1) Good thing Israel is not controlled by 1000 random Saudis.
2) Hamas cannot be destroyed. Many fighters have been killed, some captured, but countless remain in hiding and in new members in the West Bank.
3) Get the hostages back and get out.
3) Israel cannot and should not rule Gaza. Whatever population is left will be an enemy population among which Israeli soldiers will have to roam as slow moving targets, only to retaliate a hundred-fold each time some are killed.
4) UN Peacekeeping forces have not been good; so we create a slightly more favorable force - if we have any friends left.
5) The surprising numbers who showed up at the Peace Now event show the increasing toll the carnage is causing on the Israeli psyche. Raw rage does not last forever in us; conscience will awaken.
6) Being an American Jew, or an American Israeli, no longer means blindly following the leader. Wartime no longer has to mean we don't changes horses mid-stream. It is time for him to go so that reason and vision can prevail.
Tom Friedman is just full of shit.
1) Good thing Israel is not controlled by 1000 random Saudis.
2) Hamas cannot be destroyed. Many fighters have been killed, some captured, but countless remain in hiding and in new members in the West Bank.
3) Get the hostages back and get out.
3) Israel cannot and should not rule Gaza. Whatever population is left will be an enemy population among which Israeli soldiers will have to roam as slow moving targets, only to retaliate a hundred-fold each time some are killed.
4) UN Peacekeeping forces have not been good; so we create a slightly more favorable force - if we have any friends left.
5) The surprising numbers who showed up at the Peace Now event show the increasing toll the carnage is causing on the Israeli psyche. Raw rage does not last forever in us; conscience will awaken.
6) Being an American Jew, or an American Israeli, no longer means blindly following the leader. Wartime no longer has to mean we don't changes horses mid-stream. It is time for him to go so that reason and vision can prevail.