Disarm Israel?

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Just incase anyone forgot, I'm the OP, anyway, actually I think we should arm the palestinians with better weapons so they don't have to resolve to terror attacks when "defending themselves."

This claim of "defending themselves" may sound ludicrous, but you have to remember that the rocket attacks are at a maximum whenever Israel starts bombing Gaza and invading them.

Besides, this may actually prevent war because Israel won't have much reason to go to war (because of lack of terrorism) and Palestinians won't feel as threatened by the giant Israeli war machine so they are less likely to attack.

I think this uneven military power is actually causing war. I mean Obama and others are pushing for a two state solution so Palestinians will need to eventually be armed anyway. Netanyahu said that any Palestinian State shall be unarmed but I say screw that!

There's no logic to your suggestion at all, you seem to be ignoring the reality of the groups who are fighting Israel. Hamas' ideology is based on fighting Israel until it is destroyed. They're not fighting because they don't have very good weapons, they're fighting because they don't want Israel to exist. Give them better weapons? That will only increase the amount of civilians they kill.

I believe that Israel invades and bombs Gaza in response to- the rocket attacks.

However- the rocket attacks- as I understand it- are provoked by Israel expanding its settlements in occupied terrotories.

If someone were building a house in my backyard I would attack em with a tire iron.
I would do the same to someone lobbing rockets at my house.

So both parties act pretty much the way I would act if I were in their shoes.

Your conetention is that the Palestinian tactics like rockets are essentially "asymetrical warfare".
Make the war symetrical and you would have less warfare.

That may not be as crazy as it sounds.

If the Palestinians had a conventional standing army the Palestinian state could enforce it
boundries on the West Bank and forbid Israel from building more settlements.

Since settlements are the main provocation for terrorism- you would have less terrorism.

therefore eliminating the reasons for Isreali retaliatory attacks against Gaza. Therefore a break in the cycle of violence.

Might work.

Settlements are not the main provocation for terrorism coming from Gaza, the terrorism from Gaza is coming from groups who want to destroy Israel whether it stops settlements in the West Bank or not. If they stopped settlements in the West Bank it would only embolden the terrorists more, and the West Bank could possibly turn into another Gaza.

Anyone who opposes Israel's right to exist is an anti-Semite, and thus, a bigot. Liberals can be bigots, too, contrary to popular opinion.

I don't think that is a good idea, I would hate to see Israel get wiped off the face of the earth. Wars are bad, but I still think that they have a right to defend themselves against the enemy.

Disarm Cuba!