tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post5222180104722934466..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Oh Boy, Here We Go Againgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-61155321554828195662010-01-10T01:25:04.616-05:002010-01-10T01:25:04.616-05:00More than little cat Z.More than little cat Z.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-41697268672945219332010-01-10T01:03:26.115-05:002010-01-10T01:03:26.115-05:00Right I agree Gene. BTW how much oomph did you sta...Right I agree Gene. BTW how much oomph did you start out with?Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-88499398484846783022010-01-10T00:52:33.463-05:002010-01-10T00:52:33.463-05:00OK, I don't think I lose much oomph here with ...OK, I don't think I lose much oomph here with your correction. My main point has been that it's absurd to use these incidents <em>for</em> their thesis.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-51916395323661851942010-01-09T11:05:39.795-05:002010-01-09T11:05:39.795-05:00OK, I'll have to figure out a snappy comeback ...OK, I'll have to figure out a snappy comeback to that one.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-29136989417420030432010-01-08T21:20:43.851-05:002010-01-08T21:20:43.851-05:00After all, the terrorist is committing his crime i...<i>After all, the terrorist is committing his crime in order to get the other side to stop doing whatever it is he wants them to stop. So it defeats the whole idea behind terrorism to lie to the other side about what your grievances are.</i><br /><br />That's a great point Gene, but of course VDH et al. would come back and say, "We don't dispute that the Islamists want us to abandon Israel and leave it to their depredations. We are saying that <i>even if we did all that they request</i>, they would still hate us and eventually we would have to fight them in self-defense. Hitler wasn't lying when he said he wanted the Sudetenland either."Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com