Watch GAZA die

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Pgardn,
Sadly, you may be entirely correct with your analysis.
I admit that I am not completely informed on recent developments.
I hesitate to post anything on "political" topics, and I'm hardly a fan of Hamas.
I also realize that I'll get a bashing from ****** and**** for posting a commondreams link, but I think Ira C might know a bit more than them.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/15/1897/

So....how come the US insists on backing leaders like Abbas, Marchos, the Shah, on and on...and so it goes. ???
Looks like Iran is the big winner in this one.
Is the US going to continue to play Israel's proxy?
I honestly don't know. I only know that a whole lot more people are going to die. It saddens me.
DTS

Way too simplistic. People have been killing each other in the name of Muhammed long before we were even a nation... and in the name of Christ, and for money and goods. We back tyrants because they give a sense of stability. As did the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Add that this the fact that democracy is NOT the natural state of things. This is the one thing that is very hard to swallow for many people. The amount of latitude that individuals have in this country is a gift from heaven and seems to be a short-lived social structure. Thats how I see it.

Depressing, but I have read too much history. I'm sure someone has written a book on how tough it is to start a democracy and the rule of Law in today's world, or in any world. I dont think Im the first person to see this.