Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy New Year - Gaza Death Toll Tops 400


Time for me to weigh in on Israel's war against the Palestinians in the Gaza strip.


I am clearly not a supporter of Israel's government leaders' claim of an inherent right to bomb the crap out of everyone and anyone (meaning Arabs) that sneeze in their direction, especially when you factor into the equation that Israel has nuclear bombs. It's been written up a lot that the Israeli citizens are not, by a majority, behind the actions of their government, and would prefer a peace with the Palestinians, and many are in favor of a combined state that accepts both groups. But since the hardliners (much like our Bushies) are in control, it's war, war, war, with anyone that talks about peace, and nothing short of annihilating the Palestinians is acceptable to the Israeli government.


The world does not support Israeli aggression, but because the only real ally of Israel is America (which also has nuclear weapons) most countries cannot do anything. But, sooner or later, Israel will be held accountable, most likely by the rest of the Arab world that surrounds it. After all, the fear of the United States is waning in the Middle East, and let's not forget that both Pakistan and India have nuclear weapons.


It disgusts me that the politics of Israel is no compromise with Palestine, and it's just kill, kill, steal land, kill, kill, steal land, etc.


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