Reply #19: No meaningful solution is possible with these mentalities [View All]

The accuracy of the statement completely escaped you. That phrase is just good old american sarcasm - teammates remarking on a coach's style. It is also used in offices, when faced with stupid, authoritarian and shortsighted bosses.

The beatings will continue till morale improves.

Ever seen 'Paths of Glory,' a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick? A general wants several of his soldiers executed for cowardice. They weren't cowards, but the General wanted them set as an example, so that the surviving soldiers would be more 'brave' in the battlefield. They were being beaten, so that their morale would improve.

The israeli policy is similar to this, and as such it merits a similarly sarcastic retort.