US Embassy: Palestinian Territories Go Green with $100 Million of U.S. Tax Dollars

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Originally Posted by BKom

I just love the discovered wisdom here. The Palestinians are blameless in the face of the Israeli behemoth? Yet, Israel has enemies encircling it, a prospect that would have Americans wetting their pants daily if they had to face it. And the Palestinians could have peace for their people with concessions from both sides today, if they simply stopped doing the fighting for other countries who care not at all about them.

Seems to me that the Palestinians and Israelis should have a lot in common. And all the meddling from us, and about fifty other countries, is keeping them from realizing it and acting on it.

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I didn't mean to imply any of the two sides was blameless, I meant to say Palestinians appear to be oppressed and weaker in this conflict and not vice versa.

I agree they have a lot in common, both have been abused (by different parties) and live in fear, both use terrorism against each other and both are semites to name a few common things. But crucial factor is that billions of dollars non-green aid and free bombs/bulldozers that we give to Israel to enable its occupation/oppression of mostly unarmed Palestinians placed in open air prison contributes to blowbacks like 9/11, TSA gropes against us whereas green aid does not.

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Originally Posted by moderate libertarian

I didn't mean to imply any of the two sides was blameless, I meant to say Palestinians appear to be oppressed and weaker in this conflict and not vice versa.

I agree they have a lot in common, both have been abused (by different parties) and live in fear, both use terrorism against each other and both are semites to name a few common things. But crucial factor is that billions of dollars non-green aid and free bombs/bulldozers that we give to Israel to enable its occupation/oppression of mostly unarmed Palestinians placed in open air prison contributes to blowbacks like 9/11, TSA gropes against us whereas green aid does not.

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You may see the Palestinians as being oppressed and weaker, but that is really only in the short term. If you think in the long term, Israel is much more in peril than the Palestinians. Look at all the pseudo love that pours into the Palestinians from around the world. And look at the almost universal condemnation of Israel that pours in from the same places. Look at all the countries that will not trade with Israel. In fact, there are only a handful that will. The world embargoes Iran, and the Chinese and Soviets give them tons of stuff anyway, and everyone wonders how long it will take before Iran goes to war to protect its interests. Yet, Israel has the U.S. and Germany, and ironically, China as trading partners and almost nobody else of any size, and everyone wonders why they are paranoid about their security.

Everyone has to ask themselves one question regarding the Israeli-Palestinian problem. If the Palestinians decided they wanted peace today, how much would Israel do to make it happen within 24 hours? The answer is a whole lot. And in fact, the Israelis had an agreement in Oslo with Arafat, at which time he got up from the table and "consulted" with other Arab leaders, and suddenly there was no agreement. This is not a case of two countries/entities that cannot come to an agreement. This is a case of outside interference causing an unsolvable problem.

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Originally Posted by bolil

So we spent all this money on building this shit, and in a couple weeks we are going to spend a similar amount subsidizing its being blown up. America rocks!

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^This...lol.