re: #24 researchok

I wouldn’t attach a whole lot of credibility to anything the Palestinian leadership has to say, be it from the PA or Hamas.

I’m not of the opinion that Obama wanted to throw Israel under the bus. Rather, I believe he wanted to bring them into the middle of the street for a while. Why? Because no matter how you put it, dress it up or see it, the status quo will only hurt the Israelis.

That’s the same message he sent to the Palestinians.

There is no question the Israelis hold the moral high ground vs the terror loving Palestinians. Still, the moral high ground is of little comfort when under constant assault. The same is true for the Palestinians. They have nothing to show but failure and dysfunction as a result of all the years of hate, racism and bigotry.

The staus quo serves no one.

…so what about the dozens of time that Israel has come over to the middle of the street in the name of bucking the status quo and “giving it an honest try?” Each time, it’s met with another intafada, more rockets, more attacks, etc.

If the “status quo” is bombing the fuck out of Gaza whenever the rockets from there get too numerous, so be it.

And since the wall went up, we haven’t seen the bus bombs. So I say let the Palestinians rot in “status quo.” When they are ready to change, change will come and they will prosper. In the meantime, why should Israel change anything?