I think Israel’s failure to massacre or expel the Palis en masse is a major reason the Palis, and other Arabs, always seem to think Israel is weak and on the verge of losing.

I think that it is the world’s reaction to Israeli actions that exposes the leverage available to the Arafats and Saddams. If one goes right back to the 1920s it will be shown that British behaviour showed the arabs that they were free to go for it.

An Arab country would have given them the Hama treatment in October 2000, and the Kuwaiti expulsion treatment by the end of 2001, for what they did in starting the Oslo War.

Just look at what the “Little King” did in September 1970 and nobody said eek. Just look at what Arafat did, just in the town of Damour in Lebanon in 1976 (500+ massacred in the most bestial fashion, with the church used as a garage for the PLO’s Jeeps and as a small arms shooting range and with the destruction and spoiling of their grave yard) and nobody said boo.
Hilarion Capucci, Vatican representative in the area went and smuggled arms and explosives for the PLO in his official Mercedes and what the Vatican flipped over was that Israel imprisoned him.
The UNIFIL(th) base in Kfar Kana in Lebanon gave cover to Hezbollah’s goat herders who then resorted to firing Katyushas into Northern Israel whereupon Israeli retalliation brought down brimstone and fire from the world onto man of peace Peres.
Let us not forget that accessory Hezbollah made use of, UNIFIL(th), to cross the border and abduct and kill 3 Israelis.

The arabs know that they have free reign except when it comes to French aircraft or Chechnya.

Suicide or not, I lose sympathy when they go around blowing up civilians as their primary target. Unfortunately in war some bystanders get killed. The problem is when the bystanders become the main target in order to terrify everybody else, which is what terrorism is. So if the Kurds in Turkey are following in the Chechen’s footsteps they’ll lose my sympathy at the least.

As for the Palis, they have been practicing terrorism against Jews for decades, branching out against Christians at times. They have no standing for consideration as a result. As far as I am concerned the Israelis can do to them whatever they find necessary, short of massacre. I think Israel has been far too gentle with them over the last five years. An Arab country would have given them the Hama treatment in October 2000, and the Kuwaiti expulsion treatment by the end of 2001, for what they did in starting the Oslo War.

I think Israel’s failure to massacre or expel the Palis en masse is a major reason the Palis, and other Arabs, always seem to think Israel is weak and on the verge of losing. They expect far more violence in retaliation to what they have done than Israel has used, so they think the Israelis are wimps as a result. After all, if the tables were turned the Arabs would massacre the Jews to the last man, woman, and child.