Some joyous tidings from Israel

[Shaka_Khan]

Second- Perhaps those Americans believed the government when they stated there were WMDs in the possession of a guy like Hussein? I'm sure for enough Americans, that very thought, in the post-9/11 atmosphere was positively terrifying given the guy used chemical weapons on his own people.

...which shows how concerned about Iraq the Americans were. They considered Iraq as the same threat level as the 9/11ers and thus intervened. The people in this forum weren't even talking about intervening on Palestine or Israel.

This is why people should be more interested in what goes on outside their country instead of following whatever the top man says. Much of the world outside the US were following the IAEA.

Third- I believe the overall point was that it gets tiresome to see Euros belittling each over in divisive debate over something in which they've far less invested(except, perhaps, the UK) than the US. It seems, to an outsider, an exercise in pointlessness. Especially when no side is exactly a bunch of angels.

I just hope people will find a way to stop the violence that keeps on repeating. Sometimes I like to talk about the tragedies that I see when I can't do anything else about it.

[seireikhaan]

...which is why people should be more interested in what goes on outside their country instead of following whatever the top man says. Much of the world outside the US were following the IAEA.

Indeed, informed electorates are what should make the base of democracy. However, I think it rather logical that people would listen to the man they elected rather than some man they man a world away, from a psychological perspective.

I just hope people will find a way to stop the violence that keeps on repeating. Sometimes, I like to talk about the tragedies that I see when I can't do anything else about it.

With the exception of a few well done posts by the like of Seamus, "talk" doesn't really describe every single Israel/Palestine thread since the inception of a backroom here. "Talk" would be great. Unfortunately, we tend to get treated to a mix of trolling, defiance, finger pointing, and blind nationalism instead.

[Shaka_Khan]

Indeed, informed electorates are what should make the base of democracy. However, I think it rather logical that people would listen to the man they elected rather than some man they man a world away, from a psychological perspective.

Now they know better.

[seireikhaan]

Now they know better.

One would hope.