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- caput580
I was all about NOT getting into this thread, but I just can't resist.
I also live in the area, and people from my family live in the areas that were just recently under rocket attacks from the Gaza strip.
What I can tell you is pretty simple.
If and when ALL political leadership, not only Palestinian and Israeli really wanted peace in the region, I am sure it would happen within months or less. But, both our politicians, Israeli and Palestinian alike WANT this conflict and why?
1. The Israeli political scene is mostly populated by extremely corrupted people from or very closely tied to the Security Apparatus, The Army and such. These people know nothing else except violence and conflict. As community leaders they are all more-less impotent so in order to keep their positions they need an outside threat all the time. And we have one in Palestinians. Instead of trying to remove the threat through negotiation, what we do is exactly the opposite. We terrorize the same way we are terrorized, with simple people in the middle. Honestly, nobody in the Israeli political leadership doesn't give a damn about 20 or 30 people dead in a bus in a terror attack or 500 dead in Gaza. They only care about the U.S. military aid an more millions of dollars pouring into their pockets. All in the name of "democracy"!
2. The Palestinian leadership is not that much different. Just as an example, Palestinian PM (Mr. Abbas) actually holds majority of shares in the cement factories that sold cement to Israelis for building the separation barrier. Millions and millions of dollars of aid were poured into the West Bank and Gaza since the Oslo agreement. Where is the money, you may ask? Where are the hospitals, infrastructure, schools and the similar? Ask the Palestinian political "elite". Ask Suha Arafat about her accounts? How's that for leadership. So, there too, nobody cares if children die in Gaza, they actually WANT that to happen, so they can film it continue stealing from the people.
3. Than you have the EU and the U.S. that actually fuel the "little" conflict all the time, because laundering money and selling weapons is much easier this way. NGO are great for tax relief.Instead of blaming this or the other side, we should all blame our own leadership for doing NOTHING while innocent people get killed. And not only in Gaza but everywhere else in the world all the time...
War is good business and that is what is behind this or any other conflict!
- well said!!pnut
- thanks for your clarification on the matter. i couldnt be bothered explaining more of the situation after yesterdays pathetic incident with Janne, the MidEast expert from hollandDanglin_Dave
- well put, caput.janne76
- yeh, thanks for sharing, sorry you're so close to this lunacy, yours is the 1st account Ive read from so close..mikotondria3