'I wish I never founded WCKitchen'

[soldierant]

15. I do understand that if a nation were to pull back from, fail to support, a long time ally which was suddenlay attacked

that it would be like committing national suicide. No ally would ever trust that nation again. I get that. We had to support Israel immediately.

But we are past that now - targeting non-combatants who are only there to provide humaitarian aid has got to be a war crime.

And I also cannot disagree with quaherboy:
"Israel is not evil. I dont even think we should stop arming Israel, in the long run. It is a country with a right to exist and a definite need to be able to protect itself from hostile neighbors"

I don't know the answer. Netanyahu is as stubborn as TSF - and apparently as sick as well - and, while I cannot believe the Jewish people would support what he is doing, yet he is surrounded by enablers - also like TSF. No one - no words -are going to change his mind any more than any one or any words would get TSF to drop out of the Presidential race tomorrow.

We have no right to order around the leader of a sovereign state, and if we did, we'd have no way to enforce it. Yes, he is doing Israel no good and instead inflicting harm. Yes, Israel desperately needs new leadership. But we can't bring that about, and really, we shouldn't if we could.

And as long as I'm ranting - I may as well point out one more complication: Jews are not the only Semites in the world. Aras are also a Semitic people. The phrase "brother against brother" comes to mind.