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Your view on recent Middle East crisis
JennyC:
The purpose of this poll is to see how BetterMost members feel about the recent Middle East crisis. They are really two questions, but I would like to keep the response in one place since I think one question leads to another.
Which party bears the majority of the responsibilities with the recent escalation of the conflict, the loss of lives, is it Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, etc? We can debate these questions for hours and hours, just like how they dominate major media outlets these days. But at the end of the day, everyone has a position on this (no position is also a position). Let’s hear it.
Thanks for taking the poll.
David:
None of any of this is justified. Neither side can have it all. Logic would dictate that the land be divided 50/50. But seeing that both parties will never agree to this, the bloodshed will continue forever.
There will be peace in the mid East only when parents learn to love their children more than they hate their enemies.
David In Indy:
Well, this is complicated.
Hezbollah kidnapped 2 Israeli soldiers. They (Hezbollah) also positioned rockets and missles very near the Israel/Lebanon border. Israel has a right (and a duty) to protect itself and its' citizens....
BUT.......
Bombing Beirut, Tyre, and other Lebonese cities for 8 days (as of July 19th, 2006) is a very unfair and unbalanced retaliation for 2 or 3 kidnapped soldiers. I agree Hezbollah started all of this. But so far 300 people (mostly civilians) have been killed and 1000 others have been injured. Over 500,000 Lebanese have now been displaced because of this conflict.
Hezbollah should not have kidnapped these Israeli soldiers. But Israel has overreacted in my opinion.
President Bush should step in immediately and demand that Israel stop these attacks and bombing campaigns over Lebanon and Gaza. If he doesn't, this conflict will soon spiral out of control and we will find ourselves in the middle of World War III.
When I was young, people use to say "World War III will be fought with nuclear bombs and World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones".
President Bush better do something about this, and he better do it fast! >:(
I hate to sound negative, but I have ZERO faith in our "president" and somehow (just as he did with Iraq) I think he will be making some more bad and irresponsible decisions in the near future.
God help us all. :'(
YaadPyar:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on July 19, 2006, 10:19:51 pm ---None of any of this is justified. Neither side can have it all. Logic would dictate that the land be divided 50/50. But seeing that both parties will never agree to this, the bloodshed will continue forever.
There will be peace in the mid East only when parents learn to love their children more than they hate their enemies.
--- End quote ---
Perfectly put. Thanks, David.
Giancarlo:
The response towards Hezbollah is very balanced, and one has to remember they didn't just kidnap the soldiers. After the Israelis went to try to get them, Hezbollah responded by firing hundreds of rockets into densely populated Israeli cities. The reason why the Israelis have continued the bombings for eight days now is because these Iranian-built rockets are being fired deep into Israel killing citizens. Israel has no choice but to neutralize the threat. Some here really do not understand. How would you feel if these rockets could go deep in your country? These are what Israel is trying to destroy. Israel in no way over-reacted.
President Bush from what I heard is going to demand an end to these attacks in as little as a week. My views may be impacted by the fact that I am pro-Israeli.
WWIII? Overstatement. In fact saying that we might end up in WWIII is an emotional statement. This is pretty much involving one area of the globe. Iran nor Syria would ever think about attacking Israel because they would lose. It is that simple. Israel has a military machine that is unprecendented in the entire middle east. It has been known to defeating a 500,000+ military (Egypt) in 6 days.
My source on the information about it being a week: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/07/19/1153166455516.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/07/19/1153166454897.html
That's one week before the US joins powers that are demanding for a cease-fire. Once that happens, Israel will find its support dramatically reduced for continuing the strikes and it may have to halt that. I think the reason for this again, is to destroy the rockets.
Also Lebanese Prime Minister Faoud Saniora I believe is exaggerating how many people have been killed, injured and displaced by this. I don't think it is even close to what he is saying.
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