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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (217733)2/6/2005 3:12:19 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (2) of 1577225
 
What is remarkable is that the Israelis as brutal as they are, could have ended this conflict long ago. They have it within their power to wipe out all the Palestinians, but they don't. They show remarkably restraint.

Your conclusion here is exactly wrong. The Israelis, as the winners in the 1967 war, are obligated to rebuild their destrotyed opponents (the Palestinians) in a form that is mutually acceptable to the losers and the winners. That's what the US did after the civil war, what the allies did in Germany and Japan after WW2, and that's what we are doing now in Iraq. Just because the Israelis could kill all the Palestinians but don't do so is not admirable. The coalition could kill all Iraqis but doesn't do so - is that admirable restraint? No!

When you win a war, you rebuild the loser in a form where both societies can exist side by side in peace and equality. The Israelis, the rich, powerful winners, have failed to do this. You can't expect the uneducated, poor losers to do the rebuilding.
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