Originally posted by: brandonb
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Israel gave back some land to show good faith, what was it used for? To lob rockets on civilians.
I suggest that Israel creates a buffer zone large enough to avoid the attacks, that is the only way they will be left alone.
Don't kid yourself with this bullshit that Palestinians want peace either, Hamas would have won an election today and they do not believe Israel has a right to exist at all, they refuse to acknowledge Israel and that is the main reason why they are more popular.
Palestinians have shown that they do not want peace by electing extremist terrorist organisations to represent them, at the same time Israelis have been for moderates so that a solution can be had.
When it comes to history, if not for Israel, there would not be a Palestinian population at all and in no other surrounding parts have they been treated as well as they have in Israel.
Cease fire for almost a year and hundreds of rockets raining in on the Israeli civilian population and it is ISRAEL that is against peace?
You have to be FUCKING kidding.
You have to be FUCKING stupid to think that this has been a one way street. With Israel holding out its hand to feed the Palestinians, and all they seem to do is bite the hand that feeds them. I think you know better it isn't, and hasn't been that black and white. To think otherwise is just showing your own ignorance. When you have a culture clash, hostilities erupt. Jews/Arabs is a racial and a religious culture clash, and both claim the land is theirs. Geez. Thats a big one to handle. Jews and Arabs are equally as wrong as one another in the way they have been handling it.
Hamas btw, is not just an extremeist terrorist organization. Hamas has been doing plenty of civilian work in Palestinian areas. Creating basic infrastructure and basically giving out welfare to those in need, trying to keep them alive. Are palestinians going to elect the ones who are keeping them alive? Of course they are. Hamas military is fighting the only battle it can against a bigger more powerful foe. Israel has nukes, which the USA as supplied them along with billions in military aid. Palestinians have rocks. What do you expect them to do? Fight a conventional war? Geez.
For someone in the military, you don't seem to understand basic politics and warfare with a weaker side vs a much more powerful side. They didn't teach that in boot camp? Maybe thats why we are getting our asses kicked over in Iraq.