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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I think what you are advocating is pouring oil on that particular flame.
As for Americans being killed -- you ain't seen nothing yet. How many Americans did Hezbollah kill in Beirut? How much worse will it be if we were to try occupying the entire country?
You are going down the neo-con road here, where you believe that what we can accomplish is limited only by our "will", or our willingness to throw lives and money around. I disagree, and think that making Arabs and Israelis love each other is beyond our abilities (and will become more so if we invade and occupy).
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Scary, ain't it? And it really makes me uncomfortable saying these things. However, the more I look at the problem the more intractable it gets. I don't like that this is the conclusion I've come to. I just can't find any other way around it and I don't think we can just let it work itself out.
It seems clear to me that the whole fuck-up traces back to the West's cut-and-run in the late 40s. That's what set me down the road of thiking about going back and fixing what we screwed up in the first place.
