CNN pole: Israeli invasion is justified?

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   NO. It was a dumb thing to to.

We in israel have had several opportunities to return the Golan heights to 

Syria. We have passed on these windows of chance for reasons of strategy 

and the fact that these lands were seized during a defensive war against 

Egypt Jordan and Syria in which Egypt was able to negotiate 

her land back in exchange for a peace treaty. Jordan we just kissed and 

made up and we inherited more problems which we immediately set 

about the business of making worse.  Jobs for all...

Syria would have nothing to do with any agreement much to the relief of 

many of us including any one who has ever had to suffer Israeli wines 

before 1967...  Sorry. wrong format trust me my dear cousins 

you've  missed nothing.

Syria basically wants us all treading water  off shore 

and the conflict with Israel has served Syria well as a unifying factor in the 

country and has earned her the respect of powerful allies starting with the 

Soviet Union and now Iran. Assad is "Da Man"  while the Iranian President 

is "Da Lunatic" in charge. The Iranian President I keep calling him that 

because I can't find his name on my spellcheck is not because he pressed 

my holocaust button. Most jewish people have one it always works. We 

are sort of funny that way.

I suspect that if we had pursued peace more aggressively after 1967 and 

returned the Golan heights to Syria. one of two things would be true now.

We would all have peace or we would all be dead.  It's never clear what's 

going to happen when you are dealing with a country like Syria who has a 

back comprised of peoples or nations with an agenda clearly other than 

peace. 

Wether we in Israelhave a right to be here or not the fact is that we are 

here. How much blood are we willing to spill is also not an issue. We've 

made it clear that we'll spill it all ours included.  We've been to this movie.

If we go out now it won't be like sheep to the slaughter.  It will hurt 

everyone involved exponentially more than the toleration of our 

existence. That is an unfortunate but true fact that no one likes to talk 

about.

Enter rather present, into this street fight the people who lived here in the 

first place - The Palestinians. They are the least considered by all involved 

and with terrorism aside the most righteous of the two righteous victims.

The terror angle couldn't have worked better for Israel had we not 

preceded it's use ourselves on the British. Two of our P.M.s were 

terrorists.  I was once a polite guest of the late President Arafat in 

Ramalah. My presence there with Uri Avnery and 49 members of his Gush 

Shalom  organization some two months before Yasser became "ill"  was to 

interfere with the mans murder. I feel the same way about my presence 

there as I do accepting a gig playing piano for Simon Weizanthal where 

Shamir was present. Shamir  was our Israeli Prime minister at the time.

He was known to have strangled a man with his bare hands. He likes 

Duke Ellington tunes enjoys  long romantic walks...  Shamir and Arafat 

Same guys. Real charmers. You'd think you were in the room with 

someone's kindly old grandfather. 

Every one is in the right place right now to make nice. Israel is strong.

Syria doesn't really want a war. The Palestinians, Hamas or not, deserve 

better than this and for sure their children do.  The Settlers in Hebron 

need to be relocated I suggest Poland or Germany These Jews have 

redefined my religion so much in two generations that these countries 

may have finally come deserve their Jews.

Edited by Daniel Dworsky