Posted on 12/14/2004 4:24:09 AM PST by Convert from ECUSA
"As Shoshana Bryen of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs noted recently, the Arabs and Iranians instead cynically insist that Israel must first find — and pay — a price acceptable to the Palestinians. They do so knowing full well that none among the latter could make peace with the Jewish state, even if they wanted to, so long as the region's principal nations refuse to do so. These nations' totalitarian regimes offer the same excuse to justify staving off domestic and foreign calls to engage in long-overdue political and economic liberalization. ..."Then there is the United Nations. The organization's domination by states hostile to Israel has made it a hotbed of agitation against the Jewish state from the get-go. While Zionism is no longer officially equated with racism by the United Nations, that sentiment remains much in evidence as Israel has been subjected to far more criticism and condemnatory resolutions than any other member state. Israel alone is ineligible for membership on the Security Council. And an organ of the "world body," the International Court of Justice, has even ruled the Jewish state may not legally take measures to defend itself with a security barrier separating Israel and parts of the disputed West Bank where Jews live from terrorists bent on murder and destruction of property." ... "Their "friends" at best encourage strategically dubious peace initiatives like the ill-conceived "road map"; at worst, they are part of the problem. And their leaders, both of the recent past and the present, seem intent on repeating, and compounding, past errors. Lovers of freedom can only hope all this does not add up to Tevye's prayer being answered in the worst possible way."
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Pray for Israel Ping!
This is why American support is so critical to Israel. Only with America firmly behind us can we stand up to the so-called "world community", the majority of which would be perfectly content to see us destroyed.
Where I disagree with the author is regarding Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement policy. It should be easier to wall off and contain the terrorists in Gaza than to have them in our midst as we try to live in Gaza in small numbers. This is fundamentally different than southern Lebanon where we had no ability to control who came and went and had to rely on compliance with a U.N. resolution by Syria and Lebanon.
Side note: Isn't it amazing how Syria and Lebanon's non-compliance with Resolution 425 is ignored by the U.N.? Only if Israel does something other than the interpretation-du-jour of a resolution is it worth discussing.
Dear Anotherview,
You said it! I've believed that US support for Israel is vital for both countries for as many years as I can remember. We must both stand with each other, for the "world community" hates us both, and has for many years.
"Side note: Isn't it amazing how Syria and Lebanon's non-compliance with Resolution 425 is ignored by the U.N.? Only if Israel does something other than the interpretation-du-jour of a resolution is it worth discussing."
Ain't it the truth! The way the UN singles out Israel and the US has bugged me for years, and has been the main reason why I've believed for a long time that the US should get out of the UN and kick the UN out of the US. When I see how Israel does something other than the interpretation-of-the-moment, the coyotes howl bloody murder, but if the coyotes do whatever its another story. It reminds me of the old saying from Orwell's "Animal Farm" - Four legs good, two legs bad.
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