Gordon Brown , British PM, demands end to Israeli settlements

[MikeWaters]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe....ap/index.html

Bush admin, on the other hand, winks and says "carry on."

[il Padrino Ute]

Mike, who will kill you first, an Israeli or a Palestinian?

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Mike, who will kill you first, an Israeli or a Palestinian?

Gosh, America's friends get away with murder.

If I am more likely to be killed by the Palestinian, it is because the Palestinian is angry at me for aiding and abetting the Israelis and their expanded settlements and oppression and occupation.

Is it too much for America to go along with GHWB back in the day and demand that the new settlements end?

Gosh , we are not even talking about the current settlements, we are only talking about no more new settlements?

Frankly, if Israel continues with new settlements, I don't give a damn what happens to the Israelis.

[il Padrino Ute]

My point, Mike, is that we need allies, especially in that region of the world.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

My point, Mike, is that we need allies, especially in that region of the world.

Yes we do. And friends don't do things to hurt their friends. And Israel is hurting us by making new settlements.

If your friend molested one of your children, you would no longer consider that person a friend, I dare say.

In other words, there are things that friends can do, where they can no longer be considered friends.

The EU is saying, "be our friends, and cut it out."

[il Padrino Ute]

I'll admit that you make a good point about we don't need our friends hurting others, though I'm not as outraged as you are because Palestine is not innocent here. If there was no history of aggression on Palestine's part toward Israel, I would be in complete agreement with you.