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Originally Posted by willravel
Palestine continues to fuck up royally. The problem is that they have no clue how to actually win independence. They're strategy is the same as Israel: you hit us, we'll hit you back.
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I would go back and read post #38 in this thread, first paragraph. It's right on the money. The Palestinians are pawns, and the Israelis too. Pawns in a game of "Spheres of Influence" in the region. I happen to believe more in the ideology of the players pulling the strings on the Israeli side than the Palestinian one, ie., separation of church and state, open societies, religious tolerance, higher education, etc.
In saying this, I think America has done a very poor job in the last 8 years of dealing with the situation. Less than poor, and it disturbs me frankly. The situation could spiral out of everyone's control at anytime, and lead to widescale conflict, including outside of the Middle East. I like what I hear from most of the presidential candidates on the matter, but its going to take much more of an intelligent, measured, open-minded committment than has been present from the past 8 years. It must acknowledge Arab interests more. It can be done, Clinton had the right idea.