Thread: Rethinking the state of Israel

Originally Posted by surasak

Let nature take its course

I can't believe I'm reading this! As in "Holocaust"?

But I agree the US has been too one-sidedly involved. With the US taking a step back, and the UN getting more involved...well, who knows.

Originally Posted by stroller

Originally Posted by surasak

Let nature take its course

I can't believe I'm reading this! As in "Holocaust"?

But I agree the US has been too one-sidedly involved. With the US taking a step back, and the UN getting more involved...well, who knows.

No, the Holocaust was a sytematic extermination of a group of people spread among many states by one state.

If one coutry invades and conquers another country rarely does the population get wiped out. If Iran or someone else were to take on Israel without any U.S. assistance to Israel then the government might be wiped out. The Jews and Arabs have been living there for thousands of years. I seriously doubt they are going anywhere.

The big objection is the apartheid policies of the current regime in Israel. That is what needs 'wiping out' along with near unilateral U.S. support for a non-democracy which is a source of many of the world's problems right now.

If we ever get the courage to let Israel sink or swim on their own:

Underlying Democratic reticence, according to some, are two other factors: wariness of alienating Israel, which has rejected the panel's ideas about making peace with Syria, and distrust of Baker because of his role helping Bush during the contested 2000 presidential election.

WP: Americans think U.S. losing war - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com

...then maybe the U.S. will be seen as a honest broker and won't be the target of terrorism any longer.

As long as we keep supporting Israel then Americans will die and the Middle East will be in turmoil.

Of course, a Middle East in turmoil benefits oil companies and arms suppliers. American lives are cheaper.