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2008-12-31 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by logi_cal 2008-12-31 10:48|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 " Israel should reiterate willingness to move speedily to a territorial accommodation, even with a Hamas-led government..."

This is just another asshole spewing. Israel already gave these turds all of Gaza what the hell other territory are they supposed to cede to Hamass????? Tel Aviv?????? Or should Israel re-conquer the West Bank and give that to Hamass?

More and more of the same mindless drivel that refuses to recognise the singular point that Hamas wants ALL of Israel and will stop for nothing less.

Posted by AlanC 2008-12-31 12:14|| 2008-12-31 12:14|| Front Page Top

#2 But - as the remarkable turn in the fortunes of Iraq this year suggests - it can also be undermined by shrewd diplomacy. Israel should reiterate willingness to move speedily to a territorial accommodation, even with a Hamas-led government, conditional on a permanent abandonment of violence

Two key points the writer clearly missed:

1. Diplomacy in Iraq was based on the results of the Surge, ie an increase in military force, and

2. Israel, as the writer remarked above, made the territorial concession when it pulled out of the Gaza Strip in 2005, and reaped war. Thus, it now finds itself in the position were war must be fought, the alternative having been proven a failure.

Beyond that, it's a lovely piece wherein it is admitted that Israel had done all that could be done short of war before Operation Cast Lead began, and yet the writer insists Israel really mustn't wage war nonetheless. "Do be good sports and bare your necks for the knives," that sort of thing, dontchaknow. The rulers of Britain have never forgiven those uppity Jews for not being wiped out the moment British troops gave up the Mandate in May, 1948.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-12-31 14:36|| 2008-12-31 14:36|| Front Page Top

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