Comments on: I will stand on the side of the egg…What? http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/i-will-stand-on-the-side-of-the-eggwhat.html A blog about current events from a Christian perspective. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:19:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/i-will-stand-on-the-side-of-the-eggwhat.html/comment-page-1#comment-2041 casey Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:51:54 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/?p=504#comment-2041 Hi Bob, the end result may have been that Israel acquired more land, but if you go back and look at what actually happened, those were defensive wars. Israel was attacked. It did not "wage wars to get more land." I'm of the opinion that they should not give back an inch of strategic land, since they obtained it in self-defense. Nevertheless, they gave back land to Egypt to get peace with them and have shown that they are willing to negotiate for peace. The Palestinian side has never made a peaceful gesture...unless you count firing less rockets than usual as an olive leaf. Hi Bob, the end result may have been that Israel acquired more land, but if you go back and look at what actually happened, those were defensive wars. Israel was attacked. It did not “wage wars to get more land.” I’m of the opinion that they should not give back an inch of strategic land, since they obtained it in self-defense. Nevertheless, they gave back land to Egypt to get peace with them and have shown that they are willing to negotiate for peace. The Palestinian side has never made a peaceful gesture…unless you count firing less rockets than usual as an olive leaf.

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/i-will-stand-on-the-side-of-the-eggwhat.html/comment-page-1#comment-2039 Kansas Bob Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:46 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/?p=504#comment-2039 I am absolutely pro-Israel Casey. That said, I think that these Middle East conflicts are part of a much bigger and murkier picture that began on May 14, 1948 when the UN gave Israel land that the UN did not own. Since that time Israel has waged a few wars to get more land. It is understandable that the Palestinians don't like the folks that took the land that they thought was theirs. I am not a scholar in these areas and may not be understanding of the history.. feel free to correct me. I can't stand the terrorism of Hamas or any terrorism for that matter but it seems that some of these terrorists were once our "friends" that we helped arm with weapons. Sign me frustrated and not seeing a good solution in the Middle East. I am absolutely pro-Israel Casey. That said, I think that these Middle East conflicts are part of a much bigger and murkier picture that began on May 14, 1948 when the UN gave Israel land that the UN did not own. Since that time Israel has waged a few wars to get more land. It is understandable that the Palestinians don’t like the folks that took the land that they thought was theirs.

I am not a scholar in these areas and may not be understanding of the history.. feel free to correct me. I can’t stand the terrorism of Hamas or any terrorism for that matter but it seems that some of these terrorists were once our “friends” that we helped arm with weapons.

Sign me frustrated and not seeing a good solution in the Middle East.

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