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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DLS-&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#039;s assume, for one psychotic moment, that you are absolutely right.&lt;br&gt;Everything is the fault of those deluded lefites, ,while Israel&#039;s hardliners, and their supporters are the only normal people on earth.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That still doesn&#039;t get Israel out of it&#039;s difficulties.  Like it or not, Israel is there, and it is responsible for the choices it makes in how to deal witth the crazies all around.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The last war with Hezbollah resulted in destabilizing Lebanon, a previously rather moderate country.  As a result, Israel has one firend less in the ME., and it doesn&#039;t have so many friends that it can take such a loss lightly.  Another result is that Hezbollah is stronger than ever.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; It was wrong for Hezbollah to do what it did  that resulted in the war.  It was Israel&#039;s choice,however, how to react to provocation.  Unconsidered, unquestioned reaction  can be  very counter productive, as we have seen  throughout hsitory, involving many, many countries.&lt;br&gt;Rome fell because it made some bad choices while attempting to assure its selfpreservation in perpetuum.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is a debate about choices, about taking responsibility for  choices that turn out  be poor ones in terms of consequences, and about learning  from past  errors of judgment.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BTW, one can feel one has absolute moral superiority and still lose.</description>
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<p>Let&#39;s assume, for one psychotic moment, that you are absolutely right.<br />Everything is the fault of those deluded lefites, ,while Israel&#39;s hardliners, and their supporters are the only normal people on earth.</p>
<p>That still doesn&#39;t get Israel out of it&#39;s difficulties.  Like it or not, Israel is there, and it is responsible for the choices it makes in how to deal witth the crazies all around.</p>
<p>The last war with Hezbollah resulted in destabilizing Lebanon, a previously rather moderate country.  As a result, Israel has one firend less in the ME., and it doesn&#39;t have so many friends that it can take such a loss lightly.  Another result is that Hezbollah is stronger than ever.  </p>
<p> It was wrong for Hezbollah to do what it did  that resulted in the war.  It was Israel&#39;s choice,however, how to react to provocation.  Unconsidered, unquestioned reaction  can be  very counter productive, as we have seen  throughout hsitory, involving many, many countries.<br />Rome fell because it made some bad choices while attempting to assure its selfpreservation in perpetuum.  </p>
<p>This is a debate about choices, about taking responsibility for  choices that turn out  be poor ones in terms of consequences, and about learning  from past  errors of judgment.  </p>
<p>BTW, one can feel one has absolute moral superiority and still lose.</p>
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		<title>By: DLS</title>
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		<dc:creator>DLS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Left totally casts facts and morality aside when Israel is concerned.  Say, what where the North Koreans and the Syrians up to, by chance?  You know, at the nuclear reactor site the evil, war-mongering lust-to-kill-and-destroy Israelis bombed in Syria that we in the States are only now getting around to discussing?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sorry.  I should have realized, that it&#039;s Israel&#039;s fault and Israel made them build that reactor and try to develop nukes.  After all, they have as much right as Israel to have nukes, just like Iran, and in fact, the Left says, they have more right to nukes than evil Israel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Left totally casts facts and morality aside when Israel is concerned.  Say, what where the North Koreans and the Syrians up to, by chance?  You know, at the nuclear reactor site the evil, war-mongering lust-to-kill-and-destroy Israelis bombed in Syria that we in the States are only now getting around to discussing?</p>
<p>Sorry.  I should have realized, that it&#39;s Israel&#39;s fault and Israel made them build that reactor and try to develop nukes.  After all, they have as much right as Israel to have nukes, just like Iran, and in fact, the Left says, they have more right to nukes than evil Israel.</p>
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		<title>By: bush &#187; Blog Archive &#187; On Israeli-Syrian Peace Overtures, And Why They’re Not Going &#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>bush &#187; Blog Archive &#187; On Israeli-Syrian Peace Overtures, And Why They’re Not Going &#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] chrisgingram wrote an interesting post today onHere&#8217;s a quick excerptThese three factors – particularly the opposition of the Bush administration, on which Olmert’s government is so reliant – are likely to doom the possibility of any breakthrough in Israeli-Syrian relations…at least in the near future. &#8230; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] chrisgingram wrote an interesting post today onHere&#8217;s a quick excerptThese three factors – particularly the opposition of the Bush administration, on which Olmert’s government is so reliant – are likely to doom the possibility of any breakthrough in Israeli-Syrian relations…at least in the near future. &#8230; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Israel captured the Golan Heaights during the Six Day War, I believe.  Unlike the Sinai, the status of this area was never resolved.  The law Israel passed  to determine  the administration of it has never been recognized internationally.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s easy  to understand why Israel would want to keep the Golan Heights: water souces, fertile soil and  The Heights from wich the valley can be overseen and Israel protected.&lt;br&gt;Understanding does not bring resolution and peace., however.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As long as Israel detemrines the admininstration of  areas like this unilaterally, there will be continuing animosity and violence.  &lt;br&gt;If we can&#039;t get past posturing and unmeetable demands, then nothing will work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israel captured the Golan Heaights during the Six Day War, I believe.  Unlike the Sinai, the status of this area was never resolved.  The law Israel passed  to determine  the administration of it has never been recognized internationally.</p>
<p>It&#39;s easy  to understand why Israel would want to keep the Golan Heights: water souces, fertile soil and  The Heights from wich the valley can be overseen and Israel protected.<br />Understanding does not bring resolution and peace., however.</p>
<p>As long as Israel detemrines the admininstration of  areas like this unilaterally, there will be continuing animosity and violence.  <br />If we can&#39;t get past posturing and unmeetable demands, then nothing will work.</p>
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		<title>By: EEllis</title>
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		<dc:creator>EEllis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holly you know facts have no place in this discussion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holly you know facts have no place in this discussion.</p>
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		<title>By: Holly_in_Cincinnati</title>
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		<dc:creator>Holly_in_Cincinnati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The beginning of the story is missing. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Israel captured the Golan Heights because Israeli valleys were being attacked by the Syrians from the Golan Heights.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The beginning of the story is missing. </p>
<p>Israel captured the Golan Heights because Israeli valleys were being attacked by the Syrians from the Golan Heights.</p>
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