IronWing
No Lifer
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We're giving them to the Israelis, it's only fair.LOL, Riiiight.
We're giving them to the Israelis, it's only fair.LOL, Riiiight.
We're giving them to the Israelis, it's only fair.
Then maybe complaining that the Pals use the crude tools available to them is a bit hypocritical while supplying the Israelis with much more lethal weapons.Nope. Not going to happen.
OK what kind of progress has been made over the last 40 years with the exception of minor and temporary.
You are welcome to be appalled as much as you want, reality is often appalling.
Then maybe complaining that the Pals use the crude tools available to them is a bit hypocritical while supplying the Israelis with much more lethal weapons.
Dont forget the Camp David Accords - Almost 40 years of peace between Israel and Egypt.
So a peace can be achieved in the middle east with the right people on both sides. Thank you
Jimmy Carter.
Then maybe complaining that the Pals use the crude tools available to them is a bit hypocritical while supplying the Israelis with much more lethal weapons.
The referee (USA) just fixed the fight for the Israelis. The crowd sees what's happening, goes wild, starts screaming "the fight got fixed, the fight got fixed!!!!" The fixer (Trump) yells back "So fvcking what? Now start pumping yourselves full of holes and let each of your Gods sort it all out. Somebody call me when the dust settles so I can come in and take over the whole fvcking place and start building resorts, nuclear power plants, arms factories and do some real estate deals because I got some outstanding loans I secured from Putin that's in arrears."
We could be on our side.Like straddling the fence is a good strategy. We could be on both sides.
Yeah because widespread violence has never occurred in the Middle East before Trump.
This is one of the dumber subjects lately.
No, we support Israel with endless aid for no rational reason.We are.
Well, having a friend in the middle east isn't so bad, is it? Our interest is power projection, the baggage is middle east peace.No, we support Israel with endless aid for no rational reason.
If we're going to buy friends, we should put the job out to bid. We might be able to pick up friends on the cheap.Well, having a friend in the middle east isn't so bad, is it? Our interest is power projection, the baggage is middle east peace.
It's expensive being a 'super-power'.
No, we support Israel with endless aid for no rational reason.
Nope. But let's be clear: if Hamas is simply a terrorist group then so is the state of Israel. Maybe breaking out of the binary approach to the world would do us some good.So do you think we should support the terrorist group Hamas?
Nope. But let's be clear: if Hamas is simply a terrorist group then so is the state of Israel. Maybe breaking out of the binary approach to the world would do us some good.
If we gave Hamas $5 billion/year I bet they'd be our BFFs.I didn't say they were "simply" a terrorist group, but they are a terrorist group.
I'm not making the claim that Israel is blameless either, but they are a far from being a terrorist group. They are our allies.
If we gave Hamas $5 billion/year I bet they'd be our BFFs.
We have been giving them money and see where it has gotten us. At least Trump stopped it.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-blocks-obama-221-million-payment-palestine-2017-1
On Tuesday, the state department under President Donald Trump announced it would review one of Barack Obama's final acts as US president — the release of $221 million to the Palestinian Authority.
It appears that Trump's decision to review Obama's release of the funds comes down to his heavily pro-Israel agenda.
Trump, who took office just hours after Obama's decision, has taken a hard line against the Palestinians, describing their funding of terrorism and the larger situation in the West Bank and Gaza as a "deplorable, deplorable situation", in remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in March.
The $221 million released by Obama, and subsequently halted by Trump, is part of the US's regularly scheduled aid to Palestine, which totaled $557 million from all US government agencies in 2015.
Uhmm, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are not even remotely the same thing.