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Originally Posted by gibingus
rather than hijack the If you were the US President, how would you handle Terrorism? thread:
a lot of folks contend that israel -and US support of israel- is the root of the problem with global terrorism.
you can be president of any country you want or not, but how would you play the israel card in your plan for middle east and world peace? |
I read through this entire thread and rather than try to put a bunch of quotes from everyone into one; I'll just answer the ones I feel I need to offer MY OPINION on by again. I’ve never posted like that but there is alot being said here.
*Mods if this is unacceptable; please PM me let me know and I wont do such again, but I didn’t find mention of it in the rules.
I start out by answering the creator of this thread.
I don’t feel the holy land is the root of global terrorism; as everyone knows so many groups have their causes in different directions. It’s hard for me to conceive what percentage of terrorism would be attributed to it. I will admit I haven’t researched any other area as much as this. My views about the situation are founded from researching records, maps, and other forms of media from multiple sources. While doing so; taking into account the base for these some sources have agendas- others are what I would consider neutral documentation; or as close as possible (like that of the British Mandate and similar) I have also had the privilege of traveling there many times seeing most aspects of the territory. Obviously I have not returned since the violence erupted again.
Is it the root of global terrorism; I don’t think so---- not yet. Do I think it has the potential of becoming or greatly influencing such; absolutely.
If I were president and congress actually agreed without lobby influence; I would suspend all funding to Israel until every last settlement was out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Once that occurred financial and other type of aid would continue. If there were to be any type of attack from the Palestinian side after that; I believe Israel would have the support the UN as well.
That’s not going to happen though; which means a lot of bad things will continue to happen for alot of innocent people, and probably continue to get alot worse.
For any person’s quote I respond to; if you want me to post applicable sources; I will. I have many times- a search of this subject to the beginning of TFP v3 will show them all. With the very same debate many times over as well. The wording of the thread titles different; or maybe an incident happened worth mentioning- but in the end; it’s the same debate every time.
When using the internet for source biblio I make every attempt to post with sources that don’t show do have hidden agendas; but as I have found so many times before- when someone believes something strong enough it boils down to there interpretation of history and what’s going on with what they are watching on CNN, FOX, etc. I’m also up for any data that may help shed some new light; because believe me I striving to find it. I think things are getting worse than many think- that’s just IMO. For those that think conspiracy theory or anything in that direction- I truly hope your right- that would be a good thing.