That’s pretty funny given the seriously – as in hugely – asymmetrical number of kidnappees (as in non-combatants, including children), “scurity” detainees, political and other prisoners held by Israel at any given time. When one compares the enormously disproportionate number of Palestinian and Lebanese imprisoned by Israel to the number of Israelis imprisoned by everyone else the exchange does not seem at all out of line.

Adios, Richard

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Well, that’s it. Adios, Richard.

Anyone with a brain could see it’s a bad deal that encourages kidnapping

You know incredibly little about the history of hostage taking. Israel has experimented w. every possible response to such attacks. When it chose to ignore them & refused to negotiate it often ended with the hostage/s being killed. When it attempted to liberate hostages it often ended w. some being killed. After such experiences Israel decided it had to negotiate. But you wouldn’t know much about that because you think you know everything.

remember how the 2006 War got started after years of Hezbollah attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers

More incomplete history…Hezbollah attacked Israeli soldiers but it didn’t start a war. Israel’s response was what started a war. That was Israel’s doing, not Hezbollah’s.

You didn’t see them completely lose their shit and make a bad deal like this when the Munich kidnappings happened, did you?

Diff. situation entirely. In that case, an attempt to liberate the hostages led to all being killed by apparently inept German forces. If there had been Israeli hostages alive after the kidnapping, who knows what Germany or Israel would have agreed to. But most assuredly Israel would not have seen any of them return if it had refused to negotiate as you so sagely advise.

It takes a big man to insult someone from behind a comment rules system that bans insulting him back.

I save the insults for right asses like yrself who are willing to expend every Israelis’ blood but their own. People like you really burn me up. Shed yr own blood for Israel & then you can advise Israel on when or how to shed its own.

Where do you get off? Really where do you get the nerve to sit there pontificating?

Oh, go fuck yourself, Richard. Anyone with a brain could see it’s a bad deal that encourages kidnapping in the future by these groups in the hope that they can then use them for this type of thing. And that type of shit has led to wars in the past – remember how the 2006 War got started after years of Hezbollah attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers patrolling the border area?

If anything, the Israelis should be more aware of this than others. You didn’t see them completely lose their shit and make a bad deal like this when the Munich kidnappings happened, did you?

My pt is that you’re a cruel, ignorant, self-righteous, smug SOB and you’re wearing out my patience.

Ha! It takes a big man to insult someone from behind a comment rules system that bans insulting him back. But if you’d rather sit here and bathe in a circle-jerk, feel free.