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Elections in Iran
First, Who is Shmuel Rosner? Secondly, as long as the United States gives preferential treatment to Israel, there will never be peace in the Middle East. Thirdly, it is important to note that Iran was on of the least extremist of Muslim nations. If you can recall, a covert CIA coup took place in 1953 against a legitimate, democratically elected ...
Posted to Foreigners by fbfray on June 14, 2009
An Irrational Rationale for Israel Bombing Iran
This article reflects a perspective of someone who doesn't live in the Middle East and derives their information and makes decisions on paper or the internet. I live in Jordan. As someone with family and friends in Israel I supported it; now that I have lived in the Middle East over a year realize that Israel has become a rogue, military state, ...
Posted to Foreigners by jtaylorbasker on April 11, 2009
Re: Why Israel Will Bomb Iran
This article reflects a perspective of someone who doesn't live in the Middle East and derives their information and makes decisions on paper or the internet. I live in Jordan. As someone with family and friends in Israel I supported it for most of my life; now that I have lived in the Middle East over a year realize that Israel has become a ...
Posted to Foreigners by jtaylorbasker on April 11, 2009
Does Iran Counter-balancing Israel bring Stability?
I suppose being an Israeli nowadays is quite bleak. Warmongers dominate all politics in Israel, apparently, and normal relations with allies who are distant neighbors can be destructive for them - Georgia being such an example. I suppose it seems like increasing Israeli military actions throughout the region is the only solution to protecting ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Usama3 on February 19, 2009
Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran or Just Kiddin'?
Senator McCain seems to have a lock on the Republican nomination. The Democratic race is leaning Obama, but Team Clinton has a long record of coming from behind (no pun intended). If dirt is to be dug up and thrown, Bilary and Co. will be shoveling fast and hard. So, McCain vs. Whom? If McCain does win, what happens to Pax Americana? ...
Posted to Foreigners by IMKessel on February 14, 2008
Re: More spin from gzuckler
Scoot'r-d:Sorry, gzuckler, even that initial UN declaration was distorted and misused by Israel. As written there would be a common ground Jeruselum, an Arab state and a Jewish state. But alas that did not happen then or since. Of course there was war after that resolution. But when war was over in 1949 did Israel return lands meant to go to the ...
Posted to Explainer by gzuckier on February 5, 2008
Re: More Typos From greeneggsnham
greeneggsnham: So the UN resolutions aren't just the Arabs unfairly picking on Israel. They have broad support from the international community. Except, of course, for the original one, establishing the state of Israel. presumably, the UN was just kidding around at the time.
Posted to Explainer by gzuckier on February 4, 2008
Re: Warsaw ghetto
greeneggsnham: “The one thing they'd like in return, however, is the right to be left alone to continue to live in Israel without continuous hostilities.” Israel will not be left alone. They will still have a large non-Jewish minority that will live as less than equal citizens in the Jewish State. This will cause resentment and unrest amongst ...
Posted to Explainer by gzuckier on February 4, 2008
Re: It's More Like a Huge Open Air Prison
greeneggsnham: Hamas may want to destroy the Israel. But Israel has been steadily destroying the Arab Levant for over 100 years. (For the sake of brevity I will call the relevant part of the Levant ''Palestine''/''Palestinians'' even though the automatic counter argument by many is that there never was a state named Palestine.) The ...
Posted to Explainer by gzuckier on February 4, 2008
Re: Warsaw ghetto
Scoot'r-d:greeneggsnham I am looking at history to emphasize the hypocrisy in the condition the Palestinians face. In the 30's European Jewry faced a monstrous ethnic inequity at the hands of Germany. Yet by the late 40's those same people were imposing another ethnic inequity on others. Though it is nowhere near as monstrous it is hideous that ...
Posted to Explainer by gzuckier on February 1, 2008

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