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| 'No, The U.S. Shouldn't Push Israel To Create A Palestinian State |
| 2023-11-29 |
| [Federalist] Ultimately," contends Sen. Chris Murphy, the next Israeli government "is going to have to put us back on a path to have a Palestinian state. That’s not easy, but it is the only way forward for Israel, is the only way forward for long-term peace." Well, it’s not the only way forward, right? Israel could clamp down on Palestinian autonomy until the violence against innocent Jewish civilians stops, and residents start living peacefully with their neighbors and begin accepting history’s outcomes. That’s another option. While the situation today is appalling, creating a three-front Iran-backed terror state on the borders of a nation the size of New Jersey would make things significantly worse. No sane citizenry would sign off on such a suicidal policy. No genuine ally would pressure a friend to do it. But that is exactly what a new country called "Palestine" is destined to be: an Islamic autocracy and, more than likely, a proxy of Iran (who may well have nuclear weapons at some point). Perhaps Murphy is unaware that the last time Israelis handed autonomy of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority in 2005 — ejecting thousands of Jews who would otherwise have been murdered by the only "ethnic cleansers" in this conflict — it quickly lost power. Does any sentient person believe that Hamas or the Islamic Jihad or Muslim Brotherhood-proper wouldn’t end up running a Palestinian state again? Does Murphy want to send in American troops to Gaza when they do? Because Israel, compelled to act on the inevitable provocations from this freshly created nation with unfettered access to weaponry, surely would. The resulting war would be deadlier than the one going on now. And, rest assured, when Hamas runs a state in the West Bank that bumps right up against major civilian Jewish populations, it won’t be "us" — certainly not a Connecticut politician’s home — that are targeted by missiles. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Et en Arcadia ego. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-11-29 15:42 |
| #3 "Israel Pushes USA to establish independent state of Atzlan" to solve oppression of Chicanos ...now how would that sound? Or "Free the Oppressed Cajuns! Support the Arcadian Liberation Front! Louisiana must be Free!" I can do this all night and try out the blue plate special ...steps away from the stage microphone. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-11-29 14:27 |
| #2 FFS, can we possibly, ever get past rhetorical BS? It serves no purpose other than to stagnate the any discussion of an actual solution. At this point it's on the same level as enemy action.b |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-11-29 12:35 |
| #1 Gaza was an independent State prior to the Oct 7th attack. Carthage was also an independent state. There are repercussions to starting a war. |
| Posted by: Ruprecht 2023-11-29 09:33 |