And privately, and oddly, respect you more for. Like how the man that batters his wife suddenly pays attention to her, and sees her as a person, with strength, the day she has enough, and walks out, for good. No use being a half measure battered wife, is there? No use being an appeaser or a half truther.
That's why, I'm afraid, I have limited respect for those that treat the 'Palestinian cause' here, as some sort of almost leftist, hippy style fashion. They have convinced themselves that if only they behave all sweet and PC, and if only they are all good little boys and girls, and if only they obey all the little laws, that one day, the phone is going to ring, and it will be Zionist Jews on the phone, wanting to ask them over to sort out a nation for Palestine. Yet, ask many of these posers, sorry, but that is what they are, ask them to take off the blinkers, and realise that you can do NOTHING to help them, UNLESS you can do SOMETHING to take it to Zionist infiltration here. Show them it though, and they run away, and why? Because, they want to be PC, and do not want to ever be seen to do or say anything that may look like they are using the J word. Thus, because of their half truth position, they want to tell all their mates how good they are, as they support 'the cause', when in fact they cannot even face up to some realities, when you offer them, to them...
Your unsupported declarations are meaningless. OF course a comparison of Israels willingness to go it alone in Iraq is relevant to a comparison of their willingness now to go it alone in Iran. Probably the most relevant comparison there could be.
Saudi Arabia would be even more willing to allow overflight of their territory. Syria could likely be overflown, before they would even notice right now.
S Arabia are a rogue and terrorist state in my eyes, with far more punative laws than you would find in Iran, and much less freedoms for women. I also think they are false Muslims a lot of the time, I know Margot will LEAP to their defence, but when you ask pointed questions, those that defend them tend to melt away...
What the hell do you think that has to do with Israels willingness to go it alone against Iran? They are your typical Islamic fundamentalist with the one exception. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Muhammad ibn Saud deal at the end of the 1700s, in essence dividing politics and religion. Separation of church and state, Islamic style. The house of Saud in control of the political power, and the Wahabis in control of the religious power. Contradicting Islamic doctrine where religion and government are one and the same.
Islamic style separation of religion and government? Islam informs just about every aspect of saudi life and culture. It is impossible to actually separate Islam from their world view. While the Whabbhis define the Islamic school of thought, the house of saud rules the nation. There isn't any parallel in the west.
Not it's national government. Not its foreign policy. That authority remains with the Sauds. Thats why the likes of Al Qaeda is so hell bent on removing them.
You take things told to you by known liars, at face value,and enjoy a simple narrative, for everything.
Why? Because I do not harbour a simplistic narrative of AL QUEDA? You probably think they even have a website, with an add to cart feature....
Poor Benny. Bad tactics to throw your weight behind the losing candidate, at the election Also, Obama is not a legacy President, in so far as he is not seeking election again, and is less likely to apprecite Benny's demands, petulance, and routine huffs. But Israel cannot and will not go it alone. If they could have, they would have. The pretend they can, because they are insecure, and like the fella that assures you, loudly, that they could take anyone in a fight. They are just trying to assure themselves. No US money spent on it, and lives spared for it...no chance of Israel going it alone. Going it alone, Iran could hurt them, and if attacked first, would have every right to. How many attacks could a pop that may have 2.5 mill adults take?
You always held the 3% of the yearly Israeli national budget in too high regard, it helps but to say it holds the economy is just crazy talk.... Not a single US troop fought aside Israel in its wars, not one will fight in the future either so you are wrong again here as well.
You can call them smurfs for all we care, they are Islamists that cellebrate death and cannot be negotiated, no one can negotiate with a man that sees his existance on this planet as an illusion while "real life" await him in the next world, From the tape of the terrorists the blew London in 2005: All we can do is help them getting 77 vergins before they kill someone, its a win win situation.