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.
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When I was little and one child hit another we were told to "make nice". Thankfully, making nice wasn't left as some nebulous concept evoking images of sunshined prairie frolicking and rainbow sliding but was accompanied with the instructions to methodically stroke each others' forearms. As a former child who got into his share of fights, I can attest to the remedial power of "nice making". After the magically cathartic act of stroking someone's forearm you find yourself unable to even consider visiting harm upon him or her. Since no one asked me for my solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I'll have to volunteer it: I propose we implement compulsory "nice-making" sessions throughout Israel, the occupied territories, and Gaza. A veritable orgy of forearm stroking! Hamas will not just be rendered utterly incapable of spreading their venomous hate and violence, they will find themselves awkwardly disinterested. If that doesn't work, we're gonna have to sit the Israeli's and Palestinians down together to endlessly watch PBS' Arthur...
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Everybody that you meet has an original point of view
And I say - Hey! (Hey!) what a wonderful kind of day
If we could learn to work and play and get along with each other
You gotta listen to your heart listen to the beat.
Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street.
Open up your eyes. Open up your ears.
Get together and make things better by working together.
It's a simple message and it comes from the heart
Believe in yourself for that's the place to start
And I say - Hey! (Hey!) What a wonderful kind of day.
If we could learn to work and play and get along with each other.
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