Perhaps instead of dictating that an area long contested belongs to a certain group of people other than the ones currently living there the western decision makers would have done better to come up with a different solution for helping the Jewish people after WWII. In hindsight they baked perpetual strife into the resolution.
I figure we should reckon all of the "hostages" dead at this point.Originally Posted by LDAHL
When the French and British divvied up the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, they were more concerned with spheres of influence than the post-colonial ME a hundred years hence. Much the same in the Balkans. Still, I think the current inhabitants of those troubled regions bear responsibility for the depravity of groups like Hamas, which seem to be the expendable tools of Iranian policy.
The problem is we’ve already made concessions to brutal states like Iran and Russia to retrieve our citizens and created the impression that seizure of Americans can be profitable.
I don't think the Israelis are quite as generous. They hold some powerful bargaining cards, like water and power to Gaza.
"what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver
I doubt Hamas is terribly concerned about the welfare of ordinary Gazans.
Didn't they, um, *invent* Old Testament justice?
Wasn't Hamas elected by a vote of the people in 2006?
Yes. The same year my kid was born. He’s a high school senior now.
Do people who elect a government like that, and support it decade after decade, bear any culpability in the actions of the government?
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