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Originally Posted by kangaeru
/snip, brilliant post
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I nominate this for the "best post" of this thread. You verbalized exactly what I was thinking. Choosing sides in this will get people nowhere (are you listening US gov?). Both sides have a multitude of innocent people just trying to live their lives. Both have evil monsters begotten of evil deeds. Because of the religious and nationalist undertones of this ongoing conflict, and the resulting deaths and injuries, our only course of action in this is to search to strengthen the common ground between Palestinians and Israelis. We need to demonize those who would do harm, and praise those who seek peace. We should not give military aid at all. We should restrict our food/supply/medical/monitary aid until the leaders of Israel and the leaders of Palestine are willing to sit and seriously table the idea of a lasting peace agreement that both sides are willing to live with.
If we are to be involved, which is dangerous no matter what our intent, we must at least try to fix this situation.
Also, welcome back Host! We've missed both you and your enormous contributions.