08-01-2002, 09:13 PM
All valid points Arthur, and I would agree 100% with you if we were discussing this issue anytime through September 10, 2001. However, the rules have changed. If I were to agree with all of your very valid points, how do we allow terrorism to flourish in Palestine? Israel will not be able stop it. Hamas is a huge threat to us. There are over 100 thousand trained Hamas soldiers in Lebanon alone. All of them dedicated to die for their cause. The sophistication of their training in Syria and Lebanon makes al-quida’s Afgan camps look like boy scout training.
The US government is well aware of this. Hamas has vowed to destroy Sharon and Israel. They have tried to pursue prosecution of Sharon for war crimes through World Courts and have exhausted all of their legal means. They are not just going to wash their hands of their dreams and say oh well, we tried.
We are no longer in a position to get buy in from the rest of the world before we act. Count on the following, regardless of what the leaders of these country say in public. Turkey will allow us to launch attacks against Iraq from it’s soil. Bahrain will allow us to place troops anywhere in their country to further any American objective in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait will give us free access to airstrips. Jordan will scream loud and clear but will look the other way. We will do what we must do or we will loose.
And remember one little known fact about Israel’s nukes. They cannot fire without our approval. We control one key to every one of their nukes. As part of our agreement to arm Israel, we were smart enough to insist on control conditions. They can talk all they want, they can’t act without our approval.
The world has changed folks. Americans need to learn the rules will not be the same. Remember WWII. We were not going to get involved even though the world new we needed to. Roosevelt could not commit the US to helping it’s allies. It was politically impossible. England and France begged us to help, but we couldn’t. Americans wouldn’t stand for it. It was their war. Well the rest is history isn’t it.
The US government is well aware of this. Hamas has vowed to destroy Sharon and Israel. They have tried to pursue prosecution of Sharon for war crimes through World Courts and have exhausted all of their legal means. They are not just going to wash their hands of their dreams and say oh well, we tried.
We are no longer in a position to get buy in from the rest of the world before we act. Count on the following, regardless of what the leaders of these country say in public. Turkey will allow us to launch attacks against Iraq from it’s soil. Bahrain will allow us to place troops anywhere in their country to further any American objective in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait will give us free access to airstrips. Jordan will scream loud and clear but will look the other way. We will do what we must do or we will loose.
And remember one little known fact about Israel’s nukes. They cannot fire without our approval. We control one key to every one of their nukes. As part of our agreement to arm Israel, we were smart enough to insist on control conditions. They can talk all they want, they can’t act without our approval.
The world has changed folks. Americans need to learn the rules will not be the same. Remember WWII. We were not going to get involved even though the world new we needed to. Roosevelt could not commit the US to helping it’s allies. It was politically impossible. England and France begged us to help, but we couldn’t. Americans wouldn’t stand for it. It was their war. Well the rest is history isn’t it.