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Originally Posted by scaeagles
Raical Islamic terrorists are no about land. They are about killing Jews and focing everyone to convert to Islam. Giving in emboldens them.
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Perhaps, but when it comes to Israel, we're talking about a situation where they've got at least a seed of a legitimate gripe. The former residents of the land agreed to sell some land to some Jews. They blink, and they Jews are declaring themselves an independent state. They complain (in the form of declaring war), and get spanked...and because their citizens decided to not stick around and get shelled in their homes, the international community decided to make the decission for them that they
obviously didn't care about that land, and seized for Israel.
The existance of Israel in its current state is on shaky ethical grounds, so there's not good way to confront "the enemy" on that front without it turning into a tangled mess.
Yes, giving up Israel will not stop their designs on the rest of the world. But notice that we stopped Sadaam pretty easily and decisively when he blatantly stepped over the line with Kuwait. Should Islamists continue their designs at domination, and start attacking in areas where they do not have even the murky justification they have for attacking Israel, I don't think you'll find the world response quite so restrained.