For starters, did I miss a public announcement from the surrounding hostile governments that they no longer want to wipe Israel off the face of the planet?
Just for the record, are you hopping down the "ends justify the means" bunny trail? Because I remember an Austrian paperhanger who had the same idea...
Have they stopped paying the families of homicide bombers money in exchange for their acts of terrorism? For that matter, have they stopped exporting homicide bombers and militants to Iraq?
Who TAUGHT the Arabs terrorism? Do the words Hagana, Irgun, and Stern Gang ring a bell? The US, (remember, the country Israel ATTACKED in 1967 and SOLD OUT in the late 70's), carries plenty of freight in the world wide struggle against terrorism - a tactic well used by the founders of Isreal up through the Lavon affair and the killing of Gerald Bull (as far as we know...). It's hard to take serious Israel's cries of terrorism when the same countries leaders used to roll barrels of dynamite and nails into Arab markets out of speeding trucks pre-48, and asassinate people in other countries, ( Bull, the Munich killers, etc.).
Why oh why would Israel have to take military action to prevent a hostile foreign power with avowed intentions of their distruction from gaining control of the most crucial shipping venue in the continent? Whatever it might have been, it must have been inconsequential. I mean, both England and France were part of that international action. Obviously there can't have been any reason for that, either.
I missed it - explainto me WHY it is any of ISRAEL'S business if Egypt nationalizes a business inside its borders. Sounds like an internal matter to me....
Using your own logic, then the US must be the aggressor and evil for going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq for those exact same reasons.
Attacks on naval vessels, (USS Cole), aircraft, government buildings, (9/11), and embassies are considered acts of war. If a country harbors parties that are engaging in acts of war, and is unwilling, or unable, to control them, that country forfeits its neutral status - (Panch Villa punitive expidition, Afghanistan, Barbary Coast pirates, Cambodia, Laos, etc.) I will be the first to admit that some of these same issues apply to Israels opponents.
Why is there this double standard across the world that the Jewish people alone have no right to self-defense?
Nobody has a problem with legitimate self-defense, especially when proportionatte to the causus belli. What, pray tell, was Isral "self defending" in 1956? When it deliberately (as proven by intercepted radio communications) attacked a US ship with UNMARKED fighter jets, followed up by torpedo boats and helicopters full of combat troops? Israel wants to have it both ways: get the first lick in, AND claim self-defense. Thats tough logic to chop...
If you want the people of Israel to not actively engage in intelligence against us, then maybe we should allow them the freedom to engage in the same levels of international militance that we are supporting for our own country.
Fine. Just get out of Uncle Sam's billfold, and knock yourselves out.
Why can't I get it out of our head from Desert Storm as we pressured and manipulated Israel into ALLOWING Iraq
Funny. I remember it differently. No body ALLOWED Sadaam to launch home-improved Scud-Bs into Israel OR Saudi Arabia. It was a capability he had without NEEDING permission from ANYONE, nor was any granted. We did suggest Israel migh want to POSTPONE retaliating, in order that we could keep the multinational coalition together that was about to put a STOP to the Scud launching, among other things. I also remember we rushed a Patriot battery to Israel to protect it - a battery that we could have used to protect our own troops, many of whom later died to Scud attack.
to launch scuds into their residential districts so that we could follow our own agendas.
...said agenda being to STOP the launches, among other things...
You want Israel to trust us, well, we haven't exactly been the most trustworthy or compassionate allies.
Trust is EARNED. Remind me - how many Israelli Naval vessels has the US deliberately attacked in international waters? How many Israelli defense secrets have we "traded" to, say Syria? How many Israeli citizens have our intelligence agencies assasinated in foreign countries? In return, even Israel's OWN GOVERNMENT acknowledges that without Nixon sending massive resupply directly out of US war-fighting stocks, on US C-5 aircraft, Isreal would have collapsed in 73. You want trust? Compassion? How about TRYING those responsible for the war crime of the attack on the USS Liberty?
And for the past 15 years we've been riding their butts to live in peace with the militant islamofascists who support the murder of their women and children in public places.
...because, what Israel WAS doing was working SO WELL at achieving peace and stability in the region, you know, that we just HAD to stop it...
I'm at a total loss to understand how you have arrived at this blatant double-standard.
No double standard - I take it personally when ANY country attacks our military, ESPECIALLY without a declaration fo war first. I also don't like a foriegn country taking it upon itself to put ME, MY COUNTRY, and MY COUNTRY'S MILITARY, (which both my father and uncle were in at the time) in danger as a barganing chip to increase immigration. That's not a right Israel has, under ANY moral standard.
