tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094859.post115314662977188974..comments2023-07-18T10:36:37.435-04:00Comments on To Secure Liberty: Israeli grand strategyDaniel McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16397896622886358394noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094859.post-1154538785440828072006-08-02T13:13:00.000-04:002006-08-02T13:13:00.000-04:00Interesting how the first two messages pretty much...Interesting how the first two messages pretty much sum up my own ambivalence. I'm going to try to sort it out for myself in an upcoming post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094859.post-1153198695753328422006-07-18T00:58:00.000-04:002006-07-18T00:58:00.000-04:00From my own blog:...................The worst thin...From my own blog:<BR/>...................<BR/><BR/>The worst thing about the latest flare-up in the Near East is that, most probably, a truce of sorts will occur before any decisive strategic outcome is reached in the fighting. <BR/><BR/>The (major) fighting will stop prematurely, well before either side is exhausted. Both sides will retain the bulk of their assets for fighting, and more importantly, the dynamics that have led to so much fighting in the first place will remain unchanged, meaning the will of each side to continue fighting will also remain. In a couple more years, we'll be watching yet another battle in a war that has been going on for decades, because nobody will let that war reach a logical conclusion, where peace terms are dictated to (not negotiated with), the survivors (not the losers) on the defeated side.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for Israel, the achievement of any such victory is made impossible by an international community that continually insulates the Arabs/Palestinians from the most severe consequences of their own failure, ie, decimation. Thus, the Arabs/Palestinians know they can never truly lose, and have never had any incentive to search in good faith for a permanent peaceful settlement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094859.post-1153191599029527342006-07-17T22:59:00.000-04:002006-07-17T22:59:00.000-04:00Here's the question: What should the US do? You ...Here's the question: What should the US do? You said it yourself, Israel's fate is not good, all it can do is buy time. If that is the case, how moral and democratic is it for the US to support a state that can only survive through warfare? And as the demography within Israel becomes more important, how much is the US willing to allow the Jewish state of Israel to protect "its" culture? I hear rumors of Israel thinking about trying to surpress the palestinian birth rate. Should we continue to back a losing horse? Should we acknoledge our bias and full support of one side of the conflict as being just as responsible for war as Syria and Iran? I think you should read some of Norman Finklestein's work. http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/ . and also, who opposes a one-state solution to the conflict? and why? One last question, what is your opinion on the relationship between Israeli properity and Palestinian suffering?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com