GaryWyze
06-16-2003, 09:30 AM
[color=purple]And yes, it's a true tragedy.
For the Israelis, who must contend with terrorism the likes of which we couldn't even begin the fathom. Damned if they do defend themselves, dead if they don't.
For the Palestinians, whose leadership has sold them out yet again, ensuring that their own children have nothing more to strive for in life than that of becoming a human bomb.
And make no mistake, that really is the only thing they have to aspire to.
Because from the time they learn to speak, Palestinian children are taught that there is no greater honor than that of dying in the cause of Israel's demise. Suicide bombers are given, albeit posthumously, celebrity status. Their images are printed on the Palestinian equivalent to baseball cards, their names are lent to towns and soccer stadiums. Their once poverty stricken families are paid off handsomely by the likes of Saddam and the Saudi Royal Family.
I've said here many a times that peace is there for the Palestinians to take, and that you can't blame Israel is they refuse to take it. But recent events have me wondering why.
Why would they not be seizing the opportunity for Palestinian statehood? Is that not what they've supposedly been dying and killing for?
And the obvious answer is that the Arab World just doesn't want peace.
It was never about the settlements in the West Bank. It has nothing to do with borders or self rule. It isn't even about the Palestinians. They are nothing more than pawns for the rest of the Arab World to play, with Israel's very destruction being the only acceptable check mate.
Would-be Palestinian leader Abdul Abbas said last week that he will not use force in trying to stop his own people's terrorist attacks. Hamas declared this weekend that the word "cease fire" isn't within its vocabulary. And so it goes. Now with talk of maybe sending U.S. forces into the region to try and crack down on Palestinian terrorist.
This won't work. It only treats the symptoms, but leaves the disease in place.
Countries like Jordan, Syria and Iran are nothing more than a farm team for terror. It may be Palestinian teenagers blowing themselves up on those buses, but it's these countries that are supplying the explosives and incentive.
Peace will only come once they've been dealt with.
And not by the U.S.A., either. This is Israel's fight, all we need do is allow them to fight it. Palestinian statehood should be granted immediately, absent any conditions at all. And on that very day, Sharon should do as Bush did after 9/11 and declare war.... not only on the terrorist, but also those who harbor and support them. And follow the fuck through!
It's time to fight the real enemy, once and for all. It's time to call this for what it is. This is no more about the Palestinian people, as 9/11 was about American Airlines. Israel's enemies, much like the enemies of America and Democracy, won't be satisfied with anything less than total destruction.
Peace with these people won't come at the bargaining table. If it was that easy, the deal would've been done long ago. No, true and lasting peace will only come on the battlefield.
As for this country, if we keep fucking around, getting sidetracked by secondary threats like Saddam and the Palestinians, while the true architects of terror are left unscathed, we better get used to living at a Level Orange State of Alert for quite some time.
I stop ranting and go eat sushi now.
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This message was edited by GaryWyze on 6-16-03 @ 1:31 PM
For the Israelis, who must contend with terrorism the likes of which we couldn't even begin the fathom. Damned if they do defend themselves, dead if they don't.
For the Palestinians, whose leadership has sold them out yet again, ensuring that their own children have nothing more to strive for in life than that of becoming a human bomb.
And make no mistake, that really is the only thing they have to aspire to.
Because from the time they learn to speak, Palestinian children are taught that there is no greater honor than that of dying in the cause of Israel's demise. Suicide bombers are given, albeit posthumously, celebrity status. Their images are printed on the Palestinian equivalent to baseball cards, their names are lent to towns and soccer stadiums. Their once poverty stricken families are paid off handsomely by the likes of Saddam and the Saudi Royal Family.
I've said here many a times that peace is there for the Palestinians to take, and that you can't blame Israel is they refuse to take it. But recent events have me wondering why.
Why would they not be seizing the opportunity for Palestinian statehood? Is that not what they've supposedly been dying and killing for?
And the obvious answer is that the Arab World just doesn't want peace.
It was never about the settlements in the West Bank. It has nothing to do with borders or self rule. It isn't even about the Palestinians. They are nothing more than pawns for the rest of the Arab World to play, with Israel's very destruction being the only acceptable check mate.
Would-be Palestinian leader Abdul Abbas said last week that he will not use force in trying to stop his own people's terrorist attacks. Hamas declared this weekend that the word "cease fire" isn't within its vocabulary. And so it goes. Now with talk of maybe sending U.S. forces into the region to try and crack down on Palestinian terrorist.
This won't work. It only treats the symptoms, but leaves the disease in place.
Countries like Jordan, Syria and Iran are nothing more than a farm team for terror. It may be Palestinian teenagers blowing themselves up on those buses, but it's these countries that are supplying the explosives and incentive.
Peace will only come once they've been dealt with.
And not by the U.S.A., either. This is Israel's fight, all we need do is allow them to fight it. Palestinian statehood should be granted immediately, absent any conditions at all. And on that very day, Sharon should do as Bush did after 9/11 and declare war.... not only on the terrorist, but also those who harbor and support them. And follow the fuck through!
It's time to fight the real enemy, once and for all. It's time to call this for what it is. This is no more about the Palestinian people, as 9/11 was about American Airlines. Israel's enemies, much like the enemies of America and Democracy, won't be satisfied with anything less than total destruction.
Peace with these people won't come at the bargaining table. If it was that easy, the deal would've been done long ago. No, true and lasting peace will only come on the battlefield.
As for this country, if we keep fucking around, getting sidetracked by secondary threats like Saddam and the Palestinians, while the true architects of terror are left unscathed, we better get used to living at a Level Orange State of Alert for quite some time.
I stop ranting and go eat sushi now.
<center>http://czm.racknine.net/images/krustysig.jpg
Much thanks to CZM for the killer sig
This message was edited by GaryWyze on 6-16-03 @ 1:31 PM