But I think you're missing the central point he was trying to make, Redleg. Israel is not totally blameless here, a poor weakling being menaced by massive bullies. Israel currently occupies land that, in the minds of most Muslims, is Muslim land. They see Palestinians getting bombed and abused daily. We've also seen Israel's main ally invade another Muslim state on the border of Iran in an elective war fought on what seem to be false pretenses. To call Iran the bully when the Israelis are the ones sitting on their fellow Muslims' chests--and with nuclear weapons to boot! --just seems a very poor analogy.
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