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Don’t expect war soon
Guy Bechor
Published: 03.05.10, 18:05
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31. Question to Guy Bechor
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (05.04.10)
Isn't the purpose of war to destroy one's enemy completely? Is it really in any sane western democratic nation's wholesome and healthy interests to maintain status quo at the expense of the mental health and well being of the population - constantly living in fear of a new war, an additional confrontation, another rocket attack and another act of terrorism and another war and another war and another war? And does it help Israel that IDF defeats the enemy every time, when IDF never ever finishes the job completely, totally, entirely and permanently? Israel defeats the enemy. Another war 1, 5 or 10 years later. Israel defeats the enemy for this time. Another confrontation 1, 5 or 10 years later and so on and so on. For how long? Does it help Israel when Israeli officers and politicans are barking to prove their "masculine power"(coupled with corruption and sexual harassment of Israeli women time and time again) to the Israeli population when the enemy is still breathing free air? WW2 was ended because USSR, USA and UK completely and totally destroyed the military and industrial and financial capacities of Germany. Germany was destroyed - Germany was in ruins. And later on Japan was in ruins. That's how WW2 ended. It seems that Israeli intellectuals (at least that's what they think of themselves), army officers, members of Knesset and several successive Israeli governments regard not their Jewish/Judean/Israelite/Israeli/Hebrew identity and love for life and love for happiness and pursuit for happiness as the main goal in life, but to keep the Arab-Israeli conflict alive because it is so "sexy" for Israeli politicians to be in newspapers' headlines and at the "center of the world" through this meaningless conflict that could have been ended ages ago by Israel destroying completely every Arab country in the same manner as USA, UK and USSR destroyed Nazi Germany in 1945. And if Israel were to destroy the Arab countries and Iran in the same manner as USA, UK and USSR destroyed Germany in WW2, there would no longer be any military build up in Syria, there would be no "Palestinians", the myth/legend/lie/fantasy of "Palestine", there would be no PLO, no Fatah, no Hamas, no Hizbollah, no terrorism, no demographic warfare, no indefensible Auschwitz borders , no collective Israeli/Jewish fear of death, no mental stress in Israel, no Iranian nuke problem, no daily international pressure on Israel, no boycotts, no anti-Semitic Arab/Moslem/Iranian rewriting of Jewish history and no Arab/Moslem theft of Israeli land, and no Israeli Arabs causing havoc and conflict inside Israel, if Israel once and for all decided to destroy the Arab countries and Iran and force the Israeli Arabs out of Israel, Judea, Samaria, Gaza, Golan and Jerusalem. All the problems(concerning this conflict) would cease to exist if Israel only had the guts to finish off Israel's enemies once and for all. Then this farce called Arab-Israeli conflict would finally end. It would be dead, buried, forgotten, rotten, non existent - history.
32. Alexander, you cannot kill the thirst for justice...
Michael Hess ,   Charlotte, NC   (05.04.10)
...the reason your "wars" never result in any stability is not because you did not kill enough, no, you have always killed enough to garner more and more hate. Violence begets violence. Never once has Israel made a real attempt at peace, if Israel intended to have peace it never would have sent 500,000 illegal colonists outside of Israel! This is self-evident man! You sent these people outside of Israel, with a US military supplied and equipped IDF occupation force that uses every manner of war munitions against civilians every day just to further these vile and immoral occupations! What do expect the result to be? You cannot bomb your way to justice. And you cannot compare what the Allies did after WWII to rebuild countries we were formerly at war with to what Israel has done to the Palestinians and other Arab Muslims in the region. Had you folks just once, made the ffort that we did, you would have had peace decades ago. Instead y'all coveted an impossible dream that even Hertzl would be against, "Greater Israel" instead of the state of Israel achieved in 1948. Oh well, reality has now caught up.
