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Gary Katz

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01/12/2007
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10/29/2009

Posted in: Roger Cohen: The Israelis are the problem

Grossman's point about Israel having all that superior weaponry forgets that Israel is severely limited in how much it can use that weaponry. Israel gets criticized more for inflicting civilian casualties during war than any nation on Earth ever has. I challenge any reader to name any other country that has ever been scrutinized like that, ever. Unfortunately, the more Israel gets bashed, the less incentive the Palestinians have to attain a normal (non-terrorist) society and government. If the world (especially other Arabs and Muslims) stopped coddling the Palestinians, you'd see how fast we'd have a permanent peace.

Posted in: Debating Israeli-Palestinian issues on 'The Daily Show'

Perhaps Ms. Balzer should've spent time in a Sderot bomb shelter.

Posted in: Bolton: U.S. should quit U.N. Human Rights Council

I wonder if Richard Goldstone will approach matters differently in the future, now that he realizes he was played for a sucker by the U.N.H.R.C., which really should stand for "Unified Neanderthal Human Rights Criminals" (For that matter, Hamas probably stands for "Homicidal Anarchist Muslims Abandoning Sanity.").

Posted in: Cohen: Enough about the Holocaust already

Stuart, I could say there are two types of people: those who pigeonhole everyone into categories and those who don't. But that would be very ironic of me.

Posted in: Cohen: Enough about the Holocaust already

Walid, The only people who cheapen the Holocaust are the deniers like Ahmadinejad. If anything, much of the rest of world didn't learn enough about it, given the genocides that have taken place since: Rawanda, Darfur, etc. I understand your point about a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, but I disagree. Israel is a tiny country surrounded by enemies and potential enemies. Theoretically, the Arabs could destroy Israel with enough conventional weapons, mainly missiles. The fanatics who rule Iran must understand that the price of attacking Israel is too high, even for them and the low value they place on the lives of their own civilians. If Israel forsakes its (suspected) nukes, it increases the chances of an all-out attack: Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria simultaneously, all supported by Iran. Walid, you also overlook the fact that the Arabs don't have to fear Israel attacking them for pure conquest. They only need nukes if they want to destroy Israel. If they leave Israel alone, Israel will happily leave them alone. I would add that, even if Israel and the Arabs renounced nukes, I wouldn't trust half those Arab/Persian governments as far as I could spit. The more repressive and fanatic the government, the more they lie. This has been true for thousands of years, and never more true today.

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