Israel

[billy]

i'd say it's more the size of a belligerence than the size of an army. i think both parties want to much from the other side and i can't see that changing. i'm pretty sure the townships near the border on both sides feel oppressed. one under the fear of invasion, one under the fear of rockets coming over on a daily basis. i'm pretty sure if rockets weren't fired into Israel, Israel wouldn't retaliate. the big problem is the Israelis building on the west bank and elsewhere. on the one side, and the Palestinians wanting to eradicate all of Israel on the other. Palestine wants one state not a two state solution, yet it can't even achieve that within it's own borders. Israel wants a two state solution but only as long it has the lions share of any lands involved and the subjugation of Palestine. while it may be okay getting stuff to defend oneself, it sort of rankles that Iran is the supplier. one country, or faction wants to totally annihilate another is being armed by another state who is really trying to help but to further its own course by shifting the balance of power. i'm sure Iran will be pissed at the role Egypt played at brokering a peace deal. Iran is pretty much being squeezed out of existence and if it continues it will only be a matter of time before there's an Iranian spring.