Comments on: Is it time for US to review ’special relationship’ with Israel? http://www.bloggernews.net/119302 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sherry C http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-879611 Sherry C Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:38:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-879611 Israel forces its own people out of Gaza, helps to supply the needs of the Palestinians that have moved there, and gets rockets fired into their nation's neighboring towns for a thank-you from them. The writer of this article, as well as many others, need to brush up on their history of Israel/Palestinian relations before calling Israel evil. This idea of "disproportionate force" is ridiculous. How else are wars won and despots toppled and terrorists defeated? Israel has used great restraint in dealing with Hamas. Too much for too long, IMO. I pray they will get the job done this time! And, yes, I pray the children of the Palestinians will be safe and see that Israel has been kind to them. Israel forces its own people out of Gaza, helps to supply the needs of the Palestinians that have moved there, and gets rockets fired into their nation’s neighboring towns for a thank-you from them. The writer of this article, as well as many others, need to brush up on their history of Israel/Palestinian relations before calling Israel evil.
This idea of “disproportionate force” is ridiculous. How else are wars won and despots toppled and terrorists defeated?
Israel has used great restraint in dealing with Hamas. Too much for too long, IMO. I pray they will get the job done this time!
And, yes, I pray the children of the Palestinians will be safe and see that Israel has been kind to them.

]]> By: Lulu http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-878597 Lulu Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:52:12 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-878597 Israel is defending itself and has that right. Israel is defending itself and has that right.

]]> By: Bill Winto http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-877783 Bill Winto Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:21:19 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-877783 What about the special relationship the US has with Saudia'a, Egypt (gets the same funding as Israel from US). Please remember that the Islamic culture has been looking to topple the west since they were defeated 500 years ago. My understanding is that hatred in your part of the world runs very deep....shia vs. sunnis, etc. The Arab and Persian world has subjeced their populations to male facism, racism, brutality, Remember Mumbai??????? What about the special relationship the US has with Saudia’a, Egypt (gets the same funding as Israel from US).

Please remember that the Islamic culture has been looking to topple the west since they were defeated 500 years ago.

My understanding is that hatred in your part of the world runs very deep….shia vs. sunnis, etc.

The Arab and Persian world has subjeced their populations to male facism, racism, brutality, Remember Mumbai???????

]]> By: ian whitten http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-877724 ian whitten Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:38:43 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-877724 In short, no. It is however, time for Israel's neighbors in the middle east, and supporters of Hamas in other parts of the world, to ask themselves just exactly what they would do if an organization dedicated to your extermination bombarded your city or town with 8,000 rockets over 3 years. Most people in the US realize that Israel has shown tremendous restraint for many years and that the US would never have tolerated a situation like that for even a week. In fact, neither would Jordan, Syria, Egypt, France, Holland, UK, Sweden or anyplace else in the world. Get real. No one has a right to bombard their neighbors homes, schools, and markets and expect to get away with it. If you start a war, expect the war to come back to you. Maybe, learn something from that. In short, no. It is however, time for Israel’s neighbors in the middle east, and supporters of Hamas in other parts of the world, to ask themselves just exactly what they would do if an organization dedicated to your extermination bombarded your city or town with 8,000 rockets over 3 years.
Most people in the US realize that Israel has shown tremendous restraint for many years and that the US would never have tolerated a situation like that for even a week. In fact, neither would Jordan, Syria, Egypt, France, Holland, UK, Sweden or anyplace else in the world. Get real. No one has a right to bombard their neighbors homes, schools, and markets and expect to get away with it.
If you start a war, expect the war to come back to you. Maybe, learn something from that.

]]> By: Paddy Briggs http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-877113 Paddy Briggs Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:04:34 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-877113 I agree with your post. Obama has no reason other than an electoral one to Kowtow to Israel. And he won't be facing an election for a while. A window of opportunity to cast the so-called special relationship with the Israeli government aside - not before time. I agree with your post. Obama has no reason other than an electoral one to Kowtow to Israel. And he won’t be facing an election for a while. A window of opportunity to cast the so-called special relationship with the Israeli government aside - not before time.

]]> By: Rich http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-876611 Rich Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:55:09 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119302#comment-876611 Both sides loose in this conflict period. Both sides loose in this conflict period.

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