Comments on: Israel Arrests 10 Hamas Leaders

Military Says Those Arrested Were Trying To Restore Hamas Administration

[cbsantispin]

factseacher:
realitycalls:

With the advent of installing the election loser Benjamin Netanyahu as the Israeli Prime Minister, Israel is sending a clear signal Israel is not interested in Peace, a Palestinian State or stopping the building of Settlements in occupied territories. I hope the U.S. sends an equally strong signal in return and at a minimum cut of the $4 billion annually in U.S. Aid. You both need to stop drinking the Israeli KoolAid.

[factsearcher]

The endless conflict of the ME has a lot to do with the eternal desire of extremist parties (call them, hezbollah, hamas, alqaida, cels, etc) pounding on the poor and needed in order to brainwash and acquire power. Nothing more and nothing less.
POWER. Israel happens to be be in the way of their regional objectives (thank goodness because I can only imagine what the world would be now without them in the region...with their capabalities!)
After 911, America had a little taste of what really has been going on and we cannot forget what Europe, Africa, Philippines, Sudan, Somalia... have been exposed to for years.
It is not about politics and emotions.
It is about power and domination. This monster is becoming bigger and bigger. Who will have the guts to to burt this bubble before its too late. Everybody looks solely at Israel.

Only, the above average intelligent person can truly understand that Israel is our hope, eyes, ears and shield when it comes to the ME chaos.

[cbsantispin]

The endless conflicts in the Middle East are all about the politics between the mind and the emotions, if the mind doesn't figure out a way to get the upper hand over the emotions, these conflicts will eventually spiral out of control and our world will end.

[cbsantispin]

People elected to power have a different kind of energy associated with their power than people appointed to power. People appointed to power always seem and appear weaker than those elected to power. Having lost Israel's Prime Minister election to winner Tzipi Livni and appointed to power as Israeli Prime Minister over the will of the Israeli Voters, Benjamin Netanyahu will be the Roland Burris of Israel.

[cbsantispin]

realitycalls:

You ask me what's my agenda? That's perfect, because I don't have one! That's exactly the way I want it. My perceptions and comments are pure and heartfelt. Israel is taking advantage of it's relationship with the U.S., I don't like it, if I was forced to pick an agenda, speaking out against Israel exploiting the U.S. would be it.

[cbsantispin]

realitycalls:

Perception is reality, it looks like the Israeli Hawks want to bomb Irans nuclear complex and support pro war Benjamin Netanyahu over pro peace Tzipi Livni and stole Livni's Election victory from her! I'm concerned Israel will bomb Iran without touching base with the U.S. first and dragging the U.S. into another war. The aggression has to stop by all involved, it's nothing more than revenge and counter revenge on steroids! Enough!

[cbsantispin]

First of all, Parliamentary governments are formed in the exact manner it was done in Israel...look it up. Democracy as its best.

Posted by factsearcher at 3:25 PM : Mar 17, 2009

Judging from the results, Parliamentary governments look stupid! Why have the civilian population Vote at all if the results will be overturned to the liking of the Parliament? The Israeli people Voted and elected Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Parliament Voted and elected Benjamin Netanyahu, whats wrong with that picture? Doesn't look Democratic to me! It looks like letting the Israeli people Vote is a waste of time, why not just have the Israeli Parliament Vote and select whomever they want since that's how it ends up anyway? Sometimes "simple" is good! What it looks like is that Tzipi Livni won Israel's Prime Minister election and got s c r e w e d!

[cbsantispin]

You don't seem to focus, but that's okay.

