The New Israel
Thank goodness we freed the Iraqi people from Saddam.
Now we can have peace!
Just stop and think for a moment at the amazing
resemblance of our current occupation of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of
Palestine. Have we actually improved the situation in the Middle East or made it
worse? I'm not talking about right or wrong, but about the perception of the
Arab world and it's distrust of the west. Unless we change that perception...we
face a lot of history
repeating.
Compare
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Occupies Palestine at will while Palestinians are screaming for Israel to leave.
Occupies Iraq at will while Iraqi's are screaming for the US to leave.
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Breaks into homes in the middle of the night, looking for weapons and arresting suspected terrorists.
Breaks into homes in the middle of the night, looking for weapons and arresting suspected terrorists.
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Has vastly superior weapons, sometimes firing into crowds, whose weapons are rocks.
Has vastly superior weapons, sometimes firing into crowds, whose weapons are rocks.
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Patrols the streets with tanks and men armed with sophisticated automatic weapons.
Patrols the streets with tanks and men armed with sophisticated automatic weapons.
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Controls the borders and airspace.
Controls the borders and airspace.
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Military and citizens are targeted by snipers and suicide bombers.
Military and citizens are targeted by snipers and suicide bombers.
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Uses helicopters and rockets to attack suspected enemy locations, sometimes killing innocent civilians.
Uses helicopters and rockets to attack suspected enemy locations, sometimes killing innocent civilians.
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Perceived by some of it's neighbors in the Middle East as a possible threat to their security.
Perceived by some of it's neighbors in the Middle East as a possible threat to their security.
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Promises to leave once the area is stabilized and the threat to peace is eliminated.
Promises to leave once the area is stabilized and the threat to peace is eliminated
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I don't support terrorists, and I have no sympathy for the Palestinian cause while Hamas continues its path of terror. If Palestinians want peace, they have to stand up to Hamas and other terrorist groups and say that terrorism is not the answer. However, one has to wonder, once you've heard this all before, how can you expect the Iraqi's or any other Arab nation to trust the United States? The Iraqi people don't see us as the great liberators that the Bush Administration want us to believe. They see us as occupiers, and they are terrified at the prospect that Iraq will one day be called Greater Jerusalem.
Compare
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Occupies Palestine at will while Palestinians are screaming for Israel to leave.
Occupies Iraq at will while Iraqi's are screaming for the US to leave.
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Breaks into homes in the middle of the night, looking for weapons and arresting suspected terrorists.
Breaks into homes in the middle of the night, looking for weapons and arresting suspected terrorists.
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Has vastly superior weapons, sometimes firing into crowds, whose weapons are rocks.
Has vastly superior weapons, sometimes firing into crowds, whose weapons are rocks.
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Patrols the streets with tanks and men armed with sophisticated automatic weapons.
Patrols the streets with tanks and men armed with sophisticated automatic weapons.
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Controls the borders and airspace.
Controls the borders and airspace.
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Military and citizens are targeted by snipers and suicide bombers.
Military and citizens are targeted by snipers and suicide bombers.
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Uses helicopters and rockets to attack suspected enemy locations, sometimes killing innocent civilians.
Uses helicopters and rockets to attack suspected enemy locations, sometimes killing innocent civilians.
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Perceived by some of it's neighbors in the Middle East as a possible threat to their security.
Perceived by some of it's neighbors in the Middle East as a possible threat to their security.
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Promises to leave once the area is stabilized and the threat to peace is eliminated.
Promises to leave once the area is stabilized and the threat to peace is eliminated
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I don't support terrorists, and I have no sympathy for the Palestinian cause while Hamas continues its path of terror. If Palestinians want peace, they have to stand up to Hamas and other terrorist groups and say that terrorism is not the answer. However, one has to wonder, once you've heard this all before, how can you expect the Iraqi's or any other Arab nation to trust the United States? The Iraqi people don't see us as the great liberators that the Bush Administration want us to believe. They see us as occupiers, and they are terrified at the prospect that Iraq will one day be called Greater Jerusalem.
Posted: Thu - June 19, 2003 at 05:15 PM
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