

No contract after nearly a year of negotiations



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RE: Out to lunch, be back in December
By syslog2000 on 9/30/2012 12:18:39 PM , Rating: 2

Reclaimer77, I don't get attitudes like this. What is it with Israel? Why do we have to be their bitch and carry water for them all the time? Why do you care so much? We have our own poor people, we have our own people without healthcare, without food, without shelter. How about you care for them first?

I keep hearing about how Egypt is the second largest recipient of US aid, which is outrageous enough, but where is the outrage about Israel being the LARGEST recipient of US aid? And with a such a small population, the aid per person the US gives Israel is ludicrous.

*WHAT* do we owe this little terrorist country? *WHY* does it have us by the balls? We dance to their tune on everything. Every. Little. Thing. Doesn't matter who is in charge - Obama, Bush, Democrats, Republicans, whoever. The actors change, the play stays the same.

RE: Out to lunch, be back in December
By Ringold on 9/30/2012 9:26:49 PM , Rating: 2
Israel's a terrorist country? Wow, what an idiot.

Israel's a country who is made up predominatly of a people who history has crapped on for the last 2000 years. Can you count that high? 2000. The 'Holocaust' was simply one of the more recent occasions of them being driven from an area and butchered on racist grounds.

So, the survivors lobby for and the UN agrees to let them have a tiny little strip of land close to their cultural homeland, someplace they'd also long ago been driven from. And since then, they've fought tooth and nail against incredible odds to hold on to what they finally had; if you read up about some of the early wars, like Egypts invasion, it's pretty much a miracle they weren't annihilated. In most recent times, Hezbollah, an Iranian-funded and armed group, rains missiles on them from Lebanon, Iran threatens them with annihilation, and now the Muslim Brotherhood is in power in Egypt, a group that's never liked the peace treaty with Israel. And for defending themselves against some of the worst neighbors in the world, you call them terrorists?

I'll tell you why I support Israel being the largest recipient of US aid; justice. The Jewish people, close to stereotype, really just want to engage in trade and commerce, eat drink and be merry. And, stay alive. For 2000 years, idiots like you have made it harder for them then anyone else. Plus, some of their enemies are conveniently ours as well. So yes, as long as America pretends to be a force for justice in the world, I vote we remain Israel's steadfast ally.

RE: Out to lunch, be back in December
By Paj on 10/1/2012 8:50:54 AM , Rating: 2
Creating countries out of thin air is a surefire way to completely fuck up entire populations.

True, the Jews have been persecuted throughout history. Their suffering has been truly terrible. What I dont understand is them acting as if they are the only ethnic group to have ever been persecuted throughout history? Why is Israel a special case?

Why can Israel be a proper country, but Palestine can't? What about the many, many, many other displaced populations of the world, who have lost their lands through military conquest, war, disease and being in the wrong place at the wrong time? If the goal is statehood and self-determination for national groups, should n't we be creating new nations for the Australian Aborigines? The Kurds in Turkey and Iraq? The Uyghur in China?

The US support for Israel is a key cause of anti-US sentiment, as is turning a blind eye to Palestinian statehood while allowing Israel to continue building illegal settlements. Ceding to Israeli demands on pretty much every respect of US foreign policy in the region. THAT is weakness, and that is what fundamentalists are exploiting.

A big step would be to make Israel retreat to pre 1967 borders, encourage nations around the world to recognise the Palestinian state. Make them lift the sanctions imposed on the Palestinian economy. Demonstrate that the US won't follow Israel around blindly - then you might start to see some change.

By Cluebat on 10/1/2012 12:57:17 PM , Rating: 2
Palestine is a made-up country and Israel is not.

Perfect example of public education.

RE: Out to lunch, be back in December
By syslog2000 on 10/1/2012 3:27:28 PM , Rating: 2
Ringold, feel free to disagree with my assertions, but resorting to calling me names only undermines your credibility. You will notice I disagreed with Reclaimer, but I did not feel it incumbent upon me to call him names.

If you behave like a child, don't be mad when you are treated as such.

Respectful dialogue is not impossible.

RE: Out to lunch, be back in December
By zed1 on 10/1/2012 3:40:15 PM , Rating: 2
It's the only way those idiots know. Don't blame them for being completely transparent. They simply don;t have the brain cells to come up with a rational argument so they always resort to calling people names when they have nothing useful to add to the conversation.


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