Makes you wonder if the nazis had won WW2 if they still would be killing each other.
I just said this same thing to my friend a few days ago. Not that I wanted Nazis to take over the world or to win WWII, but as a "What If?" scenario, I wonder what the Middle East would look like today if Hitler was successful.
In its current state, I think the creation of Israel in the location it was placed was a bad, but strategic idea. Unfortunately, what has been done cannot be undone, we can't ask all of the Jews to be displaced and move to a new homeland now. With that said, I think that it is only reasonable to support Israel in this situation, as they are the ones being attacked and discriminated against, they just have a very powerful return fire.
Too bad they didn't just give the Jews an area in the U.S. to make their homeland, I imagine much death and monetary loss would've been avoided.
Israel is the powerful state that is guilty of widespread, institutionalized oppression. It is a formal policy (well, set of policies) developed over the years. Just examine the openly acknowledged policies and then decide if you feel comfortable supporting Israel. It's akin to supporting the US government during segregation, or South Africa during Apartheid. I'm not exaggerating or being dramatic when I bring up these examples. Seriously.
The one point that folks need to remember is that this is NOT an evenly matched dispute. Social, political, economic and military power is so overwhelmingly in the hands of Israel that it is absurd. And Israel has absolutely used and abused this power, in all of its forms, throughout this entire conflict.
I don't want either side killing, terrorizing, oppressing the other—but any way you measure things (human life, economic opportunity/prosperity, fertile land, quality of life, political rights, #injuries, body counts, civilian deaths, etc.)—Palestinians have consistently endured the worst of the worst, and it is totally disproportionate.
But I agree that what has been done can't be undone. That's a lesson that politicians should really be forced to deal with.
Topic: State of Israel to invade Gaza (Read 644 times)
