I admire those who stand up and question their government's actions, when done on legiotimate grounds (ie: moral, ethical, etc).
And the fact that the refuseniks have their day in court, while any counterparts in the PLO have their day with a bullet in the head, does more to make me sympathetic to Israel than any blind pro-zionist blah-blah that accuses anyone of being unamerican and fascist and pro-terrorist just because they do not worship israel.
I am against the current Israeli tactics, which are none too new. The PLO (just another mafia-clone) is in fact an Israeli creation as much as anyone's. I think they should have taken the recent opportunity, taken out Arafat and the PLO leadership, annexed the occupied territories, begin assimilation of the palestinians as future citizens (with fierce sedition laws and enforcement), and count on a larger, more prosperous and less troubled nation.
Idealism? Somewhat, but I am a firm believer in giving someone something to live for rather than die for.
Ummm... no. The Arabs created the PLO, with some cheering on from the Euros. Your claim is an exceedingly delusional one.
begin assimilation of the palestinians as future citizens
Assimilation of large masses of Arab Muslims into Israel as citizens is impossible. The only way these people will ever become citizens of Israel is as corpses. They can then be dead citizens. Live, they'll be human bombs with rabies, bent on the final destruction of anything Jewish, be it the state, the religion, or the people.
But you know all this.
There's no legitimate grounds here. So, I don't admire them any more then the maggots they're defending.
And the fact that the refuseniks have their day in court, while any counterparts in the PLO have their day with a bullet in the head, does more to make me sympathetic to Israel than any blind pro-zionist blah-blah that accuses anyone of being unamerican and fascist and pro-terrorist just because they do not worship israel.
I would not endorse a bullet in their head nor a bullet in the head of the average Berkleyite, BUT I do of course reserve and intend to excercise the RIGHT I have to tell them what worthless garbage they are.
I am against the current Israeli tactics, which are none too new.
What "tactics' are these, fighting terrorism? < mock horror > God forbid! </ mock horror >
The PLO (just another mafia-clone) is in fact an Israeli creation as much as anyone's.
This sounds like liberal scapegoating. Just as the black mugger is the creation of white "oppression". I hate scapegoating, its mraxist crappola, and it makes me sick.
I think they should have taken the recent opportunity, taken out Arafat and the PLO leadership, annexed the occupied territories, begin assimilation of the palestinians as future citizens (with fierce sedition laws and enforcement), and count on a larger, more prosperous and less troubled nation.
Not a bad suggestion, however the Palestinians have had all the opportunities to assimilate that any other group of Arabs, several of whom have assimilated themselves within Israel and have done quite well for having done it. But the Palestinians blew it.
Idealism? Somewhat, but I am a firm believer in giving someone something to live for rather than die for.
The Palestinians have had everything to live for. They could have assimilated themsleves into Israel society, where they would have been better off than living in ANY arab land, but they opted for hate instead. They could have had they're own state. But they opted for hate instead. They can still have their own state, but they still are opting for hate.
IMO They should be thrown out. And let all those arabs who claim to love them and grieve for their pseudo-oppression give them land to live on.
The Palestinians have been their own worst enemies, not Israel, and they deserve everything they get and more. They could have had it all, a democracy to live in, or in lieu of that, their own state, but instead every step of the way they opted for hatred, and envy. WHat a worthless bunch of losers. To hell with them.