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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: denizen48 who wrote (14861)	4/19/2007 1:35:13 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Why bother with this little Israeli? Here's my peace plan for the Middle East. You still think I'm a little Israeli spouting some party line? Message 23214027

To: denizen48 who wrote (14861)	4/19/2007 7:37:11 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Harry > Why bother with this little Israeli? Have you ever read anything of his outside the party line? I converse with anyone, within reason of course, even those I disagree with and who disagree with me. But when I'm told that I'm sucking the facts from my finger and talking rubbish then that's my limit and I pull out. I do believe in dialog and I feel if one can't talk to those one disagrees with at SI how can there possibly be any hope for the Israelis to talk to the Palestinians etc? > He posts to whitewash the insanity going on. Be that as it may, many believe as he does, that "good" people have the moral right, indeed duty, to attack/change/kill the "bad" ones, so that the world can be "improved". In actual fact, there are times I feel that way myself but then I realise I should cool off and go for a run because it's clear that if everyone started attacking and killing everyone they didn't agree with the world would be far worse than it it already is -- and then we would have returned to the jungle.

To: denizen48 who wrote (14861)	4/19/2007 7:46:14 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 22250

Shock but No Awe By Erik Leaver As the Iraq War and U.S. occupation began their fifth year on March 19, few Americans were paying attention to what was going on in Iraq. Instead the nation's eyes were riveted on the halls of Congress as the Democrats waged a battle to pass a bill setting a timetable for the withdrawal of combat troops. The bill was a political victory for the country and indeed the globe. For the first time in more than four years of war, the debate moved from the question of if the U.S. should leave to when the U.S. should leave. But the devil is in the details. Upon closer inspection, the politics might be right but the actual policy within the bill is a far cry from what both Iraqis and the U.S. public wants. Erik Leaver is the Carol and Ed Newman Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the policy outreach coordinator for Foreign Policy In Focus. See new FPIF article online at: fpif.org