US desperate to reassure Israel as Scud fears grow [Israel has Iraq in crosshairs]

The Scotsman | August 16, 2002 | Tim Cornwell

[crystalk]

Bump, ping et al

[Thud]

Consider the source.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

But who knows what stupid thing that the Arab & Muslims of the world do in response to the counter attack & so on & so on.

LOL! Bring it on!!! If another Islamic state wants to join in the rumble, let it. The US, Turkey, and Israel combined could stomp every Islamic state [other than Turkey] for a thousand miles. Just give Turkey all the territory it wants, and I bet we have a deal.

This is the dynamic.... Israel is a wild card that we have no control over. The Islamics will rip their beards off and shave their heads in frustration, because we would be unable to do a darn thing about Israel.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

When it comes to insults, Saddam isn't half bad. He called G W 'Little Bush'. So I would imagine that Bush's one insult would inspire many others from Saddam that would make him more respected than ever. "The Little Bush left like a tiny dog with his tail between his legs, turning back with bluffing growls." No, insults are easy for dictators. Bush has to process everything he says diplomatically with his advisors.

[1bigdictator]

I don't think Israel would ask you to... but I believe America should not pressure Israel not to counter-attack should Iraq attack her the way we did in 1991. We must not impliment a double standard against Israel and prevent her from responding to Arab-backed terror-- since we ourselves have responded.

[tm22721]

Another misguided attempt to restrain Israel and avoid the inevitable end days.

BUMP

[FreeReporting]

We Israelis have long been aware that we want peace and "they" don't. We do whatever we can to promote peace and they reject it. We have educated the Arab peasants, given them western medicine and brought them generally into the 20th/21st centuries. However our money and patience is not unlimited and there is much bureaucracy in the civil service; I suppose because we are a new country which is establishing its infrastructure during a time of continuous warfare, where most resources are devoted to defence. There is also the fact that some Israelis have a personal debt to settle with Arabs. The courts never support such racist behaviour, but the Arabs take it personally. Each failure to perform is taken as a personal insult, each success is taken for granted.

Considering the intense spotlight thrown on every aspect of Israel's dealings with the Palestinians I think we have actually come out of it quite well. Can you imagine if this intense scrutiny were turned on other countries and their shortcomings?

[HELLRAISER II]

The President is the most powerful man on the Earth, yes I believe had Bush wanted to do it, he could have. However the alliance was such at the time that he chose not to go against what the alliance wanted. Was it a mistake, most definately. But Politics is a fickled mistress and sometimes we don't get to do what we wanted to do.

[ArGee]

I have no end of respect for the tolerance of the Jews toward their Arab neighbors. You have continuously shown a willingness to work with a people who have denied your very right to exist. When terrorists blew up two of our buildings we declared war on the country that harbored them. You have to put up with many such bombings on an almost daily basis, yet have continued to try to make a way for this new nation of Palestine to be created as your neighbor - sacrificing some of your land to accomplish the task.

In the mean time, their own leaders treat them like dirt. There is no question that the Arabs in Israel had it much better under Jewish rule than under "Palestinian rule". Money that was intended to reduce poverty has been used to fatten the coiffers of the leaders and to buy weapons. ArafRAT and his cronies get richer and the "Palestinians" get poorer and the Jews get the blame.

May Ha Shem bless Israel and grant peace to Jerusalem.

Shalom.