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2006-01-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-01-20 10:37|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Israel has been missing a bet here for years. By allowing the Syrians and Iranians to sponsor a "proxy war" against them, and yet not blaming them for it after each and every incident, the Israelis could have laid much of the groundwork for the future.

In other words, they should have declared these attacks to be an "act of war" by an outside nation, rather than treating them as domestic problems. The words "act of war" carry great meaning, internationally, and would have resulted in much more pressure being applied to Syria and Iran over time.

Declaring an "act of war" against you is just shy of declaring war yourself, and declaring repeatedly that "acts of war" are being committed against you is in effect calling for international intervention to stop the "outrages", or be faced with a declaration of war response.

It also covers your rear end when and if you respond. That is, if the rest of the world just sat idly by then, despite these entreaties, they have forfeited the right to object when you respond in self-defense.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-20 11:36|| 2006-01-20 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I won't object.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-20 11:39|| 2006-01-20 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 good line of reason Moose.

Posted by RD 2006-01-20 11:41|| 2006-01-20 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 You're absolutely right Moose. Israel has the worst PR in the world. They should have been alerting the world all along to these attacks from Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad as acts of war from Iran and Syria. When the time comes for Israel to act they would be much better positioned. It would show years of restraint on their part. And military action would not look preemptive. It would just look like they were finally pushed to respond.

Posted by Intrinsicpilot 2006-01-20 13:17|| 2006-01-20 13:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Israel is in a similar position to President Bush. It doesn't matter what they say, those who should be reporting won't hear what they don't want to, and will only report half truths and untruths. So with very few exceptions, Israel has given up trying to pursuade.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-20 20:29|| 2006-01-20 20:29|| Front Page Top

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