tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post118613682641541867..comments2024-03-21T14:41:14.622-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: The strong do what they can...(Israel-Palestine edition)FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-59977456769978764082010-06-10T10:54:37.669-07:002010-06-10T10:54:37.669-07:00I saw this headline in our local paper a couple da...I saw this headline in our local paper a couple days ago<br /><br /><b>Thomas retires, and not a moment too soon</b><br /><br />and I thought, Cal Thomas, smug holier than thou dipshit pudnit, is giving it up!?!?!?<br /><br />And then I glanced through the column<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2v4botv<br /><br /><i>SIGH!</i><br /><br />bbbasilbeastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-44222151000223444302010-06-09T16:44:09.920-07:002010-06-09T16:44:09.920-07:00I think that if you offered every Israeli citizen ...I think that if you offered every Israeli citizen a green card as long as they lived in Utah, Nevada or Wyoming for a couple of years, you might be surprised how quickly things would improve in the middle east.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-49837367676007164852010-06-09T12:17:16.069-07:002010-06-09T12:17:16.069-07:00Ael: By this time the Israelis wouldn't deign ...Ael: By this time the Israelis wouldn't deign to live at the charity of the U.S. Why should they? The Sole Superpower has their back regardless of what fucked up things they do.<br /><br />Lee: I've had the same experience - the average Israeli struck me as a truculent, defensive prick. They can fight, I'll give 'em that.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-63745052410869713262010-06-09T09:49:48.017-07:002010-06-09T09:49:48.017-07:00I have been having these same thoughts myself abou...I have been having these same thoughts myself about Helen. She expressed an opinion that has been declared taboo. An opinion, not a policy statement, not a fatwa. Poor old girl, maybe she felt it would give her an excuse to go home and rest. I will miss her not taking any bullshit from White House spokespeople. I hate to say it, but every Israeli I have met struck me as one of the most arrogant people on earth, second perhaps to Americans.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079893711147027571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-89434765962340948172010-06-09T06:36:01.762-07:002010-06-09T06:36:01.762-07:00There is still plenty of room in the American dese...There is still plenty of room in the American desert.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-36518539556443675552010-06-08T22:36:10.043-07:002010-06-08T22:36:10.043-07:00Ael: IMO the problem for Israel is that it was mad...Ael: IMO the problem for Israel is that it was made a country too late...in a part of the world that was not party to the deal, and was not particularly excited about the idea.<br /><br />Frankly, if Truman had wanted to offer the Zionists, say, the State of Nevada, or Utah, I'd have been OK with that. It was ours to give away and, frankly, in the case of Utah I'd have paid to watch the Mormons and the Zionist Jews slug it out; let the best theocrats win!<br /><br />But to drag up the old corpse of Balfour and blow U.S. hot air into it? Stupid.<br /><br />The sad part is that the U.S. State Department (remember that this was before "who lost China" and the evisceration of the DoS) had any number of people knowledgeable about the Middle East at that time and pretty much every once advised Truman to put down the fucking crack pipe; that this would make us enemies of every Arab tribe, state and region forevermore, and that we needed their petroleum more than we needed a lifetime supply of hot Sabra chicks.<br /><br />Truman didn't listen, and we've been paying for it, one way or another, ever since.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-48731718420950546322010-06-08T17:26:28.838-07:002010-06-08T17:26:28.838-07:00The problem for Israel is that was made a country...The problem for Israel is that was made a country too late. A world with nuclear weapons, cannot afford the "might makes right" argument. Thus a structure of international law was set up to avoid the inevitable outcome of "might makes right" warfare.<br /><br />This is the wellspring of all the "legitimacy" arguments. Countries set up earlier via the "might makes right" doctrine were grandfathered in.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com