should america support Israel?

[little_monkey]

No. That is false. It is a widely believed myth and justification for employing terrorist tactics. Using violence to free oneself from from an unjust authority has been seen as socially, politically, and morally acceptable. Using terrorism to achieve these ends is not. Blowing up pizza parlors full of children is not the primary tactic of insurgents fighting guerrilla wars against a national military/police force, for terrorists it is. Here is one of the MANY articles, books, scholarly works that explains it better than I can.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch...er/257245/

If you still are not satisfied then Google it. The point being that statement is not true and does more harm than good.

Hummus is good. I really like the roasted red pepper and garlic varieties.

Good point.

On a side note: noboby makes a big fuss about Russia. They get away with Chechnya where they directly killed some one quarter of a million civilians. The media couldn't care less. No pictures of chechen hospitals, schools, babies or anything...

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Of course ignore the part where I said the bombings is a tactical measure to bring about permanent peace.

No, I didn't. I don't think killing a million or more Palestinians will bring about any sort of peace.

The policy I've advocated is to bomb until the enemy surrenders unconditionally. Get it straight before spewing your objections.

Furthermore, I think anyone who honestly thinks that is deluded, and ignorant of cultural influences which would use those massive casualties as fodder to raise more, and not less, terrorists.

Are you implying that Hamas is made up of terrorists? You're not saying that, but it is a definite implication: more Israeli bombs, more terrorists on the Palestinian side, of which Hamas is one faction.

For all your claimed expertise in Middle Eastern affairs, you seem surprisingly uninformed of the cultural values of feud and revenge, and how those might react to your proposed carpet-bombing.

I's not that I'm misinformed, it's just that I don't think it's relevant. You think it is relevant but you haven't proved your case.

Whether you attribute to cultural or ethnic matters, the bottom line is you think that Palestinians aren't smart enough. The real person who is biased and racist is YOU.

Nonsense. I'm going to go dig up the exact quote again, so everyone here can see your dishonesty. BRB

Here we go:

I'd argue that the cultural psychology of both the Japanese and the Germans had as much, if not more, to do with the turnaround those countries saw after World War II.

Now, clearly I made no reference to intelligence, and I made no reference to ethnicity.

By using Germany and Japan as examples, which have had more advanced society than the Arabs, you were implying the inferiority of the latter whether you intended that or not. Subconciously, you believe that the Palestinians are inferior, incapable of understanding that more hostilities brings on more punishment, and they will continue to fight to the last one, regardless of a policy "to bomb them until they surrender". That is the gist of your position. It's basically the position of many left-wing Palestinian apologists, which is exactly what you are.