No More Proxy Wars
Dave Price
Israel is once again invading Palestinian territory in response to attacks on its people, a necessary but ultimately futile action, because Palestinians are not the problem here; indeed, they even more so than the Israelis are the victims in this psychotic shell game of tyrants and terrorists. The problem is the militant groups, which are heart and soul the creatures of Syria and Iran, and it's long past time we all stopped pretending things are in any way otherwise.
Israeli fighter jets have again "buzzed" Assad's summer palace, but the proper response would be to level the place, preferably with Assad inside, and give notice the government centers in Damascus are next if their Palestinian proxies keep lobbing explosives into Israel. And Iran should be warned that if Hizbollah is not held in check, Tehran is not inviolable either — and worst-case, neither are its oil fields. If these regimes want to wage war against Israel, they should be made to suffer the consequences themselves rather than cruelly using the Palestinians to buffer the blowback.
Would it work? Ask Gaddafi. He's been pretty quiet since Reagan hit him where he lived.
Ask yourself this, too: what would the U.S. do if Mexico demanded we return Texas, started referring to it as "the occupied territory," and began arming Hispanic separatist groups who fired missiles into our cities?
First, there would be the protests, complete with "No War for Burritos" t-shirts.
Then, there'd be books written on why brown skinned people hate us and how we can make amendments.
Third - Increased funding for Militia De La Mexico provided by our tax dollars.
Fourth - Pictures of the bloody, orphaned children of the Texans killed in the attacks would be hard to find, but the front page of most newspapers would show a broken down pickup with a flat tire as proof of the US's evil ways.
Abu-Gharib would be eclipsed by the 'Tijuana Five' incident which involved a $5 pitcher of tequilla sunrise and an underage prostitute (who, of course, had to sell her body because of BushHitlerCheneyRove stole all her lunch money).
Or is this not what you meant?
Attacking Syria or Iran will not solve that problem.
They are popular in Palestine because Syria and Iran fund massive hate propaganda against Israel. Left to their own devices, Palestinians would not choose to be the meat in the tyrants' grinder.
Additionally, if memory serves, Russia has a defense treaty signed with Tehran.
But worry not! Yeshua Messiah will clear this all up soon enough.
Attacking Syria and Iran will solve that problem.
Isn't that basically the actual history of Texas, only in reverse? :)
Seriously though, I think Israel is taking the right tack here: their escalations have been appropriate and well timed. The unilateral pullout of Gaza was a masterful stroke, as will be the future dismantling of some of the more gapingly insecure settlements. You can't negotiate with Hamas: you simply make the moves that are strategically the smartest and most important for your security.
I think this is naïve wishful thinking.
Kevin, Israel is already getting heat from the EU and UN, and they haven't even started defending themselves.
And that should scare the Israelis why? Let's see... Israel - a tiny country with a thoroughly modern, if small, combat hardened 1st world military that employs state of the art (U.S. state that is) tech and combat training and has never lost a war, versus Russia - a much larger country (25 times larger in population alone) with a third world army that lacks sufficient air lift capacity, employs tech that's at least 25 years behind our own, and hasn't won a war since WWII. Hell, unless Russia plans on Nuking Israel out of the gate (not good for their own longevity), they better think twice about any conventional action because it'd be pretty damn embarrassing for them to get their asses kicked by the IDF.
Also, Israel has mutual defense treaty with India, and a security treaty with Turkey. So really, the Israelis should fear a Moscow-Tehran axis why?
Huh?
Without continued support/incitement from those two regimes, perhaps Palestinians would begin to understand and act in their own interests, instead of the interests of Syria and Iran.
That may not work. But what was done in the past obviously hasn't worked, so perhaps a new strategy is in order.
Exactly.
There ain't no way in hell that Mexico wants Texas back. Texans kicked their butts by themselves a decade BEFORE Texas joined the Union by a treaty which states that Texas can unilaterally decide to divide into 5 separate States, and that the Texas Flag will fly at the same hieght as the US Flag. Mexico, might feel it can get away with messing around with mamby-pamby Yankees, and the free-luvin hippies of California. But they know better than to mess with Texas.
That would be interesting. Eight more senators.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Arnold Harris
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.