The US gave Israel its guarantee after the 1956 war that it would keep the Straits of Hormuz open. When push came to shove in 1967, the US failed to live up to those guarantees.

Posted at September 7, 2007 8:09 PM in response to Walt-Mearsheimer's Best Seller: Why the Hysteria?

The Clinton approach to North Korea, basically, did not work.. NoKo took the oil and food and continued to produce nukes. What makes us think that this time will be any different? Fool me once...

Posted at September 2, 2007 8:36 PM in response to A Medal of Honor for Chris Hill

Wow what a great offer those nice Saudis are making; Israel will give up everything tangible, and in exchange the Saudis will agree to talk to Israel...at least as long as this King is alive.

Abdul, your points are a joke. The fact is that Israel offered to return Sinai, and the Golan, and to give Palestinians autonomy, leading to state hood, in the West Bank on June 19, 1967. The arabs said no, over and over and over again.

Posted at August 4, 2007 2:01 PM in response to Israel: Never Missing An Opportunity to Miss An Opportunity?

Because Israel doesn't want to grab more at a time than it can hold at one time.

That makes absolutely no sense as a responce to my comment. Once again, if all Israel wanted was land, why did it offer to return in Aug of 1967 all the land it captured in June of 1967? As history has shown, it could hold that land for quite a while. Why did Israel return the Sinai? Your assertion is pure nonsense.

Posted at July 20, 2007 8:32 PM in response to Israel-Palestine: Final Status Negotiations Now!

If you continue to wage war and continue losing, then you should expect to lose land. That has been the case since time immemorial. Palestinians had a choice: accept peace and land, or continue their war and take their chances. They lost.

Posted at July 20, 2007 8:24 PM in response to Israel-Palestine: Final Status Negotiations Now!

Moreover, abdul, if land was all that Israel wanted, why did it offer in August of 1967 to return all the territories captured in the Six Day War? Why did Israel give back to the Egyptians all of the Sinai? Why in 1967 or in 1973 did the IDF not go all the way to Damascus or Cairo when the road was open all the way to those capitals? Your line about Israel only wanting land is bogus by any historical meassure.

Posted at July 20, 2007 10:09 AM in response to Israel-Palestine: Final Status Negotiations Now!

The only thing that map says is that the Palestinian Aabs should have accepted the offers of statehood in 1937 and 1948. By constantly rejecting every single offer they end up with less and less.

Posted at July 20, 2007 10:03 AM in response to Israel-Palestine: Final Status Negotiations Now!

Ummm...bullshit. In December 2000 Imad Falouji, the PA Communications Minister stated in a speech that the Intifada "was carefully planned since the return of (Palestinian President) Yasser Arafat from Camp David negotiations rejecting the U.S. conditions."

Nothing to do with Sharon. Just the standrad M.O. of Arafat - using violence whenever it suited his ends despite signing agreements that he would not use violence.

Posted at July 17, 2007 10:56 AM in response to President Bush throws more matches at the Middle East

Actually, Abdul, there was one other people in the Mideast spontaneously holding candle light vigils for the victims of 9/11 - Israelis. Meanwhile Palestinians were dancing in the streets in celebration of those attacks.

Posted at July 2, 2007 8:22 PM in response to Is Iran a threat to the U.S.?

The Palestinian population will support anyone who will be able to provide them food, and jobs. By supporting Fatah we are trying to show that Abbas can improve the economic conditions of the people. Meanwhile, Gaza will only get worse and worse and the people there will live in increasing misery.

Hamas is respected around the world??? By whom?? Other terrorists, maybe. Everyone else sees Hamas for what they are - terrorists.

Posted at June 18, 2007 1:13 PM in response to Three State Solution?