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Re: Here's one of the many things I don't understand...
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Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:05:36 GMT
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> No Israel is not terribly threatened by the current state of things, and
> they need to find a way to solve the problem with less violence, but I
> have no doubt that they are at risk.
From whom?
> They are mitigating that risk by
> building a very good army.
Which they use to hold land which does not belong to them and kill women and
children. Does it make you feel pround to know this bomb had "made in the usa"
stamped on the side:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2146079.stm
> If we went in and disarmed them (like some
> people would seem to want),
I've never heard that Israel should be "disarmed". Can you offer a cite?
> I have no doubt that they would be wiped
> from the map. Of course it might be the US doing the wiping from the map
> because Israel has sufficient fear (and historical precedent for that
> fear) that should anyone try and disarm them, I'm pretty sure they'll
> use the weapons first... The source of this fear is what should scare
> the rest of the world.
What is the source of that fear? Their own belligerence perhaps?
> It should also be something we use to examine our
> responses to other situations (which definitely indicates we need to
> look for better ways to sold the crisis there, the Palestinians are
> being put in almost the same position [I say almost because the area is
> surrounded by Islamic countries which is very different from the Jewish
> situation in WW II]).
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> But I'm not sure why I'm trying to argue with another America hater.
Is that really the best you can do? Since when did being pro-justice mean
hating America? If you question Bush are you a "America hater"?
Scott A
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