re: #830 reine.de.tout

Now I’m really confused.
Because here, it seemed you were saying just that, that the Palestinian people could indeed be convinced to stop fighting, re: #799 drcordell

The political powers that be of the surrounding Arab states don’t have any impetus to solve the Palestinian crisis. That does not mean that the Palestinians themselves do not. They are the ones who have motivation to help resolve the crisis, because they are the ones who are trapped in no-man’s land right now. If Israel takes the impetus to restart the peace process, the Palestinians have every motivation to follow suit.

You heard me right. Yes, a large majority of Palestinians want peace. It is a violent minority that wishes to continue the armed conflict. No, you cannot force the armed Palestinians to disarm with military action. I don’t believe those statements are in conflict with one another.

You can’t win terrorist wars with invasions. If the U.S. hasn’t proven this in Iraq I don’t know what will. There is simply no way to root terrorist individuals out of a population with military force. Unless you wish to create 2 new terrorists for each one you kill.