Posted on 05/18/2008 7:08:00 AM PDT by Nachum
Israel has been at continuous war with arabs and then their proxies the palis since it's reclamation.
Imported rockets from jordan and syria fired randomly to kill innocent civilians, suicide bombers murdering people in crowded streets and restaurants, children sent out to throw rocks and molotovs at soldiers to provoke a response so they can scream about murderous Israelis killing children.
Until Israel declares total, unlimited war on the palis and anyone foolish enough to stand in their way, they will forever suffer from this thorn in their side.
Of course.
Just simply stating the obvious, because sometimes people seem to be missing the obvious. In this case, certain Israelis sure seem to be.
Of course there is going to be conflict with the Palestinians. The issue is the conditions of the conflict.
All the Jews together in a contiguous, easily defended place with few issues of internal security is one thing.
Jews scattered throughout a hostile Palestinian population is quite another.
This wheatfield is in the West Bank, surrounded by hostile towns and villages.
What absurdities and perversities the Arabs dream up in their fertile brains is quite beside the point, as are the rights and wrongs of the issue. Its a waste of time to complain about Arabs as if they were capable of internalizing criticism, its just not in them. Its a given that they will be hostile to Jews.
Then burn 100 times more Arab land.
Actually, that’s reversed.
The Palestinians are in the wrong place and need to return to their ancestral homelands in Syria and Jordan.
“Need to” and “will be” are not the same thing.
The odds are poor that the “need to” will ever happen.
Under the present strategic circumstances, its not feasible long term to retain these settlements, they are a liability vis-a-vis Irsaels security and are a costly burden in every way for both Israel and her allies.
“Until Israel declares total, unlimited war on the palis “
Not likely. Israel depends far too much on the goodwill of a lot of people outside Israel that have slightly different interests. They will only go so far. Its no good complaining about that either. Israel has always had to steer a delicate course between the necessary and the feasible.
“they will forever suffer from this thorn in their side.”
And they will indeed, there is nothing that anyone can do about that. Its the human condition. Lions will not lie down with lambs anytime soon.
Probably only need to “mow down” one, and that will educate the rest.
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No it’s not likely, not with the weak leaders they have now, but they are rapidly running out of options. They do nothing and the world hates them, they do something and the world hates them.
At this point, they have little to lose except more Israeli lives. Condi and the Weak Sisters of Perpetual Appeasement at the state department have already shown they are no friend to Israel, not with their iron shod stance of pushing Israel into national suicide with the “two state solution” death warrant before the end of this presidential term.
I wouldn’t let my neighbor shoot rockets into my yard and burn my fields without stopping him. If the police wouldn’t step in and the only option left to stop him from endangering me and mine was violence, then I would be remiss in my obligation to protecting my family if I didn’t bring hell down upon him.
“they are rapidly running out of options.”
No they aren’t, Israel has survived and thrived with terrorism on this current scale pretty much continuously. It has also replied in kind, retaliated, etc. also continuously. Israel is more populous and prosperous than it has ever been. There’s no reason it can’t continue.
“They do nothing and the world hates them, they do something and the world hates them.”
So what else is new ?
“At this point, they have little to lose except more Israeli lives.”
Go too far, and they risk their prosperity. And considering the immense numbers of enemies and immense distances beyond which they would have to go to run out of enemies, it doesn’t seem worth it to seek a solution in this way. Endurance is not only the strategy but the objective.
IMO, it is time for Israel to get rid of Olmerde and go “Old Testament” on these blasted Amalekstinians.
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