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Richard D

(10,018 posts)
14. Well, sorry for the kneejerk accusation . . .
Sun Dec 15, 2024, 08:25 PM
Dec 2024

. . . but we've had conversations before.

There's a video. There are witnesses. This happened. Or, prove me wrong.

See, here's the weird thing: If the village voted to be annexed to Israel, it's not colonialism. That's a definite knee jerk response. If they do, and I'm pretty sure that they do, want to be part of Israel because they know the outcome of staying part of Syria under an Islamist regime that doesn't see Druze as a legitimate part of Islam, and it doesn't take a lot of imagination to imagine the results of that, any humanitarian person should be all for that. But it is Israel's hate that makes people want to negate their choices and call it colonialism. It takes blind hatred of Israel to knee-jerk everything Israel is doing in the most negative way possible. Do you do that? I'll let you answer, but I've seen it over and over.

Israel is on the side of good here. They are in the process of remaking the Middle East into a better place. And they are doing so in response to being attacked on at least four fronts. Do you negate their right to defend themselves? Do you negate the right of Israel to exist? Then you are on the side of the terrorists and Iran. Is that wise? I cannot see any world where that has a good outcome.

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kick Eko Dec 2024 #1
Authoritarians, give them an inch they'll take a country n/t Cheezoholic Dec 2024 #2
Hell, why stop there? no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #3
Excellent idea! Richard D Dec 2024 #5
There is nothing Israel does that you won't defend iemanja Dec 2024 #10
On 25 March 2019, the U.S. formally recognized Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights. speak easy Dec 2024 #13
So, a kind of Westward Expansion for the Middle East Astraea Dec 2024 #18
Why is annexing other countries frowned upon these unless it's Israel? Polybius Dec 2024 #19
Pay up Sucker uncledad Dec 2024 #24
Probably already in the works Bettie Dec 2024 #16
he's not going to stop there. nt Javaman Dec 2024 #20
Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981. So it's been a done deal for 43 years in many/most Israeli minds nmmi Dec 2024 #4
Kinda interesting... Richard D Dec 2024 #6
Only about 20% of the Druze residents have Israeli citizenship muriel_volestrangler Dec 2024 #7
The six villages Richard D Dec 2024 #8
You can read about it here. . Richard D Dec 2024 #9
"An unverified video...purports to show a member of the Druze community...calling for the community to be annexed" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2024 #12
Well, sorry for the kneejerk accusation . . . Richard D Dec 2024 #14
Israel is on the side of good. That's a rather laughable claim rpannier Dec 2024 #17
Here's a map of the Golan Heights and the buffer zone nmmi Dec 2024 #11
No doubt this is all Hamas' fault, and they can end it any time they want. Orrex Dec 2024 #15
Some people! Aussie105 Dec 2024 #22
Right? And for the record... Orrex Dec 2024 #27
there is a word for this.... keroro gunsou Dec 2024 #21
No idea, it all looks like the bottom of the ocean that rose out of the water ages ago. Aussie105 Dec 2024 #23
What's so important about it for Israel is it is very high ground it looks over Israel EX500rider Dec 2024 #26
Which Syria regularly did until Israel occupied the Golan. maxsolomon Dec 2024 #29
Ski resorts and vineyards. Swede Dec 2024 #30
Of course they do. /nt artemisia1 Dec 2024 #25
Land Grab uncledad Dec 2024 #28
To the victors the spoils. Swede Dec 2024 #31
Might doesn't make right Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #32
Israel has become what they feared most in the past. Aussie105 Dec 2024 #33
Muslims conquered the Middle east, North Africa, Spain, and into Asia. Swede Dec 2024 #35
Let's not mention land grabs closer to home and much larger . . . Aussie105 Dec 2024 #37
Yes let's not mention them Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #38
What? Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #39
Read some history. Swede Dec 2024 #41
Got it Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #43
Oh, never mind. I just read you think Hamas and Hezbollah are resistance fighters. Swede Dec 2024 #42
Colonial? Jews have lived in the Middle East as long as Arabs, and other groups have... Israel has a right to exist BUT electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #36
Thank you for the thoughtful reply Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #40
That's how we got WW1 and WW2. Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #34
History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodated themselves with other people's property. Voltaire Ping Tung Dec 2024 #44
Good, should have happened 43 years ago. Tarc Dec 2024 #45
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