I find it difficult to believe ...
Now an Israeli soldier has killed a UN truck driver. And again Israel can do whatever they want and however they please, noone dares to say a single word, especially the US. This US American war on terror has grown into a complete farce.
I find it difficult to believe that Israel would be purposely attacking UN installations. It's not only far more realistic to believe, but backed by video, that it's standard procedure for Hamas to use various installations for cover.
The question then becomes why Israel still strikes them when they are using such installations for cover, which is far more complex. Don't demonize what they do, honestly question. Right now you're just spewing rhetoric, instead of asking the hard questions.
Even the US follows Rules of Engagement that allows them to attack terrorists in sacred buildings, near civilian populations, etc... The rules exist to minimize civilian casualties, even as terrorists choose to use such locations and innocents for cover. So, again, question what Israel's Rules of Engagement are, not merely the results.
Wanna know why they caught Saddam and not Bin Laden? Saddam wasn't the number one bad ass and head of the axis of evil, it is Bin Laden. And if he is dead, the war on terror will decrease too much, so there would not be plenty to do for the US war machine.
Oh give me a break!
It had far, far more to do with where Bin Laden could hide in-country (or even out of it) versus Saddam.
Same can be applied on Israel having nuclear weapons
I don't think there is much the US could do about that, and it had far more to do with a couple of other countries than the US.
and on Israel invading Lebanon and now the Gaza strip, killing hundreds of innocent (read my lips: I-N-N-O-C-E-N-T) people, because if Israel would play it cool and more diplomatic, the US would loose far too much ground with its own people and the propaganda of the war on terror would take a serious hit.
No offense, but your continued, single finger pointing at Israel -- including on Lebanon -- is getting old. There are
other states involved here that aren't so innocent. In fact, Israel has
hardly been the cause for the instability with the free, Democratic government in Lebanon. To have any credibility, you should actually stop making this a completely 1-sided amount of rhetoric.
But all that doesn't make me feel ANY sympathy for Islamic extremists like the Hamas or Hezbollah or Al-Quaida, because terroristic organizations like those are as guilty of what's going on right now as is the state of Israel.
No, it's worse. Hamas, Hezbollah, etc... are
stateless organizations, with no responsibility and have shown they care
none for many people.
In the case of Hezbollah, they actually follow somewhat of a psuedo-state approach, kinda like Castro did before he gained full control. I.e., you destroy infrastructure then provide it, so people thank you. But Hezbolla is not a recognized state, only an affiliation some representatives make. But in that case, one could argue then -- as some representatives of a government -- the entire state is then guilty of terrorism.
Which brings me back to your blame of Israel.
In the case of Hamas, it's similar, except they are completely bankrupt because of their own actions. Everyone has repeatedly stated that requirements for Hamas and the Palestine state to get extensive assistance, and they continue to wish to
not accept it. The terms are fairly realistic, yet they choose to continue in this matter. Much like Hezbolla, representatives continue to wish to be a state, but associate with the same individuals who commit terrorist acts.
I know a lot of people try to draw comparisons of the US insurgency against Britain in the foundation of the American nation, but that did not include targetting and using civilians as shields -- let alone advocate such. It's a key and crucial difference.
And I'm not talking about Israel against terroristic groups, but Israel and the US fighting against arabic countries like Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya or Lebanon.
Lebanon is an interesting discussion. As a self-governing democracy, it is a threat to many organizations in the Arabic world.
As far as Libya, they've "changed their ways." In fact, Libya is a great example of the
completely simple and straight forward things that any nation
can easily do to find itself accepted by the world.
Of course there's arabic countries which I believe would never partake in such actions, like Egypt, Jordan, UAE and many others, but there's also those who can be called 'swing countries' where such forces could easily rise to the top and people are willing to go to war against Israel and the US.
Actually, Egypt's change is due largely to the US under the Carter administration, getting them to recognize Israel. I'll always praise and credit Carter for doing that.
I'm not predicting anything, it's just my take on the whole situation. I'm only saying this great war could come in the distant future. Right now there's still enough people who believe in solving this situation peacefully. But I think this is not possible and at some point in time the only exit will be a war.
I think you're views on Israel are very 1-sided.
The only thing I will agree to is that the state of Israel, founded on Jewish views to protect the Jewish people, doesn't give a shit what the world thinks if they feel threatened and that the continued political grandstanding will produce nothing. I think Hamas has proven that the only time they stop fighting is when they run out of rockets and the reason why they restart the fighting is when they re-stockpile enough.
That's why Israel and the US
refuse to agree to anything that doesn't prevent future smuggling of weapons. The US has honestly had it with Iran, even if some weapons suppliers in the EU have not, and their governments look the other way. It's a continuing issue that the US also had with several EU nations back in the '90s as well. I find it completely hypocritical when EU citizens point to the US in the '80s on Iraq, but ignore their own country's policies on Iraq in the '80s.
If countries would provide a united front on the actions of states, we'd have a lot less wars and a lot less innocents dying. Until then, because of the lack of united fronts, countries can play games and dupe others.
