"And the only nation in the region that separates Church and State"
Thats bs. Israel is a religious state. Yes there are palestinian christians in Israel, they have no power though.
"Israel has not attacked its neighbors, only defended itself, and has done that very well."
More BS. They are stealing land from the Pals everyday. that is attacking. Yes, they do defend themselves well. However, it is easy to do with so much American support in the form of firearms, planes, technology, and money. If we gave palestine the same amount of support, they might be able to defend their land with more than rocks, slingshots, and the suicide bomber.
"No American has been called upon to shed his blood in defense of Israel, ever!"
I thought thats what we're in Iraq for now. They weren't part of the 9\11 terrorists. Lets see, is it 900 American deaths yet?
No? Just 850... Thats 850 American Deaths to many, 850 Americans who have shed there blood for Israel.
"Israel has taken a desert wasteland and turned it into a productive garden, the envy of other middle east countries."
Israel has diverted about 90% of the water in the region for it's own use. Amnesty International has done a few pieces on this disturbing and deadly trend.
"Israel has had nuclear weapons for over 30 years, but has never used them, the knowledge that they possess them has been enough to keep them safe from organized attacks as in 1967 or 1973."
This is true. The part that they have nuclear weapons for 30 years. Why is it that only Israel can have nuclear weapons (I know India and Pakistan have them) and no one else can? Israel, the country that is in violation of 63 U.N. resolutions can have WMD's but no one else can...Thats consistent...Israel also developed their nuclear arsenal out of the conviction that the Holocaust justified any measures to insure their survival. I wrote a nice peace regarding the Holocaust yetserday. Sadly it was deleted.
"Israel offered the PLO everything they claimed to want and it was refused by Arafat. The reason? He would not tolerate Israel's being!"
I seem to recall Israel assassinating their own leadership for wanting to make real peace with the Pals.
"So I would ask you funtime, why in the fuck would we not be supportive of them?"
Hmmm, maybe for selling our top secret military aircraft designs to China against our wishes. Doing this at the same time they receive $15,139,178 daily from the United States. Some friend Israel is.
For bulldozing Americans like Rachel Corrie. For shooting Americans in the face such as Brian Avery. What did these people do? protest the inhume way the Israeli's treat the Pals. Pretty much the same thing jewish leaders here in America do , encourage the Mexicans and blacks to protest unfair treatment, However, when someone protests their unfair treatment, they receive death.
For bombing the U.S.S. Liberty. In cold blood. Someone made reference to it being a spy ship in private waters. Wrong. They were in international waters. They had been communicating with the Israeli's all day. Even waving to them. Then they bombed The Liberty, they killed 34 Americans and wounded 271 more.
Why did this happen?
The fact is that this was an extremely high-level and top-secret attempt to exploit an American ship, the USS Liberty, to create a war by falsely implicating the Egyptian government. The purpose was to provide an excuse to attack and discredit Egypt and provide a ready-made excuse for whatever the Israeli government wanted to do.
"Do you think that if we didn't support Israel that the Islamic Fundamentalist would "like us"? Get over it, their religion teaches them to hate all who do not embrace Islam! And I assume that would include you!"
Tough to say. Personally I think not. I would take measures not to agitate them, including stopping support of Israel. I would also curtail immigration from these parts of the world. It's a shame that a war for the middle east may be fought on our soil, due to us permitting these warring factions onto our shores.
Bribite, let me ask you something; you claim to be a conservative, I would think you would support Pat Buchanan. Do you ever listen to what he says about our support for Israel?