I'm glad I retained that correctly, as I caught it clicking through the channels late at night half asleep. What caught my attention was when the guy said that the Arabs passed on a great deal, chose to go to war so they could effectively "have their cake and eat it too," but instead of eradicating Israel, Israel kicked their asses and took back 80% of the land they had offered.
Basically, it was like the Arab states said: "No thank you Israel, you keep it all."
And all these years later, they are still pissed they lost, still losing, and still trying to get even. Muslims and Democrats are remarkably similar--- I wonder if they are any blood relation.
Basically, at this point, there is N O T H I N G that Netanyahu, Israel or the IDF could do now to sour my opinion of this Gaza war. Frankly, I'm a little amazed at this point that Israel has not dropped a nuke on Hamas or at least a couple of neutron bombs.
I can only assume it is because Gaza is RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
Oh yeah, I just remembered one other detail my TV program mentioned: that under the original agreement, Israel was already in charge of administering the Gaza Strip! Basically, Israel ran it for the Palestinians and took care of everything until ther Palis boned them and hired Hamas to come in to administer the place.
- There is no Palestinian state. That is a cold slap in the face to Israel.
- In effect, the EU is trying to recognize the autonomy of a non-existent state while not even recognizing the basic right to survival by Israel.
- This implies a pro-muslim / pro-Arab shift in the general stance by the EU.
- Gaza is up for grabs still.
- The clock has run out for the Palis. They gambled and lost (actually, the Arab countries of the region did it for them). It is a wonder they hung on for this long.