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Your Summary Is Entirely Incorrect MrFarstrider Send a noteboard - 03/08/2014 02:35:45 AM

As this article states, the Middle Eastern regimes fear democratic processes. Authoritarian leadership is what keeps them in power. If Hamas truly is an extension of the Muslim Brotherhood (which I don't think it is), then the traditional regimes have reason to distance themselves from insurgent uprisings. It has NOTHING to do with Israel or tacit support for Israel.

Furthermore, Israel is portraying itself as an absolute beast on the international scene. It's one of those instances where Israel is winning the tactical objectives but losing the strategic objectives because of improper measure of force. It's a boat without a rudder and losing EU and US support by each passing day.

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The new normal in the Middle East: Israel + Moderate Nations vs. Terrorists and their supporters Anonymous2000 - 02/08/2014 07:23:03 PM 820 Views
Your Summary Is Entirely Incorrect MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 02:35:45 AM 540 Views
Go Israel Go! All Hamas has to do is stop firing missles into Israel. Anonymous2000 - 03/08/2014 04:07:24 AM 486 Views
You may want to ask yourself when and why they started. *NM* Legolas - 03/08/2014 06:30:12 PM 229 Views
obviously it was four weeks ago under no provocation whatsoever moondog - 04/08/2014 08:38:24 PM 509 Views
I think firing a missile at a school puts Israel at fault. TheCrownless - 03/08/2014 07:00:49 PM 556 Views
Nope, you attack your enemy wherever they are. Anonymous2000 - 03/08/2014 07:16:45 PM 452 Views
Nop, revisit missile firing 101 TheCrownless - 03/08/2014 07:25:59 PM 587 Views
You've Got This Spot On MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 09:14:59 PM 495 Views
Sorry, you are wrong. Anonymous2000 - 04/08/2014 04:41:11 PM 458 Views
Actually, the Geneva convention agrees with me. *NM* TheCrownless - 04/08/2014 11:38:17 PM 252 Views
and all israel has to do is stop killing women and children indiscriminately moondog - 04/08/2014 08:31:45 PM 448 Views
moondog = moron Anonymous2000 - 05/08/2014 07:23:05 PM 470 Views
glad to have you on record supporting the slaughter of innocents moondog - 06/08/2014 08:28:58 PM 522 Views
Israel has no choice about this. AgentApple - 07/08/2014 11:06:14 PM 531 Views
israel has plenty of choices, they choose to ignore the ones that don't kill innocent lives moondog - 11/08/2014 11:20:02 PM 516 Views
Have to give Hamas credit for that AgentApple - 03/08/2014 10:34:10 AM 636 Views
Well nossy - 03/08/2014 11:48:25 AM 634 Views
Don't forget you are being lied to by the media AgentApple - 07/08/2014 10:48:25 PM 488 Views
Yep. AgentApple - 03/08/2014 10:24:29 AM 484 Views
Yes, Egypt is shutting its doors to Gaza and soon Hamas will be completed trapped Anonymous2000 - 03/08/2014 07:10:51 PM 512 Views
That Means They're Going To Get More Extreme MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 09:07:03 PM 531 Views
Israel is winning the battle and winning the war..... Anonymous2000 - 04/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 469 Views
as said by many observers: you can't kill a concept moondog - 04/08/2014 08:33:43 PM 521 Views
Most of that article is pretty good really. Legolas - 03/08/2014 06:56:15 PM 534 Views
The Middle East Is A Strange Place MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 09:30:17 PM 583 Views
I agree on the "moderate" part. Tom - 04/08/2014 10:27:15 PM 492 Views
I have an instinctive pro-democracy and anti-Gulf dictatorships bias. Legolas - 06/08/2014 09:47:45 PM 508 Views
I don't support what masquerades as "democracy" in the Middle East. Tom - 07/08/2014 04:54:39 PM 559 Views
So if I understand you right, you want to go back to the "glory days" of the 1960s. Or something. Legolas - 07/08/2014 06:31:28 PM 564 Views
While Morsi was in power, Hamas didn't need Iran AgentApple - 07/08/2014 11:14:51 PM 529 Views
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