Originally posted by Overlag
so you agree that Israel is into empire building and stealing land, they want Lebanon's defences taken away (Hezbullah ) so they can take that land too?
Yeah, they're Empire building. That's why they've given back most of the land they've taken in the wars between their formation and now. If they're empire building, then they're not doing a very good job at it.
Mightyboy is correct. If the Arabs stopped fighting (shelling civilian targets), there would be peace. If Isreal stopped fighting, there would be no Israel.
The fact of the matter here is much more simple. If you had as many Jews walking the streets of Europe as you did Arabs, the lot of you would be crying for krystalnacht part 2.
Just like we Americans are a bunch of gun-toting, bible-thumping rednecks, you suffer from geosocially-induced antisemitism. The things to which you're blind, we see, and vice versa, and it'll be a cold day in hell before either side admits to being wrong, morally questionable, or logically-flawed. Stereotypes suck, but there's often a morsel of truth in them all.