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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Matt" data-source="post: 188307" data-attributes="member: 1213">As long as the suicide bombers are the bad guys, whats the problem? Its kinda like how there is nothing wrong with Wolfenstein, because the whole idea is to KILL the Nazis. Primarily, this kind of campiagn would serve to INCREASE sympathy for the Israelis.  Its easy to criticize Israeli soldiers for shooting so many Palestinians, stopping ambulances, and making Palestinians get down on the ground far from checkpoints, but when you put yourself in the place of an 18-year-old draftee with only his (or her) wits and an M-16 (if even that) between you and and certain death at the hands of (potentially) absolutely any given Palestinian, you'll be surprised that innocent Palestinians are rarely if ever shot by accident "just in case" they are a terrorist.  Those that do die nowadays are almost always (there are exceptions) hit by stray bullets or while acting as human shields for terrorists who are actively shooting at soldiers.If anything, it might be offensive to pro-Palestinian types, as it would compare them to goblins, an inferior and irredemably evil race.And on a related historical point, suicide bombings by Islamic terrorists pre-dated the 19-month-old Al-Aqsa Intifada, and even the inceased violance triggered by the 1993 Oslo accords.  It has been going on for decades, and increased as Israeli commando teams got more effective and as the Israeli's (unlike the Americans) remained true to their refusal to negotiate with terrorists.  Over the course of the late seventies and early eighties, it became clear to the terriorists that they were going to die anyway, so they might as well throw self-preservation to the wind and gain the associated tactical advantages, while at the same time ensuring that they would not be taken alive (which over there is not a very pleasant experience, to say the least).  for instance, a Hizbollah terrorist drove a car full of explosives into an American barracks in Beirut in 1983, killing nearly 300 American and French Peacekeepers.Oh, and note that Warcraft 2 had a Goblin suidice bomber unit in it  (and a dwarven equivalent)</blockquote>

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