The Israeli death wish

As what Israel is doing in the Gaza strip and Lebanon is both unconscionable and unforegiveable I am led to conclude that they must have a death wish. It doesn't matter now what happens in the short run in this troubled part of the world, Israel will never live in peace. NEVER! Not after what they have done now. They may succeed in stealing more Palestinian land and water, they may even occupy Lebanon again, but inevitably in the long run they will lose, probably everything. After some sixty years of always responding with overwhelming military might things are just as bad now as they ever were. All sensible people know that the problems between Israel and the Arabs (particularly Palestinians) cannot be solved by force. The only possible solution will have to be political (but quite frankly I doubt that even a political solution is going to happen). As long as Israel is considered innocent in the conflict no soluton will ever occur. Even today, again, Bush claims the "root cause" of the problems is Hezbolla. This is just plain crap (pardon my language). Why does Hezbolla even exist? Because of Israeli militarism and greed in the past, which continues to the present day. Why does Hamas exist? Because of Israel's continuing illegal occupation of Palestinian land. One has to laugh, if not contemplate suicide, when you hear people (like Bush and others) say, "Hezbolla (or Hamas) just has to learn to live with Israel. Why in the hell doesn't Israel have to learn to live with the Palestinians and Lebanese? Why don't they have to recognize a Palestinian state and a democratic Lebanon? The "root cause," as I have said before, is not Hezbolla and Hamas, it is Israel greed and aggression. While they have the world occupied with their illegal and immoral attack on Gaza and Lebanon they are busily solidifying their control of the west bank. If they can they will grab the river that helps separate Lebanon from Israel (the river, the name of which escapes me for the moment they have coveted for years). As long as the U.S. continues to see only the Israeli point of view there is no hope whatsoever of peace in the Middle East. The idea that Israel is innocent and it is all the fault of Arabs is so ingrained in U.S. thought and behavior there is quite likely no hope at all. As long as the Israeli lobby controls both political parties in the U.S., peace in the Middle East is simply not possible. And now, as a result of the latest genocidal attacks by Israel there will be no peace for a thousand years, if ever. Israel has now signed its own death warrant.

Some unnamed U.N. official was quoted today as saying Israel's attacks "could constitute war crimes." What can he possibly mean by saying "could." Israel has without any doubt whatsoever committed repeated war crimes. You cannot kill innocent civilians, many of them children, indiscriminatley, without it being a war crime. Nor can you destroy an entire country for the acts of a few. Israel is guilty of war crimes and the United States shares in that guilt. If there is no change in the 2006 elections there may very well be a new world war. Furthermore, it is not going to be enough just to vote these evil bastards out of office, they are going to have to be held accountable for their war crimes. Will the Nightmare Years end in 2006 or will things just get worse and worse? No one can solve this horrible situation except American citizens. Enough is enough!