33. To nr 32
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (05.04.10)
Speaking about violence, it is in the USA that you cannot walk the streets late in the night because people in America fear the rampant criminality on the streets of America. In Israel you can walk safely on the streets and Israeli parents can let their children be out late without fear of violence and criminality. It says a lot about my country and yours. Americans are not the natives of the USA. Native American Indians are. Arabs/Moslems of Israel are no the natives of Israel. We Jews are. Who appointed you the judge of the world and who are you to judge us? If you like our enemies so much then why are you in here? If you dislike us so much then what are you doing in here? Speaking of weapons: Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have tanks, airplanes and naval vessels. Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gazaq have no planes, ships and tanks, but how could this determine their moral compass? Then you are basing morality not on mindset or right livelihood but on strength. Then from your point of view, USA would also be the bad guy when confronting Al Qaida. In fact every terrorist organization can attack you and say that they have no ships, planes or tanks and that is why they are "right". Speaking about military weapon"s: Israel is the 4th largest military producer and exporter in the world. Speaking about high tech: Israel is the second most important high tech center of the world after California's Silicon Valley. In 2009, this is the number of non-US Companies on NASDAQ: UAE: 0. China: 0. Germany: 2. France: 2. Korea: 3. India: 3. Singapore: 4. United Kingdom: 5. Ireland: 5. Japan: 6. Canada: 48. Israel: 63. Source: NASDAQ, http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/NonUSOutput.asp, May 2009. The cellphone was invented in Israel. The world's first anti-virus program was created by Israel in 1979. Intel processors, microships and so on were to a large degree developed in Israel. Bluetooth is Israeli. Google and YouTube were created by I believe a Russian Jew and possibly an American Jew. Your computer most likely contains Israeli technology. Do you support Communism or the free market? Do you envy success or are you fascinated by success?
34. To nr 32 - a second response
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (05.05.10)
Who and what is a "Palestinian"? What kings, dynasties, palaces, temples, cities, towns, villages, capital, currency, language, alphabet, religion, culture, philosophy, philosophers, territory, borders, waters and neighbords did this supposedly ancient Arab "Palestinian" people have? What duchy, kingdom, state or republic did they have? When and where exactly? Arabs have dominated Israel demographically and politically for only 22 years in the 7th century AD. Jews have dominated Israel demographically and politically for centuries approximately from 1300 BCE to the last century BCE. Jews have lived in Israel for 4000 years. Dig the ground and check. There is no "Palestinian" history, people or identity. Dig the ground and check. There is no "Palestine" or "Palestinians" in the Bible or the Koran. No Jewish/Judean/Israelite/Israeli/Hebrew, Canaanite, Phoenician, Philisteene, Edomite, Egyptian, Hittite, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantinian, Arab, Mongol, Christian, Kurdish or Ottoman/Turkish sources EVER mention any "Palestinian" kingdom, state, republic, duchy, people, race, ethnicity, identity, nationality, language, alphabet, religion, culture, history, flag, government, territory. No mentioning of any "Palestinians" what so ever. "Palestine" is a Roman/Latin name. Why would Arabs use a Roman/Latin name? There is no letter "p" in Arabic. As for thirst for justice, when Christians and Moslems pay a very very heavy price for murdering and slaughtering my people for the past 2000 years and past 1400 years respectively, and when they leave my ancient homeland alone, then it is a beginning to satisfy our thirst for justice. As for Arab brotherly love, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt don't want to have anything to do with the Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Most of the Arabs of Gaza, Judea and Samaria that get killed are getting killed by their Arab brothers. As for Moslem solidarity, 10 million Moslems have been killed by other Moslems since 1945. God Bless Israel. Amen.
35. When racist, Islamo-Leftist posters are mad, it's a sign...
Proud Redneck ,   OH, USA   (05.05.10)
...that somewhere, a sane (read "non-Anarchist", or "non-crazed-Leftist" or, "non-suicidal-Liberal") non-believer is doing something good! So let's keep them MAD! Kick @$$ Israel! Hit your enemies hard! You represent the best and they represent the worst! America is on your side, and it will always be!
36. #9 - let's not forget the "October Victory", Adel <g>
Old Palmachnik ,   Beer-Sheva, Israel   (05.05.10)
We're still counting the shoes and underwear left behind by the brave Egyptian attackers, and we still hear the Egyptian moans on the White House corridors to save Cairo from the Israeli Army. Yes, yes... sneaky indeed!
37. KEEP DREAMING
H TEDMORI ,   LOS ANGELES   (05.08.10)
Pure mental masturbation....
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