Wasn't it President Bush himself who described the current crisis as a war against "Evil"?
If your view is that we should never deal with people who do terrible things, then we should never have worked with the Soviets in WW II to defeat Hitler; Stalin was arguably a bigger murderer and despot than Hitler ever was.
But this isn't my point.
I am an ardent supporter of Israel, but President Bush's job is to try to advance the interests of the United States first. Right now, he sees the primary focus of that responsibility to be destroying the infrastructure of terrorism around the world, and Saddam Hussein is next on his list.
How can President Bush "advance the interests of the United States" when he is showing the world, especially, the Arab world that hates us, that he is not merely willing to stab his only dependable friend in the back to appease the Arabs, he is incapable of being consistent in his statements? How can he expect the world to take him seriously and that he means what he says? Who said it, "Walk softly and carry a big stick?" As Afghanistan proved, the Islamist Arabs only respect one thing - determined power. Whatever happened to the worldwide jihad that was promised by the pundits if the US ever invaded Afghanistan or bombed during Ramadan? Even I was fooled. I forgot that no matter how much Islamist Arabs hate and despise us, they refuse to side with those who are clearly LOSERS. As long as there's a chance of an Islamic group eventually emerging triumphant, they'll support them, but the moment that group's fate is sealed, they trip over themselves in distancing from them.
Does anyone really believe it is by coincidence that Saddam chose now to increase his payments to the families of suicide bombers? He knows that as long as things are in such an uproar in Israel, the other Arab leaders will not support an attack on him.
Of course. However, the moment the Palestinian terrorists are thoroughly crushed, no Islamic Arab, notwithstanding Saddam, will lift a finger to help them.
Bush has walked very carefully here with Israel, giving them time to finish the major thrust of their offensive, but in order to get support from the other Arab nations for our fight against Saddam, Bush has to demonstrate that he has some control over Israel. That is why he got frustrated when there was NO signs from the Israelis of pulling back.
Let's modify the old WWII saying shall we? "The Americans will fight to the very last [Israeli Jew] - "Canadian" in the original." If President Bush expects to succeed in the war against terrorism, he'd better let Israel do what it has to do to defend its people.
As much as we might all like the idea of packing up all of the Palesitnians and shipping them to Egypt or Jordan, it is not going to happen. It is called realpolitick, meaning we have to deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it was.
I've often wondered at the taboo of mass expulsion of the Palestinians. Why? No one lifted a finger to prevent the mass expulsion of French Algerians. No one prevented the millions of Germans from being expelled from Poland. Did anyone help the Serbs who were expelled from Kosovo and Bosnia? Did anyone other than the Israelis help the 600,000 Jews who were expelled from the Arab states after the 1948 war? Who's currently helping the white Zimbabweans and Christian Sudanese and Nigerians who are being expelled from their homes? Why then deny the fact "No Arab=no terrorism"?
No you're wrong.
Saddam is the main threat to both the Israel and the USA. It's not Rag Bag Yasser that threatens Israel it's the money and support behind the scenes. Take Yasser out along with his cronies and more will keep pooping up as long as there is pressure from the outside. Taking out Saddam removes most of this pressure !
There are many Arabs living in Israel that aren't terrorists and they live free - why ?