ruveyn wrote:
Wrong! When a nation wins a war by defeating those who attacked it -first- they automatically get the land that used to belong to their attackers. In a war there are Winners and there are Looser. The Palestinians and their Arabic speaking buddies have lost 3 wars (which they started, by the way) against the Israelis. Why won't those "damned Jews" loose like they are supposed to?
Israel is the only nation on earth that has to sue for peace after it has -won- a war.
ruveyn
What you're describing is imperialism. It's an ideology, not an axiom. And frankly, it's an ideology that has brought about the worst human rights abuses in history. Your description of it isn't even accurate. The victor of any given conflict has the leverage to set the terms of surrender. They don't necessarily move in and set up shop, because occupation is an expensive undertaking that requires you to be vigilant against partisans for the entire length of your presence. It's far better to use the economic leverage you have as a victorious party to prohibit the construction of military instruments and promote the other sectors of the economy. Japan and Germany are what they are today because we chose not to raze them to the ground and build "America 2: Electric Boogaloo". Also because the Soviet Union wasn't doing so hot, but I digress.
As for the wars, gee wizz, people were upset over seeing their allies violently displaced by British imperialism? And they decided to retaliate!? Wow, who could have seen that coming? Don't they know that when a massive empire with a long history of genocide takes away their land and displaces them they're supposed to smile and go live in their refugee camps? Gosh, I just don't know why anyone would be upset!
And please don't lower the level of discourse by equating criticism of Israel with Antisemitism.
imperialism is not defending your self against several nations trying to destroying you and keeping lands they occupied previously
02 Dec 2013, 2:02 pm
