Still at least one more logic black hole

Submitted by John B (Spain), Sep 22, 2009 at 07:17

Excellent. I almost couldn't have put it better myself. There are no other alternatives, as you say than:
"Like all outsiders to the conflict, Americans face a stark choice: Endorse the Palestinian goal of eliminating Israel or endorse Israel's goal of winning its neighbors' acceptance."

There are however a few points on which I might think slightly differently.

It is not only Palestinians that need to be defeated in their intention to destroy Israel. There are more antagonists with their own agendas than that. There is Teheran and the general Arab sentiment that runs from Morocco to Indonesia, but that might indeed change with the defeat of the Palestinian aim to eliminate Israel.

But a second, more important problem that you do not address is: US State Department officials and other individuals of similar persuasion in the US and Europe, and others such as the Israeli left and Olmert's own group, must know and see and understand the points you raise.
So it is evident that if they do not support and promote a defeated Palestinian intent to destroy Israel, they must in fact be supporting the destruction and elimination of Israel. That would seem to be their goal, not just a mistake or misunderstanding.

Perhaps there somewhere lies the biggest problem and perhaps Israel's most significant enemy?

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