<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (drake24 @ Nov 20 2006, 04:09 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lol. It doesn't matter that we are helping Israel, that is just their way of "justifying" thier attacks on the US. The fact is they just don't like us. They don't like our way of life, our culture, our exceptence for Jews, our freedom, our government, they don't like anything about us. So the second we stop funding Israel, that makes Islamic extremeists think we are weak and backing down, scared of them. So I don't think cutting the funds will solve anything.</div>Please. :wtf1: You are so out of touch with reality regarding what the middle east is about. You are basically taking media talk and than just spitting it on the forums. Trust me when I say this: Arabs don't hate Jews - they hate Zionist Israel. Also, extremists don't use Israel as an excuse to hate the US - it IS ONE of the reasons they don't like the US - and trust me, the middle east isn't the only place that doesn't like the US. Middle Eastern countries also don't hate Americans, they just dont like their foreign policies - as you can see, the US is acting like the world police. (Iraq is a huge example) - no one likes that, it isn't only the mid east.and PLEASE stop saying "they dont like our freedom, our way of life, our culture" bull sh*t - that isn't true - they actually love Western Culture. (at least the younger generations) - and for the older generation they def couldn't care less about American culture - they are happy with their own. Actually, in Egpyt they find that Egyptian culture is better than American culture. Many of the countries in the middle east are 100x better than what is in America. (Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi Arabia are great places to live) and if we do cut funds to israel than we won't be doing it only to stop terrorists from attacking the US - we would also be doing the right thing in general. I don't see it being right to support another terrorist country while we are going on a huge war to stop terrorists.EDIT: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Israeli offensive in Gaza City kills 2 By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer Tue Nov 21, 7:44 AM ET GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Israeli military launched a three-pronged offensive in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday,
killing a top Hamas commander in its latest operation against Palestinian rocket squads. -
(OK - they did their job, now leave)An elderly Palestinian woman died in a gunbattle between troops and militants. (+1 to innocent Palestinian dead)Troops entered the town of Jebaliya after dawn. Bulldozers plowed over farms, ripping up irrigation systems and destroying greenhouses and fields. A main electricity transformer, which provides about 60 percent of the power to the Zeitoun neighborhood, was also destroyed. (Ok - so than you go and tear up infastructure that is vital to the survival of the people - you go and destroy family farms and irrigation systems which have been kept in the family for generations and is a source for food and income...why?)Four people, including at least one Hamas gunman, was wounded when a tank shell hit a group of fighters, witnesses said. (Ok - +3 innocent Palestinians injured) Israeli bulldozers demolished a factory between Jebaliya and Beit Lahiya in an area where rockets were launched Tuesday morning. Troops also razed land on the outskirts of Beit Lahiya and took up positions on high ground. (...why would they do this - just to add to the devastation that's already taking place?)...The violence in Gaza has been accompanied in recent months by increasing poverty brought on by international sanctions meant to force the Hamas-led government to recognize Israel and disarm. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the separately elected head of the moderate Fatah Party, had hoped to persuade Western countries to lift the boycott by establishing a government of experts to replace the Hamas-led body. On Monday Fatah officials suddenly announced that months of negotiations had broken down, but it wasn't clear whether the suspension was the sign of a real crisis or simply a negotiating tactic by a weakened Fatah. On Tuesday, the Saudi daily Okaz reported on its front page that Abbas, who was visiting Saudi Arabia, would resign if the U.S. refused to deal with the future Palestinian government.</div>Yeah...F*ck Israel.
