reasonable and respectful reply - i thank you for this.
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:40 am
I just don't see how anyone could unravel the convoluted mess enough to be able to confidently take one side or another.
it helps to undertand me from my posts. from them you can see i'm an idealist.
I'm a realist too - only idealist first, realist second (i.e. i know the real world is not fair, but strive to make it more ideal in my - i'm a nobody and only can do my little part here - like all other billions of nobodies on this wold.......by sad posts/personal actions in my community/etc.
agreed, UN are twats. hell the Human Rights Council (or whatever its called had/has Lybia in it!!!!!!!!!!!)- no argument from me here.
she is just another League of Nations - a toothless hypocritical debating society (and you know? that GREAT TO ME - as a debating society its role is valuable!..............last thing I would want is a World Government with teeth! -- UN will never be the latter, only fools fear the UN as a real power as a world government.
I actually VALUE regional power. and though LOATHE my State's (Oklahoma) government today being rightwing republican - i value State Power in principle (for i know ok will swing to the dems someday) as a check on my Nation's federal power.
for example - i personally do not like pot (other do so that fine by me - support liberty overall), make me paranoid. CA and 14 other states now make it legal to smoke pot via their State Laws (though its illegal Federally).
same with Right to Die (which I support) - legal in some states (Oregon was the first 20 yrs ago) - again illegally Federally.
the feds just "pick their battles" and usually do not fight the states when the will of those in said states are against them.
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what i'm saying is that i value the "roles" each plays. from the meager States to the Federal to the international (UN).
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:40 am
That said, I really don't see why Israel feels the need to keep expanding its settlements. What is the motive? If the entire region becomes Israel then wouldn't that make Palestinians Israeli citizens? None of it makes much sense. Obviously the Palestianiana have to live
somewhere.
Israel gov is not thinking logical nor longterm, all they are doing is playing ostrich and bunker mentality................if forced to think they will just place a faith in the concept that if they make life SO BAD for the Palis as to make them think they cannot live there any longer - they will pack their bags and move to (Jordan - will she take them? i don't think so - Labanon - will she take them? i don't think so - Egypt - will she take them? i don't think so - Syria - will she take them? i don't think so........................we have refugee camps now for 50 yrs on all those borders. so no, none will take them -----------------and most Palistinains out of personal pride and love for their hme (which is in the Westbank) will not leave!.
there is a right side and a wrong side in this issue.
the right side is the right to live in the land one was born in and calls home to remain at home.
the wrong side is the side that champions cattlecars (forced population transfer) and denies non Jews the right to Israeli citizenship if they by accident of birth to have been born in the Westbank.
its not rocket science.
just common human decency.