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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Not necessarily. I think we should change our foreign policy with Israel because I think they are a bunch of instigators. They're like the little squirt who talks tough knowing that his big brother would come in and beat everyone up if he got in trouble.
Israel acts the way they do because the US is their safety net. Not much different than a lot of risks taken by banks in the financial sector who know that they have the government as a safety net should they be on the verge of going belly up.
Happy Thanksgiving to you too. Honestly, I don't follow any college sports at all - don't have the mental capacity for it.
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Israel has fought wars, all-out wars, which we did not fight in. the aye quite capabe of wiping the Palestinians off the face of the Earth, with no help from us. Maybe Iran too, as long as Iran doesn't have nukes. Given that Obama isn't as supportive of them as previous presidents, we may well find out the answer to that question in 2013.
In my humble opinion, Israel does the only thing it can do, given that they are literally surrounded by people who want to kill them. I worked with their military for a few months, it's tough to describe what they live with every day. I'm not saying they haven't done some things to fan the flames of hate, but I see them as a victim, not an instigator.
The banks did what they did to make money. Israel is trying to continue to exist.
I'm not objective, as my Mom comes from a line of Polish Jews, who let's say faced some hardships in the 1930's and 1940's.