Permanent peace and other fairly tales

Bush/Rice and the other nitwits that make up our current administration insist they want to create a permanent peace. I find this a truly interesting claim because: (1) they have done absolutely nothing for the past six years to bring about any positive moves towards a permanent peace, (2) what they are doing at the moment will guarantee there will never be a permanent peace, (3) they claim Hezbollah is the "root cause" of the problem, and (4) they are either unwilling or unable to admit that the root cause is the continuing Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. This is really quite simple. Virtually everyone on earth understands it. Israel is illegally occupying lands that belong to others. They have continually attempted to alienate more and more Palestinian land and water. They refuse to return to the 1967 borders and, in fact, will not even discuss the situation. As long as this continues there can never be peace in the Middle East.

Now Israel, with the active aid of the U.S., has virtually guaranteed there can never be peace. The world, especially the Arab world, and more especially the Lebanese and Palestinians, are never going to forgive the absolutely blatant war crimes that are going on. These are unforgivable. The hatred engendered by this ongoing activity will never dissipate, and I mean never. Israel has now placed itself in a situation in which they are surrounded by other nations that despise them (and the U.S. as well). Even those nations, like Egypt, for example, that have tried to accept Israel, are now alienated. Israel has brought this on themselves (with the help of the U.S.). If Syria and Iran become involved the situation will be irreparable quite likely forever. Indeed, Israelis may well eventually find themselves "driven into the sea," an outcome much desired by some and now most probably desired by even more.

What is so complicated about this? The countries most affected by the situation have offered a solution for years: "land for peace." The Israelis are unwilling to give up any of their stolen land and, in fact, constantly strive to claim more and more. They, along with the unbelievably stupid Bush administration, believe they can "win" through overwhelming military might. They cannot. There is no military solution to the problem, only a political solution. A political solution does not seem to be acceptable to them. Hence, never ending hostilities. Oh, I forget, the Rapture will be here soon. The way things are going it may be the only solution.

Tell me more about "intelligent design."