Posted on 03/03/2002 3:24:51 PM PST by Jhoffa_
Do you honestly think Dubya is going to green light Sharon and deal with the other Muslim elements that might come into play? Because that would be a real reversal of our Mid East policy.. Frankly, I don't know if he's got the courage to do it.
Definately.. They can get the land (first and foremost) then find some stupid excuse to le the peace "break down" and we are back to square one.. Except, now they have the land.
Land for Peace is a stupid move, I hope Sharon isn't pressured into such a position... In a few months he will have neither the peace or the land and I think everyone knows it. The Saudis included.
Once the Palestinian army has been crushed, Israel should BUILD A WALL. They should bring all the settlers home, retreat to the 1967 borders except they should take all of Jerusalem, and they should have a half-mile-wide Zone of Death on the outside of the wall. They should make the economic sacrifice of forgoing cheap Palestinian labor, and leave the Palestinians to make it on their own with the help of their Arab brethren. In a couple of years the Palestinians will probably have killed each other or starved to death, but that's no concern of Israel.
give it a break...
Well......they ARE! Take it up with Him, not us!
Hummm..
Sharon is doing this.. A "buffer zone" I think they called it.
Sniping is an offensive weapon, not a defensive one. You can't post snipers everwhere and shoot everybody, that is what clusterbombs are for. When the Palis use children and women pretending to be pregnant like the suicide bomber before last that got in using an ambulance who do you shoot? The Jews are trying to not kill civilians, the Arabs are. That is the entire hinge point on this conflict. The moment that the Jews make the decision that civilian casualties in the Arab ranks are necessary to stop this and worth doing, Palestine ceases to exist.
"Well......they ARE! Take it up with Him, not us!
I will some day...and we (God Willing) will laugh at the thought!...but hey... faith cannot be debated so, God bless
I realy doubt that Sharon will loose control, he has demonstrated incredible control so far. But the second part of your statement I find very wise. Indeed the Bible would agree with you. It describes the Nations united to lay siege around the city of Jerusalem. That is just before the point that it describes God finaly taking it personal and destroying every nation that takes part in the siege. The words are something like "I will cut asunder every nation that lays siege on Jerusalem" as in cut up or split up. This final battle is the turning point in the new millenium.
So, for once laconas, a tip of the hat from me. (Don't get usto it -grin-)
Hmm...sounds like an M21, 7.62MM Match Grade, 3-9x Redfield (engaging that many targets that quickly says "semi-auto" instead of "bolt-action" to me).
And IIRC, the US goobermint supplied a bunch of surplus M21s to the Palestinian Authority for their "constables."
Of course, my preferred countersniper weapon is an MLRS barrage or saturation bombardment of the sniper's likely hides with napalm :o)
No actualy, my tribe did not. My tribe went on the trail of tears. The American version of the Battan Death March.
I guess your tribe was Cro-mangon? That is just as valid as your point is it not?
And lighten up, Noah was all our grandaddy...
I was think along the line of deploying them to maintain control outdoor movement of people so that anybody who is doing something suspicious will be taken out. This obviously does not stop all infiltrations. But we will have less people attacking and less people in the street in general. I doubt that, if they know that there are snipers everywhere, they do not go out unless it is absolutely necessary. I thought this is a way of squeezing them harder since Israel cannot exercise more drastic and logical option.
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