[Rhodes22-list] More Politics

[Slim]

I'm just a dumb-ass rock n roller and I don't know anything, but it seems to
me that because we send Israel more aid than all other countries combined,
we can hardly be called "meddlers."  When we say jump, Israel should not ask
how high.  Our diplomatic stance has always been the same at face
value--peace--but I'd like to be a fly on the wall in those back room
discussions on exactly what the US REALLY wants.  I suspect that we (the US
government) don't want a cease-fire at all.  After all, aren't we too at
war?  And against the same foes?  Could it be that we WANT Israel to be our
attack dog?  Or is she our sacrificial lamb?!  Sure, there's all kinds of
rhetoric flying around about how we don't condone the attacks but what's
being said behind closed doors?  Israel is like our Jack Nicholson in "A Few
Good Men" where he says, "You WANT me on that wall.  You NEED me on that
wall." and of course, "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"

We like to say our national symbol, the eagle is a symbol of freedom.  Let's
not forget that in reality the eagle is the largest, most powerful and
cunning bird of prey.  We're not just sitting back hoping for a cease-fire.
We're condoning the slaughter of the Jihadists.  The hell with civilians.
In war there are no civilians!   The citizenry of Hezbollah, Hammas, etc.
have declared their allegiance, their defiance and their commitment, and
must I say it--you mess with the bull and you get the horns.  Make no
mistake my friends, WWIII has already begun.

Good night and good luck.

Slim

On 8/4/06 11:55 PM, "DCLewis1 at aol.com" <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> Re Hanson¹s ³Brink Of Madness², wotta crock!  Hanson states:
> 
> "the West has proven utterly unable to distinguish between an attacked
> democracy that seeks to strike back at terrorist combatants, and terrorist
> aggressors who seek to
> kill civilians."
> 
> Which "west" is the good Dr talking about, TV news reports or foreign  policy
> and military affairs?  If you follow foreign policy and military  affairs I
> think you'll see the western democracies have distinguished  pretty well.  I'm
> not aware of any tangible effort to rein  Israel (Note: a tangible effort is
> not a FOX TV report or a blovation from  the UN, it's tangible military action
> and tangible diplomatic pressure (i.e.  sanctions).)   Please correct me, if
> I'm wrong.
> 
> IMO the principle thing of interest in the middle east is what hasn¹t
> happened.  That is, for the first time in perhaps 30 years the US and  Europe
> haven¹
> t rushed to intervene to secure a non-peace ³peace².  Maybe  this time Israel
> will be able to resolve its terrorism problem without our  meddlesome and
> unproductive interference - and maybe part of our terrorism  problem will be
> resolved as well.  One key to success will  be keeping US troops - with their
> embedded newspaper and TV reporters - out  of the area.
> 
> Dave
> 
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