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glacierbay

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1. Kudos to Pres. Obama

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 09:06 PM

Nov 2012

he's in a tough spot, on the one hand, he HAS to support Israel and OTOH, he has to try not to piss off the Arab world.
My personal feeling is, and I've expressed it many times, is that Israel has every right to defend itself and that Hamas needs to stop the rocket attacks on Israel and both sides need to sit down and work out a just and equitable peace treaty that will benefit the whole region.
I know, I know, fat chance of that happening any time soon.

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US, Britain warn of risks of Israeli ground war [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2012 OP

Kudos to Pres. Obama glacierbay Nov 2012 #1

I've been reading Greg Mitchell's blog on Petreaus and his coverage of this is horrifying. proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #2

That OP-ed linked within by Ariel Sharon's son is as horrifying as the pictures. Ash_F Nov 2012 #4

"Sharon was at least one of the more pragmatic Israeli leaders." Scootaloo Nov 2012 #5

I think Sharon's problem was that the right leaned on him too hard. Ash_F Nov 2012 #7

Not sure how a ground war would be worse then bombing. Ash_F Nov 2012 #3

They seem to be worried that Israeli soldiers might be hurt.. Alamuti Lotus Nov 2012 #6