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[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I've always felt that we should just back away and let them have at each other. If people are bent on destroying each other, it's going to happen no matter what. Might as well let it.

The thing is that even if they are "bent on destroying each other" it doesn't mean that each side builds up an army and goes to battle and one wipes the other out. Nothing is ever so tidy (not that wiping a race out is something anyone here desires).

No, there are still human beings on either side that do not want to wipe other innocents off the map. So instead of the vastly superior Israeli army just bombing the sh.t out of the Palestinians and wiping them out, they have small skirmishes for 50 years. Even if they did wipe them out, then what? Then they go to war with everyone else around them. I don't see Israel destroying all the Arab nations in the area, for many reasons, and I don't see the Arab nations actually getting together and destroying Israel either, for many reasons.

That's why these last few years have been a bit of a turning point, as Israel pushes the stakes higher. If Palestinians are a thorn in Israel's side, the rest of the Arab world is ok with that, but if Israel actually takes control and kicks them out (or kills them), then the whole situation will go somewhere new. Let's not forget that as an international community, we are not supposed to just watch as one people bullies another (even though we do, all the freaking time).