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Politics : The Arab-Israeli Solution -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (542)	5/19/2001 8:12:05 PM
From: SLSUSMA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2279

Again, your bias for the Jews show... There is no basis for ANY MID-EAST NATION, to make any sort of claim of "liberation" by the British, or justifying their existence as a nation/state. And rightfully so because they [British] spent the manpower and national treasure to conquer that territory... But the reality is that in the mid-east...might makes right but...Jews [and] THEIR rightful reward of nationhood... Yet you conveniently forgot that the Jews were also kicked out of the Holy Land through "might" long ago before the events of today. Then by your logic, how is it possible to say that the Jews have a "rightful" reward of nationhood? If might made right and the Jews were lawfully kicked out by might under your definition, then the Israeli claim is no more legitimate than your claim to intelligence - does your simple mind see that?...then again, like every other Israeli or American Jew I discuss this with, your brainwashed idea is that Arab = wrong and Israeli = right. As for Israel using nukes, that is certainly a possibility, but remember that Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc., while nukeless (officially, anyway) can easily lob the "B" and "C" of NBC warfare. I'll leave your little mind to figure out what the "B" and "C" means. Israel, and probably some Arab states, will be wiped out in the process - Tel Avi won't exactly be fit for human life afterwards, but remember that there are far fewer Jews than there are Arabs to occupy what's left of the Holy Land. At any rate, it is unlikely that the Israelis will be willing to pay the political price of nuking Palestine or any Arab state. Finally, your simple mind fails you again when you imply that the Arabs are wrong or lack will when they resort to a guerilla war and war of attrition. I would wager that you have never served a day in uniform because you seem to not realize that war comes in many forms. There is total war, there is limited war, there is a war of attrition...in short, there are many ways to wage warfare. Guerrilla tactics are perfectly legitimate means to harass and attrite the enemy until you are strong enough to take them head on or until their will is spent. It certainly worked for Mao in China (a place you somehow claim expertise, so I expected you to realize this), and it worked for Ho in Vietnam - and yet neither of those two lacked will, as you imply for people engaged in other than frontal assaults. Nothing wrong with a little hit and run to "sap" your enemy's strength, or has your one-tracked mind failed to see the nuances of strategy? You are way too easy to play with...come up with a challenge for once...