Re: Wow... My first time defending someone...
Mike Findlay <[email protected]>
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You are correct. I was thinking of '72 Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran which Israel had maintained since 1957 would be an act of War. That and the amassing of forces by Egypt, Syria and Jordan while calling for the destruction of Israel and annihilation of the Jews. I understand the difference between US expansion and Israel's situation but still think it would be an appropriate response by Israel to Obama, or anyone dictating to them what their borders should be. Mike F. ________________________________ From: Peter T. Chattaway <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]> To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 11:04:36 AM Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Wow... My first time defending someone... On Fri, 20 May 2011, Mike Findlay wrote: > The 1967 borders are indefensible, the Arabs proved that by invading them. In 1967, you mean? My impression was that the Israelis launched a pre-emptive attack when they saw the Arab nations massing their armies -- so I don't know that the Arabs ever got as far as actually invading. > I think Netanyahu's response should be to tell us that they'll consider going >back to the 1967 borders when we give back Mexico or all the land west of the >Mississippi. They have far more justification for keeping their borders than we >do for keeping our. With one key difference being the practical reality that no one alive today can remember a U.S. *without* the land it now inhabits, whereas there are plenty of people alive today who can remember when Israel didn't even *exist*, never mind when its borders were different. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot