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Old 03-10-2004, 07:46 PM   #13
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Default RE:Kerry Shifts His Views on Arafat

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Well that's what he has been doing for the last couple of years. The amazing thing about those bombs is: Whether a stubborn prime minister (or president) orders to drop them or an equally wacky fanatic goes on a suicide mission, they both kill an equal amount of civilians. In fact, the fanatics kill less, because their bombs are usually built cheaper. But, hey, let's just kill what we don't understand, my ancestors would be happy, it used to be the German way of dealing with things.
Israel isn't indiscriminately killing innocent palestineans. They are trying to defend themselves by taking out terror leaders and otherwise trying to thwart their ability to make terror. Sure, there may be some collateral damage, as there are in any military excersize in highly populated areas. But there is a big difference between accidentally killing a handful of innocent bystendards and deliberately murdering civilians in a targeted act of terror. Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorism.

I think the palistinian people have the ability to coexist with the Israelis. Israel has made some semblance of peace with every one of it's neighbors. There is no reason to think that peace cannot be achieved with Palestine. What needs to happen is that the Palistinians must accept a leader willing to make peace and end the terror. That hasn't happened yet. The Palestineans seem intent on promoting leaders with a terrorist agenda. But you can rest assured that Israel will never negotiate with a leader who advocates terrorism. If such a man were to ever rise to power, he would quickly find himself "negotiating" with the business end of an Israeli bomb.

Peace is not going to happen overnight. There is too much hatred entrenched among the Palestinians for there to be a quick transition to peace. But it all starts with the leadership. Take out the terrorist organizations, take out leaders who advocate terror, and support outspoken Palestinean leaders who promote peace (with help from the US). That's how this shit's going to end. Not through appeasement, and certainly not through turning the other cheek when a bus blows up and sprays 40 kindergardners' brain matter all over the street.
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