re: #424 Shimshon

I cannot argue with that. I would love to wake up tomorrow and see both Semites on each side suddenly not treat each other like the enemy. But I am a realist and today am explaining to other people that these actions that hurt many innocent people are unfortunate events in a complicated and long conflict. Next time Israel should learn their lesson, start dropping nukes until the other side accepts their entire demands. That seems to make me a racist I guess. So be it.

Well, Israel dropping nukes on the West Bank probably wouldn’t be good for Israel (fallout and such). It pretty much wouldn’t be good for any of their opponents because they are all too close. They have negotiated a peace treaty with Egypt and Jordan, and though those two nations are not exactly bosom buddies with Israel, they are no longer fighting. As for Syria, it is too busy fighting itself to present any credible threat to Israel at the moment; watchful waiting along the cease-fire line in Golan seems to be all that is needed there.