tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post9108178278790480717..comments2023-08-18T00:46:15.377-04:00Comments on Roland Hansen Commentary: Israel and Gaza: A No Win SituationRoland Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-31851683595205249322009-01-06T13:53:00.000-05:002009-01-06T13:53:00.000-05:00Read Moral Clarity in Gaza by Charles Krauthammer....Read <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010101780.html" REL="nofollow"><B><I>Moral Clarity in Gaza by Charles Krauthammer</I></B></A>.Roland Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-57973228033753032252009-01-02T16:41:00.000-05:002009-01-02T16:41:00.000-05:00Roland,I once heard the reason for the constant st...Roland,<BR/><BR/>I once heard the reason for the constant struggle in the Middle East defined as: "It's hot there and there is very little water." While I am sure that it's more complicated than that, both politically and religiously, there it is. <BR/><BR/>As has been stated, the winners outnumber the losers. The truth is that the only winners are those that survive. I only wish that I was wise enough to provide more of an answer, and persuasive enough to be able to move those now fighting.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-82134849700621973712008-12-31T12:49:00.000-05:002008-12-31T12:49:00.000-05:00Jill, you're most entirely welcome. Yes, I knew th...Jill, you're most entirely welcome. Yes, I knew that your posting contained a link to the post of Lisa Renee. However, in that it's tone differed in approach from yours, I wanted to give it a spot of it's own in my entry.<BR/>Incidentally, Jill, the sentiments you express seem to reflect my own sentiments<BR/><BR/>Hooda, I suspect your prediction is probably on 'target' although I wish everyone everywhere could live in peaceful harmonic <A HREF="http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/coexistence/" REL="nofollow"><B>coexistence</B></A> with love toward their fellow humans - and possibly in six thousand or less years toward other intelligent beings from other planets, as well.Roland Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-51187661576513715012008-12-30T20:37:00.000-05:002008-12-30T20:37:00.000-05:00Roland,As I see it, this is the result of hatred t...Roland,<BR/><BR/>As I see it, this is the result of hatred that is thousands of years in the making.<BR/><BR/>So much so that probably nobody knows what the original argument was about.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, just like the Hatfields and the McCoys they all need a massive case of amnesia and start over..., for real.<BR/><BR/>That said, good fences make good neighbors.<BR/><BR/>(But they'll probably still be fighting in another six thousand years.)<BR/><BR/>Sighhhhhhhhh. . .Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-15390560242264996582008-12-30T19:44:00.000-05:002008-12-30T19:44:00.000-05:00Hi Roland, thanks for linking to my post - which b...Hi Roland, thanks for linking to my post - which by the way includes a link to Lisa Renee's post. :) <BR/><BR/>I'm with you - the losers far outnumber winners - the only win is for their to be agreement that all the populations have a right to exist. For me, that is the main sticking point - I've been asking and no one's been answering: so the killing stops and the blockade ends - then what? Then what? What does Hamas WANT? Does anyone ever talk about that? <BR/><BR/>If they are, I haven't read it or seen it. But I fail to see how anything ever improves until Hamas articulates honestly what it wants and the world and the Palestinians - Christian Arabs too everyone should realize are getting a very raw deal under Hamas - they're basically gone from Gaza due to persecution - come to grips with those articulated goals.<BR/><BR/>So far - the Arab League won't even ask or announce what these Hamas goals are - because in part they know and they do not agree.<BR/><BR/>Of course Hamas' desires do not equate with civilian deaths - hello. But that is what they want people to see and think about - rather than what it is that Hamas is actually desiring - whatever that may be.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175591212176951287noreply@blogger.com