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Zeets2 » 27 Oct 2024, 2:36 pm » wrote: ↑

27 Oct 2024, 2:36 pm

Of course Israel couldn't survive without our help.  But don't look at that as just a one-way street.  The US has an excellent strategic ally in that which is the most hostile region of the world, and having that benefits us greatly.  We also enjoy a permanent partner with Israel who has no problem taking on the terrorism that's fomented by Iran, Lebanon, Somalia, and Yemen, where we have since been enjoined by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, and Qatar, all which were once unified against Israel but have now agreed to accept and trade with them, and in doing so created a closer alliance with the US as well.  I can even see Saudi Arabia joining that group in the near future under Trump, limiting further the extension of peace in the area.  And depending upon how badly Israel decimates Hezbollah in Lebanon, there's always the hope that even they can renounce terrorism and recognize the benefits of bettering trade relations within that group, isolating Iran much further.

I see no reason to continue claiming that the Israeli purpose is to inflict genocide on Palestine.  At some point, and quite possibly in the very near future when Hamas is completely destroyed and Gaza has to elect new leaders, there will be an opportunity to bring peace between them as well.  If instead they choose to continue launching rockets and missiles at Israel every day under a new government that maintains the same charter as Hamas calling for the destruction of Israel, I wouldn't expect anything to change in the foreseeable future.

While you and others continue to blame Israel for what has transpired and forced them to defend themselves, I see the only chance for peace lies in the hands of Gaza itself.  And I'm quite comfortable leaving the choices to Israel about how best to maintain their own security.