[dennisw]

Absolutely true! We might cut aid to Israel in half. I can't think of any mass expulsions in the world that have succeeded in the last 25 years except for Kuwait kicking out 300,000 Palestinians just after the Gulf War. My point is that in the general chaos of a war in the MidEast Israel can expel Palestinians without too much international condemnation. Most especially if Hamas, Fatah, Hizballah try to unleash hell. Try to join the festivities. I doubt they could resist doing so.

[SJackson]

What's missing is a place for them to go. Transfer doesn't have to be forced for the non violent. Those 300,000 were in Kuwait because that's where the jobs were. Jordan routinely closed the bridges to keep them out. Maybe a post Iraq redrawn map will entice some of their Arab brothers to let them back home.

[tictoc]

I can't think of any mass expulsions in the world that have succeeded in the last 25 years except for Kuwait kicking out 300,000 Palestinians just after the Gulf War.

The expulsion by Croats of Serbs from the Krajina springs to mind. Those were several hundred thousand, and it was less than ten years ago.

Of course as we all know, the EU, the United States, and the rest of the world immediately cut off all trade with Croatia afterward. The country became a pariah state and collapsed in due course. Many hundreds of their civilian and military leaders were placed on trial in The Hague, most trials have already ended in life sentences. The expelled Serbs, of course, are all back in their former homes. Zagreb has been renamed Milograde. The name Croatia is now but a memory.

[Snerfling]

I can't think of any mass expulsions in the world that have succeeded in the last 25 years

You've got to be kidding, right? The biggest mass expulsion in the last 10 years has been native Californian's moving out of state, or to other regions within the state, as a result of illegal immigration. Mass expulsion works pefectly well for the conquering party.