Neal, I bet you have read now that Cynthia McKinney's boat was rammed by Israelis. Now, I'm a staunch defender of Israel's right to self-defense. If Hamas is so stupid as to attack Israel, they deserve what they get. However, I wanted to know your take on the McKinney incident since you have a love-hate relationship with her. You love to hate her! Just kidding. I can see a mutual respect and a certain hometown connection between the two of you, despite the fact that you are polar opposites on most issues.

--JD
www.offeringcommonsense.blogspot.com

I hope Obama's administration wont be like Condi Rice telling Israel through the gap of her teeth to stop the "occupation." Israel is occupying palestine just as much as USA is occupying England, Mexico, and France.

Support Israel, always

The Gaza attacks highlight Israel’s skepticism of world opinion. Ever since there arose in Egypt a pharaoh who knew not Joseph, these people have found few allies.
We consider the Holocaust as 6 million dead Jews compared to our population, but they remember just over 9 million resided in all Europe. In this country about 185 million people would need to be murdered, incinerated, and consigned to landfills. They remember Nazi’s could not have been so efficient without apathy or active cooperation from majorities of people in the occupied countries. They also remember Abba Eban’s U.N. observer experience. He was told bluntly that 6 million dead Jews had bought him only two years tolerance for efforts transforming the Balfour Declaration into the new Israeli state.

In current confrontations, Israeli’s understand selective moral outrage leads to their worldwide condemnation. Israel is castigated for killing civilians, while Articles 28 and 29 of the Fourth Geneva Convention say terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hammas are responsible for those deaths. These civilians qualify as Protected Persons within terrorist control, and civilian presence cannot be used to render certain points and areas immune from military operations.

Expect Israel to follow it’s own council as to necessary self-defense actions. The Gaza actions demonstrate Israel will probably again enforce U.N. nuclear non-proliferation principles at their chosen time. A 5,000-mile flight to Iran is no problem for 100 determined men who are committed to a one-way mission, and who properly understand the lessons of Jewish history.

are being committed by Hamas every time they launch attacks or store arms in civilian areas. And those who violate the Conventions are NOT entitled to ANY protection under them.

With profits from oil sales dropping could be Hamas and other terrorist groups will suffer a decrease in the flow of funds for missiles, explosives and ammunition. Iran and the Saudis may have to cut back on money for awhile. Keep up the good work Israel.

I'm also curious about the claim that Israel is preventing food and medicine from going to Gaza.

Rockets are going there. A rocket is bigger than a loaf of bread or a vial of medicine. How is it that the Gazanies can have armament delivered but not other supplies? Tell you what, ask your delivery service to hollow out the rockets and put the medicine in there! Problem solved.

Gaza would be a great place for resorts, once the murderous vermin are cleared out.

I love the way the alleged news service reuters shows teens throwing chunks of concrete and kids shooting wrist rockets, and calls it a "protest." When people are fighting cops in the streets, it's a riot. Anyone dumb enough to throw rocks at people with guns should meet Darwin.

Neal is, as per usual, dead on.
Just a few days ago, I was talking about this problem with my girlfriend (before the Israeli action began). I have a plan for peace in Israel that is guaranteed to work and it is simple.
First, take out a full page ad in newspapers around the world (especially in so called 'palestinian' and 'palestinian' sympathetic areas. In this ad, lay out the case: the repeated violations of truces by palestinians, the 3000 or so rocket attacks fired blindly into Israel, the way Hamas hides behind women and children while firing at Israeli's, and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. Then explain that because of the actions of Hamas, there can be no multi-state solution, no peace plan, and no palestine. For too many years, Israel has extended it's hand in peace only to have rockets fired at innocent civilians. No nation should have to put up with terrorism and then be forced to bow to terrorists wishes and demands. Period. Then I'd issue a choice to the Palestinian people - if you want to be an Israeli citizen, you may apply for citizenship by going to israeli checkpoints and applying. Then I'd line up tanks and push through the 'palestinian' regions until they seize control.
The problem with world opinion is that, for the most part, it is sympathetic to terrorism when it comes to Israel. Most of these nations that are sympathetic to 'palestinians' are anti-semitic to begin with. Israel has a right to defend itself and should be supported for their decades long fight against terrorism instead of denounced for defending itself.
I hope the Israeli people have the will to finish the job this time and root out the terrorists who don't want peace and treaties, but death and the spread of hate.
The US doesn't negotiate with terrorists, so why should Israel be forced to?

Well, if Israel does go into Gaze to "clean house" all they will find is those "peace loving" terrorists hiding behind their women and children! The cowards will not fight face to face but will run and hide until Israel leaves. Then, the SOS will start up again and again! There will never be peace in that region as long as one jew and one arab are still alive! And you can take that to the bank!!!

And we go around the spiral again. Hamas shoots rockets. Israel shoots rockets a whole lot more accurately. Repeat ad infinitum.

Jimmy Carter actually has this called correctly. There are only two outcomes: No Arabs within 200 miles of the Temple Mount or No Jews alive in the Middle East.

I just hope they don't take the rest of the world with them.

These Palestinian mothers put their children at risk the same way that the mothers claim that their son, shot by police during an armed robbery, was a good boy who never got into any trouble, despite having an arrest record 15 pages long. Denial is not a river in Egypt.

It is quite amazing. The world truly is on the side of what is evil.

I am so tired of this double standard that the world and Islam play with Israel. Who stood up and defened Israel when the peace loving Islamic radicals were shooting off rockets into innocent Isreal, who?
So Neal, please keep it this up and give our support to the only democratic country in that area.

If we would have simply let Israel finish the job the first time we wouldn't be here... If the "Palestinians" really wanted peace they'd have it.. What they want is war and what they should get is death...

"Palestinians" stopped being victims when they voted in Hamas to lead them... I sincerly hope Israel finishes the task this time!