tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post116610243127365199..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Get CarterPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1166129356430158922006-12-14T15:49:00.000-05:002006-12-14T15:49:00.000-05:00Nadir writes: ================How is building sett...Nadir writes: ================<BR/>How is building settlements on occupied territory a reaction to attempts to annihilate Israel?<BR/>================================<BR/>They are building a buffer between hostile surroundings and their nation. I am sure that some very retarded and very small minority of Isreali Jews believe that god "gave" them much more land than the current borders of Isreal, Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1166116857070337152006-12-14T12:20:00.000-05:002006-12-14T12:20:00.000-05:00"All of your assertions would enjoy validity if bu..."All of your assertions would enjoy validity if but for one fact: all of what you charge Israel's government and its leaders for constitute reactions to attempts to annihilate them."<BR/><BR/>How is building settlements on occupied territory a reaction to attempts to annihilate Israel? That single act is an attempt to make permanent the ill-gotten gains of aggressive, imperial warfare.<BR/><BR/>Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1166115274684803852006-12-14T11:54:00.000-05:002006-12-14T11:54:00.000-05:00Tom: All of your assertions would enjoy validity i...Tom: All of your assertions would enjoy validity if but for one fact: all of what you charge Israel's government and its leaders for constitute reactions to attempts to annihilate them. That is quite different than Apartheid South Africa, for example, or Bin Laden and 911.<BR/><BR/>The Afrikaners had never sought to include blacks as full participating citizens in South Africa. Thus Apartied was Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1166111257406498142006-12-14T10:47:00.000-05:002006-12-14T10:47:00.000-05:00Polls in Israel have shown that the majority of Is...Polls in Israel have shown that the majority of Israelis share Carter's views about their nation's policies toward settlements in Palestine.<BR/><BR/>Why does US policy side most often with right-wing thugs and hardliners instead of with the people? This is true in Israel, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Cuba, the Congo, Haiti and any number of nations around the globe.<BR/><BR/>Most Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.com