10-11-2011, 04:06 AM
It seems to me that any reasonable, or remotely compassionate, person, would not wish for a repeat of the Holocaust. Does the policy pursued by Israel of meting out collective punishment, a little Nazi trick, help to prevent this? Does treating Arabs as sub-humans in what they term a Jewish state, help prevent this? Does triumphalist boasting that they have the guns and the money, and there is not a damned thing the Palestinians can do, help prevent this? Does mocking the Islamist elected Hamas, while overlooking the barking mad ultra religious parties which help form Israel's policies? For the time being, no doubt. But who knows for how long? Are the Arabs, as a whole, poor? Not really: western governments are hoping that they and the Chinese will ride to the rescue of their economies. Arms? Pay enough, and you can get whatever you want.
That has always been my fear. Yes, along the way, atrocities have been committed against the Palestinians; but if the Israelis succeed in bringing about the final war they seem to seek--- I shudder. But I think I should cease this thread, as far as I am concerned, as it winds me up so much.
That has always been my fear. Yes, along the way, atrocities have been committed against the Palestinians; but if the Israelis succeed in bringing about the final war they seem to seek--- I shudder. But I think I should cease this thread, as far as I am concerned, as it winds me up so much.