05-20-2008, 07:22 PM | #11 |
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also Tex, why do we claim that Israel is democratic, when it doesn't allow Palestinians who live in Israel to vote?
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05-20-2008, 07:23 PM | #12 |
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This is precisely the strategy that the Israelis are following. Stretch out the occupation as long as possible, gradually expand the settlements, and pretty soon the world will grow fatigued and accept the confiscation as a foregone conclusion.
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05-20-2008, 07:27 PM | #13 |
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at the end of the day, the Palestinians will never accept any settlement that does not address the right to return. On the other side, the Israelis seem to have decided that they will never accept a settlement that does address the right to return.
As far as I can tell, the ball is in the Israelis court. they have all the money, all the power, all the weapons. We ourselves live in a dishonest society where if you even acknowledge that the Palestinians have a point or two, you will be shouted down as a bigot. |
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Those of you who are deluded enough to think the Israelis are going to just pick up and go home didn't pay attention to the Gaza withdrawal.
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05-20-2008, 07:28 PM | #15 |
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also, I would point out that the American Evangelical/Israeli alliance seems like a mutual destruction pact. In that both seem to be aiming for the destruction of Israel.
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05-20-2008, 07:29 PM | #16 |
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Well Tex, if Israel took it by force, it seems to me that the Palestinians can't be faulted for trying to take it back by force as well.
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I would like to see a settlement and I would like to see Isarael in a position to give them some land and have peace. However, I don't know why but I can't seem to think unless Israel just packs up and moves to the US the Arabs will leave them alone. |
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Exactly. People care about their own interests, but they'll be darned if they will go out on a limb for someone else. Many LDS are cheering in the streets that the FLDS had their kids taken away. |
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Exactly, so take the restraints off of Israel and let them deal with their problem. It might be well to let them know we will protect them from outside forces, but they are on their own with the Arab nations. |
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Right. Those SOB Jews are just picking on the poor innocent Arabs.
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