>The laws of Israel do not have a death penalty in their legal system. Even >terrorist leaders who are captured are not put to death. I guess that's why they >kill the terrorists before arresting them. <sarcastic>
No need to be sarcastic. That is actually one aspect of this mess that I agree with. If the Israeli army can stop a bomber or other attackers before innocents are killed, more power to them. My problem is when the American made and supplied Apache Gunships hover over Gaza City and pour rocket fire into some of the most crowded living areas in the world to kill one guy. You may get that guy, but what about the 20 innocents that go with him? And it is not like they have a lot of options as to other places to live... >When I see some truth from even a single Arab country about peace then I'll be >quite happy to change my mind but I don't. Egypt is stockpiling weapons for a >fight against an unknown foe to the east of the Sinai. They're looking the other >way every time smugglers set up to move weapons to terrorists. Lebanon is a >slave state to Syria (free Lebanon? Never hear it in the UN). Syria is a funnel >of cash and weapons to terrorist groups and have yet to show anything like a >desire for peace. Iraq is gone, but when they were around they moved tons of >cash to suicide bombers. Iran is doing the same with money and weapons. Saudi >Arabia, the bastion of truth in the ME has been funding terrorism for ages and >still does. The only country to even come close to recognizing Israel is Jordan >and where is their recognition? On paper. Not in an ambassador. Not in trade. >Not in any work together. paper. >That's where this Hudna is. On paper. When the PA starts to take apart the >terrorist groups as they've pledged to do as part of the road map (and Oslo and >every other agreement) then I'll start believing. Till then, it's just another >plot to gain strength and hit Israel again (and again and again). And quite the same argument could be made from the other side of the conflict. Your concerns are fair and well founded Michael. I have seen a few interviews with King Abdullah of Jordan and I am impressed with his candor on the subject. However, he is in much the same boat as Sharon. He cannot really do anything substantial for political reasons without a sure sign that Israel is going to do something as well. Can you, Michael, tell me what Israel has done in the last 18 months to advance a peace? "Dismantling illegal outposts" carries about as much weight, IMO, as Yasser Arafat "condemning" suicide attacks. Can you, Michael, tell me what Israel has done in the last 18 months to advance a peace? It is almost a catch-22, who will blink first, and it is sad. >p.s. I'm happy to see the PA government website take down the anti-American >incitement cartoons. Pity they decided to leave the anti-Israel incitement >there. Partners for peace and all. Hadn't had a chance to check them out, but I will now... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
