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Originally Posted by pgardn
There is a huge difference between how Israel works and many of its neighbors. They are a democratic society. There are protests going on in Israel right now against the war. Arab Israelis are participating along with European and other Israelis. How many protests against Hezbollah in any Arab country?
I will bet I read and listen to more reports on this conflict than anyone on this board. It is very clear that Hezbollah has been and will continue to fire its rockets from areas that contain civilians. If you do not believe that, then the holocaust never occurred either. The evidence is overwhelming.
For Gods sake people we have to wake up to the fact that we are working with two very different mindsets. Iranian president gets up in front of the ENTIRE ARAB LEAGUE AS SAYS ISRAEL SHOULD BE DESTROYED. After he spoke there was NOT ONE ARAB NATION THAT VOICED A DISSENT.
Lets get real here. You have to know what you are dealing with in order to solve problems.
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I'm sure you are well read and educated. Others are as well. And many of those others have far different views than yours. Others would say the Arab world is more fragmented than ever as the result of Israeli-US military actions over the past 25 years. They will tell you the U.S. knew exactly what it was getting with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in PAlestine as it urged open elections with those parties both included.
Others will tell you that there are thousands of Arabs held prisoner by Israel, most uncharged, similar to Gitmo.
Others will tell you of their impatience with the U.S. to succeed in Iraq at the cost of 40,000 Arab live in that country, notwithstanding our former support and arming of Saddam to fight the Iranians.
Others will also tell you of their disdain for the U.N. as meaningless as the U.S. vetos any and all resolutions condemning Israel. (13-1 votes, there's hundreds of them).
Most of all, others will tell you that much of the Arab world does indeed feel oppressed at the hands of Israel/U.S. as the result of the treatment of the Palestinians and the failure of Israel to lead the movement toward the two-state solution. In fact, 90% of the Arab world will tell you without the Gaza issue, there is no legitmizing cause for Islamic extremism.
You're entitled to your opinion and I do not disagree with much of it. There are, however, far-differeing views held by other well-read and educated perople.