Liberal Forum

Skans » 18 Oct 2023, 5:07 pm » wrote: ↑

18 Oct 2023, 5:07 pm

Ok, I'll shoot.  I can't say that I "love" Israel, but I respect it.

• It is the only true democracy in the middle east - its a fact and worth mentioning.
• Israel is a capitalist country
• There are many businesses in Israel that are very successful.  They make **** people want/need and put people to work.  https://companiesmarketcap.com/israel/l ... arket-cap/ The Arab countries hardly have any commerce not related to oil and banking. Basically, they don't know how to make **** people want/need.
• Israelis, for the most part, are peaceful people - they don't go around starting wars or terrorizing civilians.  They value peace.  As far as I can tell, they gave back tons of land they captured from Egypt and Jordan in a war started by those countries, just to make peace with them.
• Israel is the epicenter of Christianity. And, the Israeli government not only allows this but safeguards Christians and Christian religious sites from Palestinian assholes who would destroy them in an instant.  There isn't even one Arab nation that preserves Christian religious sites.  Egypt used to try and protect Coptics from its Arab population, but since the Arab Spring, they have pretty much said "F-it".  Lebanon used to protect Maronites from ruthless Muslim thugs, but Hezbollah has shoved them all out of Lebanon. 

Now, why do you (seemingly) hate Israel so much?

P.S. On the issue of foreign aid.  My position is that NO NATION should receive annual foreign aid from the U.S.  If there is something going on that justifies it as a one-time thing, the Congress should vote on it.  Israel does receive too much aid from the U.S.  But, so do many other nations.  We need to cut all that **** out.