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Originally Posted by flstf
Maybe it is time for the U.S. to back off and stop trying to be the world's police.
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Correct. I wish I could credit who said this, but I can't: The US should be the world's firemen, not the world's policemen. Get in, put out the fire (fix the problem) and get out. I know, there are times that the problem is not so easily identified (or fixed) as when a building is on fire, but I like the sentiment behind it.
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Perhaps we should continue to give Israel support and let them carry the battle in the middle east if they can. I don't believe the U.S. has the stomach for these limited warfare engagements.
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Then we need to develop the stomach for it. It is that lack of resolve that has been said to have created part of the problem in the first place. I got this from
http://archive.salon.com/news/col/ho...rs/index1.html
"We have seen in the last decade the decline of the American government and the weakness of the American soldier who is ready to wage Cold Wars and unprepared to fight long wars," bin Laden has stated. "This was proven in Beirut when Marines fled after two explosions. It also proves they can run in less than 24 hours, and this was also repeated in Somalia. We are ready for all occasions. We rely on Allah."
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Israel seems to be fighting with one hand tied behind their back, worried about world reaction.
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We disagree here; I don't think Israel cares a whit about the PR of the matter, or the "world reaction."
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They should either go all out and eliminate their enemies or quit putting their troops in harms way.
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Agreed. It would be hard to explain to the family of an Israeli soldier killed fighting why the job wasn't finished (if they pull back before that time). I don't think there will be any explaining to do when it's over--it seems to me that Israel means business and Hezbollah underestimated the reaction to kidnapping some Israelis.
But then, making mistakes in judgment is kind of what we've come to expect from the children that make up such groups.