Israel's military mobilizes for a ground invasion of the Gaza strip

[greynotsoold]

Wouldn't it be crazy if an insignificant piece of dirt led to conflagration?
Personally, if i were Palestinian, I'd be fighting. If I were Israeli, I'd have exterminated the Palestinians in the 1960s, when 'mass unmarked graves' were still relatively cool.

[Gandalf]

Israel pisses me off. It is an aberration in the region. If America cared about the Jews so much then ship them all to Texas and be done with this nonsense.

[El Kabong]

Israel pisses me off. It is an aberration in the region. If America cared about the Jews so much then ship them all to Texas and be done with this nonsense.

I hope they burn this phoney idea of the Palestinian state to the fucking ground. The bastards don't deserve anything. Go Israel, defend your land!

[Mars_ax]

Besides the Palestinians Israel's fiercest enemies are radical Islamists in different Muslim countries. They use Israel's existence and the Palestinian cause as a lightening rod, to advance the cause of fundamentalism in their own countries. Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Libya, and Malaysia are also enemies of Israel and Venezuela is becoming more hostile under the rule of Hugo Chavez.

A country like the U.S. who is Israel's biggest supporter becomes by proxy an enemy to these countries, as well as radical Islamists in other countries.

It's a no win situation that can only get worse.

[TitoFan]

This is fucking ridiculous. A decades old conflict between the Palestinians and Israel over some frigging land. If it was just them, I’d say the hell with it. Let them kill other off… who gives a shit. But no. The conflict drags in other countries, most notably the U.S., obviously an Israeli ally. By being involved, the U.S. further damages its image in the Arab world, and potentially stirs up more terrorism activity. If the world was a playground, and Israel and Palestine were a couple of fighting little boys, the world powers, like parents, would probably let them fight for a little bit. But if things got out of hand, and it threatened to spill over into something more serious, the “parents” would step in and create order.

“Ok Tommy and Jimmy, that’s enough. Now you boys either share your toys, or learn how to play with your own toys. Tommy, you stay on your side of the room and Jimmy, you stay in yours. Now not a peep out of either of you!”

If Israel and the Arabs want to squabble over every little detail… let them. It’s technically none of our business. But if the conflict threatens to escalate and turn into full-scale war, then intervene. But again, this intervention would ideally come from an international consortium of nations with power. If NATO or the UN had some balls and real power, they could step in and say… “Ok now this is how we’re going to resolve this problem once and for all.” And a settlement would be reached and enforced.

I know I know… this is all fantasy. But isn’t it tiresome to have two countries going at it on and off for decades on end, for the same fucking reasons? Don’t these idiots have the capability to resolve their differences diplomatically? Again... it's no one elses business if they can't... but the escalation usually ends up threatening world peace. What a crock of shit.

[Mars_ax]

Palestine & Israel make up most of the "Holy Land", no telling how fucked up things in that region would be, if it weren't for that.

[Spicoli]

Here we go again. There will not be peace in the Middle East. Its not happening. Israel has a total right to defend itself but it always does so under a media spotlight and militarily proceeds to hammer a sewing needle with a steel mallet. Calatarol damage aka dead civilians is a recruiting poster. They need "insurgents" of their own, small teams off the grid. Its far beyond land today. Its ideology and history that cannot be undone.

[Gandalf]

Israel pisses me off. It is an aberration in the region. If America cared about the Jews so much then ship them all to Texas and be done with this nonsense.

I hope they burn this phoney idea of the Palestinian state to the fucking ground. The bastards don't deserve anything. Go Israel, defend your land!

Why is it Israeli land? Going by that logic you should really return your lands to the natives and get your arse back to old Blighty.

[Beanz]

Israel pisses me off. It is an aberration in the region. If America cared about the Jews so much then ship them all to Texas and be done with this nonsense.

Again you whilst thinking deludingly that you are a sensitive caring human being use inflammatory language and refer to human beings like a commodity. Your own reasoning is much closer to a final solution than many of the pro Nazi groups you supposedly despise. "The Jews" and "The State of Israel " are not the same thing.

[TitoFan]

The Israelis think they're right in their own mind, and that they're just defending themselves and their country. In all likelihood, the Palestinians think the same thing. It's beyond any of our capabilities to judge who's right and who's wrong in a conflict that has raged on for many decades. This is why a strong, powerful, global mediation/peacekeeping organization is in order. Single countries which enter the conflict on one side or the other are viewed as antagonistic by the other side. And these interventions invariably bring consequences.

