thank you both. I think I am more inclined to Gruss' position (esp point #1) but I realize how much I don't know about the Mideast so, well, I hope that he and Warren Christopher are wrong. Anyone else want to say anything?
On 7/28/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Chesty wrote: > > He's wrong, dead wrong. > > He's exactly right, live right. I know that for 3 reasons: > > (1.) Putting myself in that position. I'm at home with my family > trying to enjoy a Friday night and 500lb bomb hits the local hospital > and sends my wife into hysterics, and my kids begin screaming, "Daddy, > make it stop! Please save us!" The people who dropped the bomb say, > "oh. So sorry. It's not personal. We're not targeting you." Guess > what my response would be? It would be, "I'M GOING TO FECKING KILL > YOU!" > > (2.) The first rule of fixing humans is to stop the bleeding and avert > further harm. Or, to use another metaphor, when you're in a hole, > stop digging. The more they destroy, the more refugees they create, > the more enemies they create, the more money they lose, the more > Israelis that die, etc. Any teacher knows the value of, "I don't care > who started it, I'm stopping it." > > (3.) The Israelis cannot win this war any more than the US can "win" > in Iraq. It is physically impossible to stop a religious movement - > any Christian will tell you that. The more death and destruction that > occurs, the closer we come to that. > > That having been said, the Israelis are clearly right - but being > right doesn't lift you out of a hole. Only the US can do that. We > need allow the Israelis to save face by pulling both sides down and > the start negotiations. > > If negotiations fail, then we need to bring in a multi-national force > in to fight along side with the Israelis. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:211980 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
