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I bite my tongue Roland00 Send a noteboard - 02/05/2017 09:27:07 PM

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Most of the regular political posters here are more in favour of Israel's policies and loathe Hamas - so was expecting to have to criticize the former and defend the latter. To the limited extent that I'm willing to do that, anyway.

I bite my tongue for it is not one problem or two problem but a knot of dozens of problems. A true Gordian Knot but the solution of alexander does not work unless both sides want peace or if one side has so much overwhelming firepower that the other side with lesser power is then able to self rationalize surrender into a thing they truly want for peace is better than revenge fantasies.

I can't solve this mess and solving it needs good faith on both sides before you even start peace discussions and since you can instill faith from the outside...might as well not jump into this well of abyss that is the Middle East and specifically the Israeli / Palestine situation.

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Why Now Is the Time to Talk to Hamas Legolas - 02/05/2017 06:30:35 PM 1063 Views
Since Eretz Israel is still Likud's aim, and AIPAC has turned Capitol Hill into another... Vodalus - 02/05/2017 07:22:09 PM 589 Views
There's more to Israel than Likud - and more to Capitol Hill than AIPAC. Legolas - 02/05/2017 07:37:11 PM 698 Views
But it's the Likudniks, in both countries, who have such an outsized say in matters... Vodalus - 02/05/2017 08:07:11 PM 580 Views
For now. Legolas - 02/05/2017 08:31:25 PM 654 Views
and the foreseeable future Vodalus - 02/05/2017 08:55:11 PM 577 Views
I bite my tongue Roland00 - 02/05/2017 09:27:07 PM 602 Views
Hamas is still considered a terrorist group by the US and the EU. The Shrike - 02/05/2017 08:21:47 PM 628 Views
See, that's the kind of reply I was expecting. Legolas - 02/05/2017 08:59:41 PM 687 Views
Oh, I'd still talk to them. I just don't expect anything positive will occur with them. The Shrike - 02/05/2017 09:38:47 PM 577 Views
Fair enough. *NM* Legolas - 02/05/2017 10:34:39 PM 343 Views
Depends on if you believe them or not damookster - 02/05/2017 08:38:19 PM 583 Views
Well, at a minimum, it's still the time to talk to them and see if they'll back up their words. *NM* Legolas - 02/05/2017 09:01:02 PM 357 Views
What else can one expect from the Guardian? Tom - 03/05/2017 03:26:08 AM 705 Views
where people wipe their ass with their left hand *NM* damookster - 03/05/2017 03:51:42 AM 468 Views
Unless ISIS chopped it off Tom - 03/05/2017 05:45:09 AM 600 Views
Yeah, how dare they give some Arab loser a space to publish an op-ed! Commie bastards! Legolas - 03/05/2017 06:15:54 PM 658 Views
Talk. Exterminate. Either or really. *NM* Urza - 03/05/2017 07:27:33 AM 279 Views
The Guardian really can't be taken seriously random thoughts - 03/05/2017 03:10:24 PM 805 Views
You mean unless Europe is willing to give up the United States of America? Legolas - 03/05/2017 05:49:50 PM 760 Views
Fuck the Guardian. Who is supposed to talk with Hamas ? AgentApple - 03/05/2017 04:11:01 PM 583 Views
Which part of the word 'op-ed' do you all find so difficult to understand? Legolas - 03/05/2017 05:24:00 PM 745 Views
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