[Gandalf]

The Israelis think they're right in their own mind, and that they're just defending themselves and their country. In all likelihood, the Palestinians think the same thing. It's beyond any of our capabilities to judge who's right and who's wrong in a conflict that has raged on for many decades. This is why a strong, powerful, global mediation/peacekeeping organization is in order. Single countries which enter the conflict on one side or the other are viewed as antagonistic by the other side. And these interventions invariably bring consequences.

It is easy to judge who is right and wrong when you consider who is occupying land and building settlements. Have Israel and have Palestine following the 1967 borders and then you won't have any of this pushing and shoving. The world agrees that this is the solution and it is on the record that Israel and its godfather are against settling the issue legally.

[TitoFan]

The Israelis think they're right in their own mind, and that they're just defending themselves and their country. In all likelihood, the Palestinians think the same thing. It's beyond any of our capabilities to judge who's right and who's wrong in a conflict that has raged on for many decades. This is why a strong, powerful, global mediation/peacekeeping organization is in order. Single countries which enter the conflict on one side or the other are viewed as antagonistic by the other side. And these interventions invariably bring consequences.

It is easy to judge who is right and wrong when you consider who is occupying land and building settlements. Have Israel and have Palestine following the 1967 borders and then you won't have any of this pushing and shoving. The world agrees that this is the solution and it is on the record that Israel and its godfather are against settling the issue legally.

Which goes back to my main point. We are in dire need, and have been for some time, of a recognized, empowered, international mediating organization that has the backing and balls to enforce prior agreements, with the total support of the world's nations. We don't have that, so we're left with the U.S. imparting its version of world justice and getting reamed in global public opinion, not to mention continuing to be the target of a lot of hatred and terrorist acts. We've entered a new millenium. Surely there must be some progress in the human race other than better computers, cooler cars, and deadlier weapons.

[VictorCharlie]

I say let them fight it out but have them go it alone. Tito, I think your idea is for starters to idealistic. Nation do whats in their best interests. The US has propped up despots when it suited us. Russia and China support regimes like Syria and Iran. I don't think any international body is going to be truly altruistic. Even if they were, no one other than the US spends enough on defense or has our capabilities. The organization would still be depending on the US military for just about everything.

[Andre]

The Israelis think they're right in their own mind, and that they're just defending themselves and their country. In all likelihood, the Palestinians think the same thing. It's beyond any of our capabilities to judge who's right and who's wrong in a conflict that has raged on for many decades. This is why a strong, powerful, global mediation/peacekeeping organization is in order. Single countries which enter the conflict on one side or the other are viewed as antagonistic by the other side. And these interventions invariably bring consequences.

It is easy to judge who is right and wrong when you consider who is occupying land and building settlements. Have Israel and have Palestine following the 1967 borders and then you won't have any of this pushing and shoving. The world agrees that this is the solution and it is on the record that Israel and its godfather are against settling the issue legally.

Which goes back to my main point. We are in dire need, and have been for some time, of a recognized, empowered, international mediating organization that has the backing and balls to enforce prior agreements, with the total support of the world's nations. We don't have that, so we're left with the U.S. imparting its version of world justice and getting reamed in global public opinion, not to mention continuing to be the target of a lot of hatred and terrorist acts. We've entered a new millenium. Surely there must be some progress in the human race other than better computers, cooler cars, and deadlier weapons.

Yeah agreed, Nato troops are as weak assed as Greenpeace, financed witnesses at best.

We need a global hit squad that goes in and tears them a new sector.

[Gandalf]

Israel pisses me off. It is an aberration in the region. If America cared about the Jews so much then ship them all to Texas and be done with this nonsense.

Again you whilst thinking deludingly that you are a sensitive caring human being use inflammatory language and refer to human beings like a commodity. Your own reasoning is much closer to a final solution than many of the pro Nazi groups you supposedly despise. "The Jews" and "The State of Israel " are not the same thing.

Israel is a Jewish state. It practices apartheid policies.

America is a very big country with lots of space. There was never a valid reason for creating Israel. It would have been better to give them their own state and Texas is very big, so that would have sufficed.