Posted on 04/12/2002 9:54:05 PM PDT by Jean S
I believe that America must act in It's own best interest, however, asking another country, which has for all intents and purposes, been in a state of war since it's inception over 50 years ago, to act against it's own best interest (i.e. suicide) is immoral. The simple fact is that Israel has tried numerous times over the years to live in peace with it's Arab neighbors. None of these Arab countries has wanted anything to do with the palestinians, since they forment trouble where ever they go. They've been expelled from Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Remember that they also sided with Iraq when Kuait was invaded. In fact, the Arab countries have purposely used the palestinians as "cannon fodder," forcing them into refugee camps within their own countries, refusing to allow them to "mingle" with others of their own kind, and always blaming it on the Jews. Yes, I did say Jews, not Israelis, not Zionists: The purpose of the Islamic militants is the death and explusion of every Jew, first in the middle east, then in every country of the world.
Debbie is right!
Mark
So the leader of a country, using military power to protect the safety of his citizens is being "selfish?" So killing Jews is good for the global economy? Keep talking...
Mark
And Arafat is a peacenick???
But hey, why scream about the plank in Arafats eye when you can scream about the sliver in Sharon's eye, right?
The simple fact that everyone needs to know to decide who's wrong in all this is: All the Israelis want to do is be left alone to live their lives and all the Palestinian leadership wants to do is kill other people.
If the attacks on Israel ceased for a year and Sharon was still sending in the military you would have a point. But since that's not the case, you don't. Face it, you are on the side of evil in this. It's really that simple.
Ah, I see. Pardon me for having tried to reason with you. You can go back to reading Mein Kampf now, I won't bother you anymore.
Hey, I'm not going to tell YOU! Judging by your posts, you'd probably tell the Saudis and spoil the surprise...
Click here: Islamic_Violence
Be sure and read this:
Muslim cleric calls for death of Arafat Says Israel should continue offensive until he's executed
and this:
Fouad Ajami: Don't Let Arafat Distract Us
and this:
The war that Arafat called forth (FOUAD AJAMI)
And on the oil Embargo:
You've got that backwards. Israel isn't asking us
to submit to terrorism within our boundaries.
America didn't elect Bush to support Israel
That's a silly statement, and you know it. Presidents
aren't elected on more than a handful of issues.
America can live perfectly fine without
Israel but absolutely can't live without
oil
Oil won't always be here. We need to increase
our nuclear generation capacity. In the meantime,
we aren't nearly as dependent as you imply on
Middle East oil. Israel is an ally, and you don't
abandon allies to their enemies without a fight.
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