jumpjunky

Okay; my intention was not to provide a completely biased view on the situation. I was responding to a message earlier on in the thread that was stating that Sharon was right and justified in his actions. Unfortunately the part I was responding to did not copy on my thread so it may have seemed a bit out of left field. UN resolution 242 was a starting point and yes, the US did not oppose it. The point I was trying to make however was that since 1967 almost every other draft resolution put forward to the general assembly regarding the Israeli occupation has been vetoed by America. The UN has also continued to maintain its position that the Israeli occupation is illegal and should end. In regard to my comments on army terrorism, again I was responding to a previous message which put all the blame on Arafat and the PLO. My aim was to highlight the fact that the conduct of the Israeli army could also be interpreted by some as an act of terrorism. It is my personal opinion that the continued establishment of settlements on land that was not originally given to Israel could very well be interpreted as an invasion My views may seem idiotic to some but I make no apology for them.

Gee that's funny, I was under the impression that the problem was the Israeli invasion of Palestine after the 1967 war and the subsequent continued violent occupation of Palestinian land in the form of settlements. I must also have been misguided in believing that the problem of an un-reached peace solution is due to the fast that Israel has outright refused to hand back all the land that they have taken. Does the fact that what Israel is doing is seen as an illegal occupation by the UN carry any weight? Does the fact that every time a resolution is put forward by the majority of member nations to call on Israel to pull back to pre-1967 borders the US vetoes it bother you at all? I agree that the suicide bombing of civilians is appalling. It is equally as appalling when US made weapons are used to kill civilians on the other side as we have seen recently- or isn't it terrorism when a recognized army kills innocent people. The original topic of this thread seemed to be some sort of indignation that a Saudi price dared to threaten America's economic interests in the region. I can't believe that anyone could get upset about this with a straight face knowing the amount of times that the US has done this to other countries. BSBD JP