[Loudmouth_Mormon]

Originally Posted by a-train

Yeah, Israel should just nuke Gaza and get it all over with.

Actually, I want to revisit a-train's remark. I would like to know if anyone is seriously even suggesting this. Can anyone point me to any person or group calling on Israel to destroy the folks in Gaza?

Again, Hamas is the clear, unchallenged bad guy here. Here's what's playing on Hamas TV as of last Wednesday - Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi: Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire, on the Wings of Qassam rockets

Being killed is nothing new to us. Martyrdom is nothing new to us. You threaten to kill us?! By Allah, you are threatening us with what we desire more than anything. You are threatening us with what our souls yearn for.
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By Allah, I wish I could carry my gear, carry my gun, and be among you. I wish I could stand among the youth of the Al-Qassam Brigades, passing them one of their missiles, wiping from their faces the dust of a missile that was launched, or crying “Allah Akbar” along with them. By Allah, I wish I could do that.
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You [in Hamas] are the ones upon whom Jesus, son of Mary, will descend, preaching the religion of the Prophet Muhammad in your land. You are paving the way for the war foretold by the Prophet Muhammad: “Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews. The Jews will hide behind stones and trees, but the stones and trees will say: Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.” You are the ones preparing the ground for this, preparing the ground for the return of the Caliphate in the path of the prophets.
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Allah is with us, and there is nobody with them. Allah is our God, and there is nobody with them. We say to them: We are not equal. Our dead go to Paradise, while your dead go to the Hellfire. We say to them: The Qassam rockets will serve as Ababil birds.1 Indeed, they are Ababil birds. We say to them that while our martyrs celebrate in Paradise, your dead find themselves in the Hellfire. We say to you: Dispatch those sons of apes and pigs to the Hellfire, on the wings of the Qassam rockets.
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Jihad is our path – Jihad for the sake of Allah, in all its forms. This is our strategic option, and not peace. Even “if they incline toward peace...” Yes, in that case, we will incline toward peace. If peace is made with us – yes, we will make peace as well, out of strength and honor. However, Jihad and resistance will remain our strategic option. Why? Because the Prophet Muhammad told us this. It makes no difference what kind of peace it is – they will never reconcile with us. They will ostensibly reconcile with us, but will they make real peace? Never.
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The [Jews], who are as smooth as a viper, and who lick their lips as a speckled snake, will never live with us in peace and harmony. They deserve to be killed. They deserve to die. They are the ones at whom the Qassam rockets should be fired. You should not care if you hit a man, a woman, or a child. Just like they killed your children – kill their children. Just like they killed your women – kill their women. Just like they destroyed your mosques – destroy their places of worship. Destroy... everything over there.

1 Ababil birds are described in the Koran as dropping red clay bricks on the army of elephants sent by the king of Yemen to attack Mecca in 571 CE.