Originally posted by Malacasta
Umm... so let me get this straight. Everything Hamas, the IRC, the UN say is suspicious, spun, misleading, based on an agenda, a lie, an invention or something along those lies. Whereas, everything the Australian army says, the US army says, the IDF says, the British Army says is absolutely true and even if they don't say it, they obviously meant to say it, and if it's not in the media, then that's because the other side made it up and it's not worth responding to.
That must be your opinion, since I never said any of that, and I know you have too much integrity to claim I said such a thing.

Why do you have so much confidence in the words of the IDF, the US military, the British military, etc.? Frankly, that surprises me a bit. Given your usual opinions, I would have expected you to be more suspicious of them.

I'm not sure I can get on board with your extreme assurance of their total honesty. I think there are times when everyone lies or fudges the truth - even western militaries. I can only go as far as what I already said: when a group uses weasel words like "we told them where we would be and we co-ordinated with them", it sounds like all they did was simply say "We'll be here. We dare you to do anything in the region that could endanger us and embarass you." If the "here" happened to be a warzone, its pretty stupid to go there, and you certainly can't complain if the results are unfavorable.