Yep, many years back....nice place in some places...particularly if you are blind. Rampant racism, rampant anti christian and anti islamic. Brutal national mentality for the unchosen...actually a theocracy.
Whoops...thought TM7 was talking about the US there until I kept reading farther...my bad.
Bottom line is, and always will be...Israel is a small spec in the middle of a large place that want them dead, dead, dead, and has said so openly. Regardless if you think they should be dead, or not...they will survive, or try to, no matter what I think, you think, or anyone else thinks. It's natural for a survival instinct under these conditions, and people can use all the fancy words they want and use history, rewrite history, or whatever...does not make one little bit of difference in what will happen. Israel will look out for themselves in the end and what we think means nothing either way. So why keep arguing about all this stuff. It is what it is. Personally, I think the Palestinians are muderous thugs and that goes way back to the bibical days....others may think, gee Israel made them that way...who cares. The Palestinians have chosen the worst of the whole bunch to represent them, you could not give the Palestinians enough land or money, they want Israel dead, dead, dead....and they are too stupid to build anything with money or land either way. Israel might as well kill them all as far as I'm concerned, they fact they have not done so yet is interesting, I would have long ago if it were my call. Along with everyone else who was a threat.
Good thing I'm not a world leader I guess...I have no use for the UN either.
Anyone that fires upon the Israel jet will probably find out that is not a good way to live very long either, sounds like a lot of talk to me. We'll see I guess. The bible says Israel will survive, so far that seems to be true. It also has something to say for those who would walk away from Israel, for those who practice that religion, keep an eye on those things. For those that don't it's just human nature to see a country in survival mode, keep an eye on that if you like. You won't change a thing by speculating on who are the bad guys here. Makes for good reading, that's about it.
What happened in the 40's the 50's the 60's....does not mean a thing. Who we think are our "friends" means nothing.
What matters is what it is right now. We have no control over what will happen next. We are weak from within our own country and have dangerous times ahead with a dangerous man at the helm and a corrupt Congress, so we have our own probleme to deal with. Our president is handing our azzes to the UN as we speak...we should be worried about ourselves as much as all this over there.
Jim