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Date Posted: 13:47:38 01/14/03 Tue
Author: schwabra
Subject: I don't need to express my support of Israel
In reply to: The Serpent 's message, "Re: Won't happen unless we continue to act against the root causes that threaten peace." on 21:48:11 01/13/03 Mon

But I will disagree with you on some points:

1) Hussein and Sharon are not similar. Sharon condone or support terror, or personally kill people that disagree with him.

2) The idea of a "holy land" is not the reason for the conflicts we see in the middle East. There is a deep hatred of the Jews by the Arabs, that is promoted today. It is not a historical hatred because Jews as well as Christians once had a major role in the day to day functioning of the Muslim Empire.

The cause for this hatred stems from the fact that the Muslim Empires of old collapsed (not failed, collapsed). There is no unity in the Muslim or Arab world today, except maybe the hatred of Israel. The fact that the Jews were able to regain sovereignty was a slap in the face to them. Their egos were hurt, so they vowed to expell them. Tey failed. More hurt, more attempts, etc.

3) The US has made mistakes in foreign policies. We all are to blame for that. Our politicians are expected and allowed to lie to us. We insist that they take away our freedoms and keep oil prices down all in the name of protection (of course in the 1950s it was the commies).


4) Our position is much like the police in the Rodney King beating. The US has said we will disarm Saddam. Then we did not do it the last time. We say we will do it now, but we need a reason.

When Rodney King was told to remain stil, and he did not the cops felt a need to beat him down. Were there other options (like with Iraq)? Of course. But which ones will let them get what they want? The cops wanted him to stop moving to reduce their perceived risk to themselves; and the US wants to disarm Irag but has no right to do it short of military action( this too is from a perceived risk to ourselves).

I won't even go into the fact that the rich in this country historically make the most on a war, and in the current tax breaks.

Is Saddam a nut? Yes. Would I shoot him if I could? Without a doubt (as long as I knew it was him and not his double(s)). Would this give an unrestricted inspection or peace in the middle East? No. But I would feel better. And that is the president's motive. He would feel better with him dead, and hopes to get enough for an invasion from the UN inspections.

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