likud Party, Ariel Sharon is for Palestinians mainly associated with the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut 18 years ago.
Blood-tainted past
First elected to parliament in 1977, Mr Sharon masterminded Israel's disastrous invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
As defence minister he sent the Israeli army all the way to Beirut, a strike which ended in the expulsion of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) from Lebanon.
The move stopped the PLO using Lebanon to launch attacks against Israel, but also resulted in the massacre of hundreds of Palestinians by Lebanese Christian militiamen in two Beirut refugee camps under Israeli control.
Mr Sharon was removed from office in 1983 by an Israeli tribunal investigating the 1982 Lebanon invasion, finding him indirectly responsible for the killings.'
And for the record, i also stated in my post (one of the parts you snipped) that this wasn't a question of right or wrong anymore. Even so, i am still entitled to my belief, as you are entitled to yours.
Rasheed
PS And why did you decide to slam Norway out of nowhere for something they did 60 years ago? Do you judge Germany for what they did in 1942? i would certainly hope not.
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