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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
You people are insane.
Occupy Palestine and Lebanon? Yes, that would be a lovely way to incite worldwide jihad against the US -- on a scale far beyond anything we've seen to date. Leaving aside the thousands of US lives and trillions of US dollars that this decades-long misadventure would cost, do you have even a clue of how many Arabs we would kill in the process? We've just seen what Hezbollah is capable of -- do you think that they will respond more kindly to a US invasion and occupation? And do you think that our response would be anything less destructive than Israel's?
As for occupying Israel -- going to war with a democracy and an ally, because we've decided that they don't think right -- I can only say that next time I'm in wonk-land, I hope he shares whatever stuff he's been sampling.
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When I say "we" I mean a coalation, not just us. Nation building is right up the UN's ally, or so I've been told. Preferably I would keep our soldiers completely out, as we are the only military left (save UK and Israel) that's actually worth a damn for real combat.
And I would never propose occupying Israel.
