It is of course the other way around.
Just saying "of course" doesnt' make it true.
Are they killing innocent people. Yes - you can't deny that. But they have maintained their nation in the face of numberically overwhelming odds (heavily supported by us, I know) for 50 years. What they are doing seems to be working.
What they are doing is responding in kind to attacks, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The Muslim world seems to respect that. What we do is try to be nice and hope every one like us. That doesn't seem to work. The USS Kohl got bombed because we didn't post an srmed security detail because we didn't want to be "provocative". That seems to be seen as weakness.
Could Israel work harder for peace? Probably. But what they are doing seems to work.
the Israeli goverment creates a feel of urgency in its own people.
A sence that "enemy is everywere and absolute loyalty and dedication from the people is needed and everyone disagreeing or asking questions can be considered a terorist".
Well, of course the enemy is there! It´s just that the enemy is created by Israel itself. The situation is not entirely different from the situation US is having in Iraq.
Actually, I do kind of agree with this statement.
US desperately need a reason to stay so is acting in ways witch actually helps, not hurts, terrorism.
Staying sequres Oil. Oil secures US economy and Economy ensures people get to keep their jobs. As long as the Economy is running well, the common man won´t mind that much about the fact that iraqis civilizans are beeing killed by the thousands - a fact well known by those beeing in charge.
We don't need a reason to stay. We are trying to get out. Our reason is to keep the region stable and deny it to terrorists who would use it as a staging area. We just can't find a way to stabilize a region that is destroying itself.
Staying sequres Oil.
Staying requires money, not oil. We are going through $8 billion a month, and the economy is still growing. Anybody want to debate about Republican economic policy?
Oil secures US economy and Economy ensures people get to keep their jobs
Oil secures the
world's economy, not just ours. I don't see Europeans on horseback, and I don't see European forces in Iraq. If Europe thinks that oil is not important maybe they should stop importing it. I do see French and German companies making money helping Iraq pump oil. But we're the bad guys?
As long as the Economy is running well, the common man won´t mind that much about the fact that iraqis civilizans are beeing killed by the thousands - a fact well known by those beeing in charge.
Actually, as long as the economy is running I don't care who is blowing up who. Since we have had a military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq there have been no terrorist activities in the US. That is the point of the military - to protect the nation.
The Iraqis are killing each other - and will continue after we leave. If Iraqis cintinue to blow each other up after we have pulled our troops out will you then complain that we aren't providing humanitarian aid? Or will you accept those deaths as a form of political self-determination?
Not suprisingly thus, an European poll were ordinary European citizens were asked about witch countries they thought were the greatest threats to world peace, showed that accorgind to the Europeans, the biggest threat to world peace is in fact was Israel.
(the top five dangerous included. Israel, North Korea, Iraq, Iran and the USA)
Why in God's green Earth would I care about a European poll? Europeans have lived under a peace provided by the US military and NATO since WW2. During that time they haven't spent their tax dollars on bombs and guns and tanks - we did. They didn't go to Kosovo - we did.
I have argued against isolationism and I disagree with that stance. But imagine what would happen to Europe in about 5 years if we left. Do you think the existing European militaries could keep the peace? They can't keeping the Muslim rioters out of their streets now. It would be a free-for-all...
I would say the most dangerous people are the bleeding heart liberals who want to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya" and hope for peace. It's a great goal, but the woods are full of monsters. Someone needs to guard the wall.
