Quote:
Originally posted by taxwonk
1. Fuck 'em. Israel won it and they're gonna keep it. You can argue whether it was right or wrong all you want, but that's where the Europeans decided to let "the Jew problem" settle itself, since it was easier than trying to repossess the land and personal property the Jews had been dispossessed of by the Nazis' decision to try and kill them all off.
2. If you really believe that countries can't hold onto territory because they possessed it under hostile terms, when are you planning to give your house back to the Mexicans, so they can give it back to the Spaniards, so they can give it back to the Indians?
3. Russia decided it was cheaper to simply turn Hungary, Yougolsavia, Romania, etc, into vassal states than it would be to occupy over the long haul.
4. On Iraq, we can't really move the Texans in until we move the troops out. And, well, we can't ever really move all the troops out. So I guess we'll be occupying Iraq for the idefinite future, but not with Texans.
5. When Israel kicks Arabs out of their territory, it really isn't ethnic cleansing or tribalism, so much as a recognition that they can't trust them and can't police them. Anyway, they have the whole rest of the Middle East to settle in, so....
6. Once again, fuck 'em.
(the new, pragmatic) Taxwonk
|
wow.
so this new "terrorist" guy from chicago- do you think really he's just a crazy guy who is Islamic, but now Islamic crazy people think about killing Jews. his first thought was go to the temple and kill someone in the parking lot-
The paper paints it like he's AQ, but really I think he's simply nutso. Like say if David Berkowitz was religion of peace, he would choose to kill maybe just Jewish couples instead of any couples. killing one person in a parking lot isn't really an AQ action, you know? Of course we're better with him gone.
