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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
my guess is that you have no real idea about the recent history of the middle east. while by no means has everything isreal has done concerning it's neighbors been great or good, at most they're accountable for 50% of the blame.
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I suppose I could just say, Israel is, at least, 50% to blame.
But the real issue is that the U.S. gov't does not handle the situation that way. On the contrary, Israel can do almost no wrong in the eyes of the U.S. gov't - and this is not a new policy, though it has been amplified since 9-11.
Israel has never agreed to the U.N. mandates which brought them into existence. On the contrary, they have consistently pushed the bar in taking from the Palestinians (I call them Palestinians because before Israel came into existence, the area, controlled by Britain, was referred to as Palestine) while turning around and offering back a pitance of whatever they have taken and demanding the Palestinians acquiesce. They then call this "negotiation" and "compromise" and the U.S. gov't (and to a large part, the media) certify it as such. And when partial representatives of the Palestinians balk or fail to comply with these "compromises", they are considered hard-headed and unwilling to achieve peace.
The simple reality is, Israel's tactics are ones of major aggression.
And to top it off, they have nukes. Which the U.S. gov't turns a blind-eye towards. It's borderline comical that the U.S. pretends to have a nuclear non-proliferation policy while doing nothing to remove them from Israel's hands. Israel has absolutely no need for nukes - the allied status with the U.S., and its' own arsenal is enough. The last thing this world needs is nukes in the control of Iran - and the first step towards preventing them from attaining them is to remove them from Israel's control. Anything less and Iran is stuck in a Cold War scenario of defense.