Some people feel we are holding Israel hostage with the funding we provide them with on a regular, ongoing, annual schedule.
Funny (and not in a "ha-ha"way) the term "hostage" is used.
Because that is exactly the image that comes to mind when I consider the plight of the people in Israel who are not Israeli and confined to Gaza.
I'm not talking about the radical fringe, extremists who keep lobbing primitive fireworks on other people.
I'm talking about the everyday Palestinian that would just like to go to work each day, enjoy basic amenities we all take for granted like fresh water, sanitation, hospitals, schools and electricity... and would simply like to earn a living and provide for their children and families....like we all do.
These people can no better stop the Hamas from doing the harm they do to Israel than we in America can do can stop our gov't from the damage it has been responsible for in Iraq and Afghanistan for 8 years now. Quite certainly, they can do even less.
Perhaps, rather than having our Secretary of State beg to allow us to orchestrate their peace talks in Israel, we should accept the reluctance of that country for our services and withdraw our efforts and our contributions in the billions each year to their treasury as well.
What is the point of funding a people who refuse our efforts to help create peace when they insist that this accomplishment is beyond their own resources and obviously (as time has shown) they cannot accomplish this on their own?
It's one thing for us to come-a-courting with gifts and services, but do we need to do so as a spurned lover?
I don't think so. Not so much. It's too much.
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