Let's think about it this way

Hypothetical situation:

A public bus in downtown DC explodes, killing all the passengers and several bystanders. Hamas claim responsibility. How would the USA react?

Actual situation:

Two buildings filled with workers in downtown NYC are struck by hijacked planes. Al-Qaeda claims responsibility. USA invates Afghanistan and bombs the shit out of it, takes over the government, and continually maintains presence - essentially telling the terrorists - they have NO right to exist - in their own land or anyone else's.

Actual situation:

A public bus in Meron, Israel is bombed, 23 are killed and over 180 seriously injured from the blast. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/8/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20No%202%20Egged%20bus%20in%20Jerusalem%20-%201

Reaction? Pause the peace process. Bush sends condolences, but encourages talking. Violence is not the answer. Retaliation is unacceptable. Be the bigger person.

Now... what do you think the USA would have done in the hypothetical situation listed above?

My guess? Bomb the shit out of "Palestine"

It just happens to be, that unfortunately, Hamas knows that an action against the USA would be a REALLY stupid thing to do. So they just continue to kill Israeli children, soldiers, mothers, fathers, siblings, and veterans.

The Jihad never ends. Well - I know one way to end a struggle. My father called it "the six foot rule." If one child hits another - they are forcibly separated and the attacking child is relocated six feet from the victim. Should the violator approach the victim again past his six foot line in any direction - let's just say bad things can happen.

I think the Israeli's/Palestinians need a six foot rule. First violator gets kicked out by a few kilometers. Period.

Oh wait - the Palestinians are always the instigators? Oh... I guess that's not fair since they'll ALWAYS be punished. Huh. What to do, what to do. Hmmmm well - I guess the USA would just say - well maybe if the Israeli's move out they'll stop.

OK - Maybe we should really leave Afghanistan to its own devices. Let them come back with liquid bombs, trucks filled with explosives and shards of metal, and gaseous biological warfare.

In response to Al-Ahram bull shit

I came across an online article via a friend's facebook page. Intrigued, and personally impacted by the subject, I proceeded to read the piece. More than anything, it just made me angry at how distorted the ideas were. I dedicate this post in response to the backward belief that peace can come with people who send messages by blowing up school buses full of children. Who promise peace, if we just give up some land - and then continually propel rockets into our cities, send suicide bombers into our malls, who are willing to sacrifice their OWN people, just as long as it harms US as well. If we are not allowed to wage war in defense of our own survival - we are sitting ducks. At this point - the Palestinians are simply a lying five year old throwing a tantrum - and everyone around is just pandering to their unreasonable requests - while putting an innocent older sibling in the corner for crimes they didn't commit.

The world has gone mad... How has land been claimed, 'purchased', declared, and owned throughout history? By war. By fighting. By taking action. How did the Turkish Empire come to be? The Arabs walked in, conquered the land, and took over. Why should we not have the same right? We ask for a state the size of NEW JERSEY - and the Arabs, owning Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, .... shall I go on? If NONE of those countries would take in the Palestinians - a people that fully endorses violence against women and children in order to make a point and do damage - why should we have to? The reason these people are living in such disarray is because their TERRORIST GOVERNMENT uses money provided by charitable donations and war efforts NOT TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THEIR PEOPLE, BUT TO BUY WEAPONS AND LIVE IN PALACES. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135871

If you don't believe me - why don't you visit the country and see for yourself. I can sympathize with children, and innocent bystanders - but not with mothers that teach their infants through a Jihad preaching sesame street, a Barney program that tells four year olds to hate, kill, and torture Jews. Without asking questions.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17707


Call me paranoid - but when "upstanding Israeli citizens are stripped of their residency rights" - could it possibly be because they were strapped head to toe with TNT? Maybe they tried to enter a central bus station or mall carrying a bag filled with explosives?

One person attempts to employ a liquid explosive on a plane from Britain - and the entire WORLD reacts by banning all liquids.

I will not voice my own opinions of what their actions have earned - but think about these things when you defend a people who would kill your 18 year old son, brother, or friend, only after slicing them to death hang them out the window by rope, and proudly show their trophies.
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This is what I'm trying to say.

"Of course there is a verifiable narrative of Palestinian implacability to any real peace with the zionists....

The Arabs of Palestine refused partition in 1947 with the Jews of Palestine.

Before 1967 the Kingdom of Jordan was in possession of Judea & Shomron...but we heard no shouts of occupation then.

Before 1967 Egypt was in possession of Gaza...and we heard no occupation then.

The newly found Palestinian Liberation Organization began in 1964, its first place for independence was in attempting to topple the Heshimites in Jordan...which retaliated in killing 10,000-20,000 palestinians (depending on the source) in a month(black september).

In 1988 london agreement...again the answer was no, answer violence (1st intifada)

In 2000 Oslo process....at camp david again the answer was no, answer terror (2nd intifada)

In 2006 disengagement, Israel did not negotiate but simply left to allow Palestinian self rule...answer Democratic election of Hamastan, and a v-2 strategy of thousands of rockets launched indiscriminately into Israeli population centers.

Then with the Livni-shelf agreement....the answer was again no.

The Palestinian's have shown only that they would rather destroy a state then build one of their own. They have shown that their hate and implacability is what drives their "occupation"...but it is really self imposed occupation in order to retain and generate the engineered posture of victimhood that generates so many apologists and misanthropes.

Those that refuse to hold the palestinian to account for his barbarous terror strategy, his diplomatic meneuvers in bad faith,and a culture that embraces hate, intolerance and revisionist history...are enablers to Palestinian barbarity and implacability."

Quoted from http://www.amazon.com/tag/history/forum/ref=cm_cd_dp_rft_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx33HXI3XVZDC8G&cdThread=Tx3JL5IFVDM7S5M

You were brought from the wreckage

The commercial is on that is sponsored by Sarah Mclachlan... you know - the one that makes even grown men cry because it shows puppies dying and kittens starving... Sometimes it worries me that when this one comes on I get more emotionally disturbed than when they show the villages of malnourished African children. Although - it also disturbs me that with all the things going on in the world she can afford to sponsor commercial efforts for the ASPCA.

Not that I don't think the cause is important - I have a rescue cat myself - I just feel that celebrity efforts could be put to better use.

But mainly when I see the commercial (or even just hear the beginning of the song) it just brings a whole blanket of depression down on me - it's just such a disheartening collection of video clips.

spontaneous quote of the day, "Could you spend a few minutes for AIDS research?" "Yes, I could, but I'm not sure we'd get very much done"
-Scrubs.