Watch GAZA die

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Originally Posted by pgardn

I have never said we have supported regimes that are squeeky clean. We have supported some awful dictators.

Bush and Olmert are not giving up on Abbas just yet:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/wo...hp&oref=slogin

But I still think Gaza will go down in the end.

DTS and SS: Why is it that Hamas will not recognize Israel's right to exist?

You see this is/was the major sticking point. They have flatly stated they will destroy Israel. So how do you guys pose Israel is supposed to negotiate with any Hamas led government? Or the Israelis have no right to be there and they should leave as Hamas claims. Go back thru all that history and make absurd claims, all sides do this. Is that what must be resorted to?

I don't like answering a question with one of my own but.... How exactly is Hamas going to destroy Israel? It's certainly awful rhetoric, the rockets they launch kill innocent people and I certainly don't blame Hamas opposition in Israel for responding as strongly as possible. But I find it hard to see how they can do it. I certainly don't believe they can do it on their own. And if no other Arab states chose to jump into Lebanon, I can't see them supporting the Palestinians in any extended conflict. Frankly, the Palestinians are the hillbillies of the Arab world. No one -- Arab or Non-Arab -- gives a rat's ass about the Palestinians except one country - Israel. That's because they must do so.