Posted by realitycalls at 1:12 PM : Mar 17, 2009

It depends on how you define "focus", in fact when dealing with Israel, "focus" may be the problem! Israel is a complex puzzle that needs to be broken down and reassembled where it makes sense from a U.S. perspective! Let me give you a simple example of where focus doesn't paint the proper picture. The United States and Israel are very close military allies, the U.S. has restrictions on selling U.S. military technology to China, the sale of U.S. military technology to China is forbidden by U.S. Law. You would think Israel being a close U.S. ally who receives over $4 Billion annually in U.S. Aid with no strings attached would not need to be specifically told not to sell advanced military technology to China that U.S. forces may face defending a Taiwan invasion, but Israel does exactly that and in most cases circumvent U.S. Law even further by selling military technology in parts and pieces to China to be reassembled after its delivered to get around Laws and Agreements. The U.S. actually has to negotiate and sign agreements with Israel to make sure Israel observes rules and U.S. Laws on these military and advanced technology sales to China which for the most part Israel seeks to break out of. This is not the behavior of a close ally, its the behavior of a two faced backstabber! In order to make the point further, what Israel is doing with China would be like the U.S. having 50 active military contracts with Hezzbollah and Hamas over Israeli objections. If you "focus" on Israel being a sovereign nation that can decide what it wants then military sales to China may not look so bad, but in the broader picture of Israel being a close U.S. ally, the military and advanced technology sales to China look irresponsible and shady. The United States also would never have destroyed the Lebanese infrastructure the way Israel did or drop cluster bombs illegally all over Lebanon, I'm sure the U.S. regrets selling Cluster Bombs to Israel now, the U.S. would never have used Cluster Bombs in that manner dropping them all over civilian living areas, many kids died touching those unexploded Cluster Bombs, but enough of the obvious, true Democracies don't do things like that!

[factsearcher]

THe post below shows how narrow minds think without even researching their empty narrowed opinions.
First of all, Parliamentary governments are formed in the exact manner it was done in Israel...look it up. Democracy as its best.
Second of all, who in the world can truly believe that USA will follow orders from Israel in attacking Iran.... are you fifth grader? Actually 5th graders are smater!
What's happening with Bibi is that most of you don't like his straight forward no bull way to do business.
It is simple.
As long as hamas continues terrorizing Gaza and its population, as long as they continue smuggling weapons thru tunnels, using their women and children as suicide bombers, hiding in common populated areas so cowardly to avoid being caught or killed, shooting rockets constantly.......
As long as the violence continues...there is no agreement, there is no opening of borders, there is NO DEAL!
That simple! That's why Bibi is soooo good for Israel.



In my view this idea that Israel is a "true" Democracy is now debatable. In the recent Israeli elections to decide the next Israeli Prime Minister, the Israeli people spoke, Tzipi Livni was the winner! Tzipi Livni supports the creation of a Palestinian State and a halt to Israeli Settlements in occupied territories. Benjamin Netanyahu who lost the recent Israeli election for Prime Minister to the "clear winner" Tzipi Livni is being installed anyway by right wing fanatics who refuse to accept the Israeli election results or listen to the voice and will of the Israeli Electorate! What is the point of Israeli elections? Israeli elections appear to be all show and no substance! Benjamin Netanyahu represents no Palestinian State, continued construction in occupied territories, an attack on Iran's nuclear complex and manipulating events to drag the U.S. into a war with Iran whether the U.S. thinks a war with Iran is in its best interest or not! Benjamin Netanyahu is a far right wing "war monger" hell bent on attacking Iran's nuclear facilities and dragging the U.S. along with him when he thinks the timing is right. If the U.S. attacks Iran's nuclear complex it should be a U.S. decision, not Israels, if the U.S. opens up a 3rd war front, it should be a U.S. decision, not Israels and if the U.S. does agree to attack Iran's nuclear complex with Israel, it should be a U.S. decision, not Israels! What the U.S. should make 100% clear to coup d'etat victor Benjamin Netanyahu is that he should not attack Iran's nuclear facilities and expect automatic, blank check U.S. support! The U.S. has to talk like this when dealing with Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli hawks who interpret fuzzy understandings with the U.S. to mean Israel has a blank check to do whatever it wants, previous Israeli events speak for themselves on this. Israel is another version of the current "AIG" who uses U.S. aid and weapons to do things even the U.S. itself would not do. Tzipi Livni won the recent Israeli election, not Benjamin Netanyahu and we should not even be here!

Posted by cbsantispin

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realitycalls:

The confusion over how the Israeli government functions originates from Israel itself, Its Israel that claims to be a Democracy modeled after the United States when in fact it's nothing of the kind, unless Israel is referring to it's most recent election where it copied Bush/Gore 2000, that's the only thing resembling the U.S. to me and as close as Israel gets to Democracy!