Hamas: Israeli attack opens 'gates of hell'

[jms62]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Do you want to have the next middle east war before or after Iran gets nuclear weapons?

The peace process is a farce. So is the idea of any land for peace treaty. The PLO and Hamas want to destroy Israel, period.

This president will not lift a finger to help Israel, which I find interesting since the Democrats all but have locked up the Jewish vote. Still can't figure that out.

If Obama wants to do something, instead of urging restraint from the Israelis as he and Bush 43 have done, instead turn Netanyahu loose. Tell the world, "We've given the all clear. Any more funny business, and the Israeli defense forces will clean your clock."

And when the rest of the world gets involved will you hit the reset button to start the game over?

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by jms62

And when the rest of the world gets involved will you hit the reset button to start the game over?

So what's your answer? Increased 'restraint' from Israel that is already losing the numbers game year after year in population growth due to birth rate? The country is only 9 miles wide at the narrowest point (excluding the eternally "occupied" West Bank of the Jordan River)

To quote Godfather Part 2, the only answer is "to hit them now, while we have the muscle." Or else this whole thing is doomed, and then why are we allied with them at all?

Strategically, with hindsight being 20/20, the 1948 decision to reconstitute the ancient homeland in the same place it was 2000 years before has got to be the biggest mistake made by all of the WWII Allies and United Nations Security Council permanent members. Who didn't foresee that this would cause perpetual conflict that will never be resolved?

I understand why they did it. I'm sure that all concerned thought there would be eventually a normalization of relations and stability in the region. But this is now evident that it won't be stable ever. And the UK, which helped champion this idea left it to us to wrestle with this. And if we decline in world power, Israel is toast. No doubt about it.

You need another 1967 Six Day war to go well and bloody the noses of the enemy once again. But when Iran gets nukes, who knows how long until they turn Tel Aviv and Jerusalem into smoking holes?