Sometimes I think that nuking Israel might be the simplest solution. What is it going to solve? Can anyone remember America ever having a 'mid-East problem' before Israel came on the scene? Bullshit, the world was a much bigger place then, we were separated by an ocean in the 1940, not any more. Considering Israel 'our great allies' is just so much Zionist horseshit that I can't belive I ever fell for it in the first place. Yeah but you are a racist so it was only a matter of time before you turn against Israel/jews. I am sure the London terror attacks, the Madrid, Mumbai and Bali bombings, Moscow theater hostage crisis and Beslan school disaster were all caused by the existence of Israel and would not have happened otherwise.
Make up for all the blind support we've been giving Israel for decades? Win back some measure of trust from Muslims? Obviously nuking is far too drastic a measure, but a complete disengagement with Israel and support of the Palestinian position would be a clear step in the right direction. I recognize as much as anyone - more than most, I'm certain - that Islam is an enemy. An implaccable enemy, really. But that doesn't certain policies wouldn't be more effective in dealing with the threat it poses than the current pro-Israel ones. I'm still waiting for that one positive that non-Zionists (Jews included) get from their governments being pro-Israel.
What have somalia or Bangladesh done against USA ? Nothing, because they are dirt poor at the moment. Just like most of the mid-east was, pre-WWII.
Whoever said that ending support for Israel would end all Islam related problems? Can't you understand that it would end a great deal of them? Isn't that enough? (Oh, and fyi, southern Thailand used to be an independant Muslim kingdom, which has a teeny-weeny bit to do with it. No, I can't believe I'm talking like a liberal about Islam either, but what the hell, it's easy to admit uncomfortable facts like this once you drop the attachment to Israel.)
Make up for all the blind support we've been giving Israel for decades? Win back some measure of trust from Muslims? You bet it will, just like the Israeli withdarwal from Lebanon in 2000 won them some measure of trust from Hezbollah, just like their last year withdrawal from Gaza won them trust from Hamas and Palestinians, right? You can always count on winning trust from Muslims when you give in to their demands or even simply compromize... a complete disengagement with Israel and support of the Palestinian position would be a clear step in the right direction. What palestinian position? Driving the jews into the sea or wiping Israel off the map? Are you aware of any other Palestinian position cause if they simply wanted to have their own country it was offered to them as early as in 1948 by the UN and as recently as in 2000 by Barak and Clinton, they turned it down and elected Hamas. I'm still waiting for that one positive that non-Zionists (Jews included) get from their governments being pro-Israel. What does Israel get from the fact that the US is pro-Israel? A couple of billion dollars which Israel is forced to spend on extremely expensive US weapons anyway when it could just as easily buy cheap french, chinese or russian weapons instead? And this US support comes with hundreds of pre-conditions, requriments, restrictions and limitations tying their hands, limiting their options and affecting their decisions. Bad deal for Israel if you ask me. PS I am still waiting for your explanation as to what Israel had to do with the terror attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Mumbai, Moscow, Beslan...
This may come as a shock to you, but to me, living in Australia (or to non-Zionists living anywhere), why would I give a hoot about the fate of Israel? For the purposes of our little discussion, a 'pro-Palestinian' position would be one that favors Palestinians rather than Zionists. If that should mean the end of 'Israel', why should I care? I honestly no longer see any pevailing moral issue in favor of the existence of Israel. Indeed, the only prevailing moral issue is the immoral imposition of Zionists on the native Arabs. It's no concern of mine what Israel 'really' gets. It's what Israel is perceived as getting. In Arab terms, that is seen as complete support. There are some 150 million Arabs and some 1 billion Muslims in the world. I think it rather more pragmatic to get on their good side (however unreliable their good side might be), rather than on the good side of a few million Zionists. Did you miss my reply to Roberk?
why would I give a hoot about the fate of Israel? Why would Israel or anyone else in the world give a hoot about your racist, stupid and ignorant point of view? One more white supremacist does not support Israel. Big fucking deal. It's no concern of mine what Israel 'really' gets. Why is it a concern of yours what the US gets? Anyway I was just trying to answer your question, the US gets to be a player and affect the situation in the ME, I am not sure what Israel gets out of this relationship other than constraints. Did you miss my reply to Roberk? It did not answer the question, you implied before that all middle eastern problems were caused by Israel (as they did not exist when Israel was created). When confronted with facts you failed to respond in a meaningful way.
LOL. You're really a fucking whack job, DooDoo. "One more white supremacist does not support Israel. Big fucking deal." I'll clue you in on something. The far right are just about the ONLY folks supporting Israel. Your beloved leftist Democrats are going to sell out Israel in a NY second. Also, after your scores of posts that come just short of calling for genocide on Islam, you should really perform a reality check before accusing someone else of racism. While I'm not in total agreement with Dan (spectator) on this issue, he makes factual points. Israel would wither and die without U.S. support. Without the military might of the U.S. looming in the foreground, Israel would last another......well she would have ALREADY been history. Go ahead and take a shot at me. Unlike a bunch of anonymous message board bozos, I campaigned for Congress on a PLATFORM of pro-Israel and anti fundamentalist Islam (and those in Chicago know I took well publicized heat for some comments). So go ahead and play your bullshit anti-semite card...........
<i>I honestly no longer see any pevailing moral issue in favor of the existence of Israel. Indeed, the only prevailing moral issue is the immoral imposition of Zionists on the native Arabs.</i> OK, when Israel goes boom, then the West should work on Pakistan, right? Both were created in 1948 out of ethnic & religious divisions. Why isn't anybody yelling that Pakistan has no right to exist and the families of all the Hindus displaced in 1948 will reclaim all the territory?