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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 1146 Views
Your Summary Is Entirely Incorrect MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 02:35:45 AM 832 Views
Go Israel Go! All Hamas has to do is stop firing missles into Israel. Anonymous2000 - 03/08/2014 04:07:24 AM 756 Views
You may want to ask yourself when and why they started. *NM* Legolas - 03/08/2014 06:30:12 PM 342 Views
obviously it was four weeks ago under no provocation whatsoever moondog - 04/08/2014 08:38:24 PM 767 Views
I think firing a missile at a school puts Israel at fault. TheCrownless - 03/08/2014 07:00:49 PM 830 Views
Nope, you attack your enemy wherever they are. Anonymous2000 - 03/08/2014 07:16:45 PM 712 Views
Nop, revisit missile firing 101 TheCrownless - 03/08/2014 07:25:59 PM 919 Views
You've Got This Spot On MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 09:14:59 PM 787 Views
Sorry, you are wrong. Anonymous2000 - 04/08/2014 04:41:11 PM 725 Views
Actually, the Geneva convention agrees with me. *NM* TheCrownless - 04/08/2014 11:38:17 PM 399 Views
and all israel has to do is stop killing women and children indiscriminately moondog - 04/08/2014 08:31:45 PM 730 Views
moondog = moron Anonymous2000 - 05/08/2014 07:23:05 PM 756 Views
glad to have you on record supporting the slaughter of innocents moondog - 06/08/2014 08:28:58 PM 800 Views
Israel has no choice about this. AgentApple - 07/08/2014 11:06:14 PM 794 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 796 Views
Have to give Hamas credit for that AgentApple - 03/08/2014 10:34:10 AM 907 Views
Well nossy - 03/08/2014 11:48:25 AM 890 Views
Don't forget you are being lied to by the media AgentApple - 07/08/2014 10:48:25 PM 758 Views
Yep. AgentApple - 03/08/2014 10:24:29 AM 789 Views
Yes, Egypt is shutting its doors to Gaza and soon Hamas will be completed trapped Anonymous2000 - 03/08/2014 07:10:51 PM 775 Views
That Means They're Going To Get More Extreme MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 09:07:03 PM 817 Views
Israel is winning the battle and winning the war..... Anonymous2000 - 04/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 743 Views
as said by many observers: you can't kill a concept moondog - 04/08/2014 08:33:43 PM 795 Views
Most of that article is pretty good really. Legolas - 03/08/2014 06:56:15 PM 807 Views
The Middle East Is A Strange Place MrFarstrider - 03/08/2014 09:30:17 PM 855 Views
I agree on the "moderate" part. Tom - 04/08/2014 10:27:15 PM 769 Views
I have an instinctive pro-democracy and anti-Gulf dictatorships bias. Legolas - 06/08/2014 09:47:45 PM 789 Views
I don't support what masquerades as "democracy" in the Middle East. Tom - 07/08/2014 04:54:39 PM 815 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 851 Views
While Morsi was in power, Hamas didn't need Iran AgentApple - 07/08/2014 11:14:51 PM 778 Views
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