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Israelis Sue Government For Laser Cannons

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-all-want-a-laser-cannon dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Residents of a southern Israeli town want a real-life laser cannon to protect them against Palestinian rocket attacks. And they're suing the national government, for failing to provide the ray gun defense. The U.S.-Israeli Tactical High Energy Laser project was widely considered to be the most successful energy weapon ever built. But the toxic chemicals needed to generate THEL's megawatts of power made the thing a logistical nightmare. It was scrapped. Now, the residents of Sderot want it back. And they're taking Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to court to make it happen."

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  1. Re:Please stay on topic by rm999 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Please note that they're not strapping bombs to themselves and running into cafes or government buildings - they're taking a legal action in a desperate request for help."

    Why would you even say that? You accuse people here of subtly claiming "Jews are evil," but your comment seems to be a backhanded way of saying "at least they aren't like the Arabs and strapping bombs to themselves!" I don't mean to put words in your mouth, but what else could you have possibly meant?

    And I think it is irrelevant whether citizens are violent when their government has a *huge* standing army and spends 10% of its GDP on defense. They don't need to take any violent action when their taxes are supposed to be protecting them (unlike Palestine). I'm not being anti-Israel, I'm just saying your implicit comparison of Israel to Palestine isn't fair.

  2. Re:Please stay on topic by ArcherB · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That means the only hope is for Israel to stop it, but I'm not too hopeful that will happen. They have, repeatedly. Then some angry young man kisses his wife and kids good-bye, straps a bomb/ball-bearing vest to his chest, finds a place where a bunch of teenagers are hanging out and then blows the place up in a deliberate attempt to kill as many kids as possible and derail any peace process that has been building for any amount of time. Of course, then you see Palestinians dance in the streets, shoot guns in the air and hand out candies to passing cars. Israel has every right to respond in any way they see fit for as long as they like and they will still be in the right. There is no reason to EVER blow up a pizza parlor full of kids, or shoot up a high school, attack a college cafeteria with a back-pack bomb, or any of the MANY attacks where the target is innocent civilians, including... or ESPECIALLY women and children. Also, note that all these attacks are celebrated by the so-called "innocent and peace loving" Palestinian people and the terrorists called heroes and martyrs. Sorry, but with a track record like that, Israel will always be in the right.

    What about the Jews attacking the innocent Palestinians... Google "Pallywood" and watch the video.

    It's like the old saying goes

    There will be peace in the Middle East when the Palestinians love their children more than they hate the Jews. When that happens, and it won't in our life times, you'll have your peace. Not a second before.
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    There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
  3. Re:Please stay on topic by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No, the Israelis are in the place of the Nazis this time, and are busily applying their Final Solution to the Palestinian Problem.