You have helped make my point. Not only were the Arabs abused by the colonial forces which exploited their tribal rivalries, but they were saddled with Israel in their midst. It's understandable why the colonial powers after creating Israel might support it, now isn't it?
So...if Arab states have existed forever, that proves Israel is illegitimate. But if Arab countries are also brand new creations, then that also proves Israel is illegitimate, since those poor Arabs were "bullied" by the colonial powers, and they're mad, see, and so they must have a legitimate cause to be mad, because people don't get mad without a legitimate cause, unless they're Jews, in which case being mad about having had millions murdered and people intending to murder millions more is NOT legitimate, it's racism.
Yup, I think I have the measure of this line of argument.
And I think even you would agree that many countries have played a part in Israel's survival- wouldn't you?
Only Britain, and only before 1936. The chief country that has supported Israel is Israel. The day Israel prooves itself unable to defend itself from attack is the day Western support for Israel vanishes. The US has a large amount of self-interest involved in an alliance with the strongest regional power and the only one it can count on not to aid or abet Islamic terrorism. The West as a whole has done far more to PREVENT Israel winning wars than to help it win them. Time and again, Israel fights against a stopwatch with the umpire yelling "TIME" before the war is over. And so the Arabs know they really don't have much to fear...besides, all the progressive types will only demand that Israel give them a do-over for the sake of "peace".
It's heads I win, tails you lose for the Arabs. |
