Ballots, Bullets And Suicide Bombers

Opinions are like aholes, and yours stink stop the violence. what a bleeding heart liberal you are. You probably belive in global warming, save the gnatcatcher, save the whales, but not the human race..... Oil,lol

How can Mr. Dickey term terrorists like Hamas who cowardly place their people and munitions in civilian population areas so as to invite disaster and loss of life, "occupied and oppressed?"

californialover... Your statement of "them" is VERY simplified (more on this later)!
I happen to be a Jew by birth, but I have since disowned all religions because every one of them is man-made and God, as any of us know this magical being, does not exist! That being said, I will never support a state (Israel) that starves its neighbors in the interest of rooting out evil elements. This strategy NEVER works. I also, unequivocally, will never approve of these jihadists who think that they only exist to kill others. Nobody is born with either of these values, and the only reason these folks fight is religion. God was invented to oppress and kill others, plain and simple. Education, specifically science, is the only way we're going to dig ourselves out of this hole.
Killing and bombing indiscriminately only hardens the two sides and only sets us backwards.
As far as Hitler is concerned, californialover, well... you just showed your ignorance. I urge you to read books, and lots of them!!! I cannot even level an argument with you because you are so obviously uneducated about history.

There can NEVER be a lasting Peace in this area. Reason? Too many generations of all sides have experienced tragic killings/murders of families. The "blood memory" is way too deep to be forgiven and overcome ---- UNTIL the people there take positive actions and take control of the goivernments and on their own --- push away the rasdicals. THEN, maybe...just maybe...Peace might have a lasting chance. Today's Leaders are the Terriorists of the past, including those in Israel. The circle is kept alive by all the terrible memories.

After he is done having the US Treasury reimburse all the investors who lost money to Madoff, he will use any money left to build more F-16s so we can swell with pride as Israel demonstrates the effectiveness of US weaponry against women and children.

The only way Obama and his administration can get along with any terrorist organization is to eliminate, defeat, radical islam. This means to profile, raid mosques, and deport non-american citizens. The elimination of Islam(radical) is necessary for world peace. The other option is to become muslim or die.

Well Obama outwitted the American people so why not?

I think Israel is doing what Hamas forced upon themselves. I believe they're wimps hiding among school children firing thier rockets at Israel and then crying wolf,wolf after some children suffered death at Hamas hands and plans.

what makes anyone think the violence will stop in this area of the world. It, for some stupid reason, has been going on for about 3000 years. I personally would level this entire area of the planet and eliminate the entire problem.

Odd that among your list of the assassination Hamas leaders, the "brutal" blockade etc and the the "bombing and invasion of Gaza" You have managed to omit mention of the 5500 rockets launched by the Hamas freedom fighters randomly at Israeli population centers.Actually, for those of your ilk.. probably.not so odd at all

It seems like you just read former CIA agent Robert Baer's 4th book "The Devil We Know; Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower". Currently across Iraq and Baghdad and mainly in Basra (southern Iraq) since 2005, political groups that were in exile in Iran have since returned to Iraq and gained vast power within the new government. However these groups still remain deeply connected with Iran (remember who created Hezbollah in the early 80's) and are thus Iran's subtle way of annexing Iraq without even having to conquer it militarily, but politically through financial support. And sadly it seems that the true end game is for control of energy, religion is just a front that the people at the top use to have the pawns at the bottom play the game.

It seems like you just read former CIA agent Robert Baer's 4th book "The Devil We Know; Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower". Currently across Iraq and Baghdad and mainly in Basra (southern Iraq) since 2005, political groups that were in exile in Iran have since returned to Iraq and gained vast power within the new government. However these groups still remain deeply connected with Iran (remember who created Hezbollah in the early 80's) and are thus Iran's subtle way of annexing Iraq without even having to conquer it militarily, but politically through financial support. And sadly it seems that the true end game is for control of energy, religion is just a front that the people at the top use to have the pawns at the bottom play the game.

Both Hizbullah and Hamas are the love/stepchildren of Israeli occupations. The real issue here is not Iran or Hamas but a seemingly unending, brtual occupation of the West Bank and total Israeli control of all access into Gaza, including by air, land and sea. As Americans our concern should be what is best for America, not Israel. I would argue that both have the same solution: an independent Palestine. American policy has done nothing but prolong the suffering of the Palestinian people and blantant bias for Israel has harmed our national interests. It's time for a major shift in American policy, one that puts the Israelis on notice and one that would give them the incentive, and the courage, to make the hard choices that we all know are coming, withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalsem, and an independent Palestinian state. The sooner the better.

Both Hizbullah and Hamas are the love/stepchildren of Israeli occupations. The real issue here is not Iran or Hamas but a seemingly unending, brtual occupation of the West Bank and total Israeli control of all access into Gaza, including by air, land and sea. As Americans our concern should be what is best for America, not Israel. I would argue that both have the same solution: an independent Palestine. American policy has done nothing but prolong the suffering of the Palestinian people and blantant bias for Israel has harmed our national interests. It's time for a major shift in American policy, one that puts the Israelis on notice and one that would give them the incentive, and the courage, to make the hard choices that we all know are coming, withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalsem, and an independent Palestinian state. The sooner the better.

No Obama can't change how those terror networks look at the US. None of the US Presidents have been able to do that, why would Obama be any different?

These terror networks attack nations and people then hide behind innocent civilians to protect themselves, like cowards. I think if people want to fight do it the old fashion way, find a meadow draw lines in the dirt and fight till the death/surrender. The loser becomes subjects or ruled by the winner.