Good question, Lynne. First thing I'd say is that I'm not an expert. But then again, the experts don't really seem to have gotten much right. My solution for Israel and Palestine is for them to live next to each other without wiping each other out. The problem is that neither side currently seems to want this. The leadership of both is truly horrible. Netanyahu has never planned to make any concessions, only kill. Hamas's leaders are terrorists who should be hunted down and dealt with. But you don't hunt them down by showering a small area with thousands of bombs.
And I think US foreign policy has to change radically. If Israel didn't know its sugar daddy would always clean up and send plenty of bombs and cash, they would likely behave differently. Also, if the US stopped acting like hormonal dickheads anxious to bomb as many Middle Eastern countries as possible, we might actually earn some respect and therefore influence in the area, and be able to use that influence to get others to pressure the Palestinians toward peace. With the exception of nuclear-armed countries, we are Stalin to the rest of the world. We're in charge, you better suck up to the Man, and there is nothing you can do about it without getting your ass shot off.
That's probably enough for now, I'm sure you weren't looking for a term paper.
Ha ha. I read briefs so I was good with it. Little light on the Gaza solution though. Nobody seems to have one. FWIW my understanding is that urban warfare is the worst and the more dense the population the more difficult the mission. And I think 10/7 demonstrates the risk of overreliance on technological safeguards. On the US throwing its weight around I agree. Call me an isolationist! But I think that is going to take care of itself - $33,000,000,000,000 in debt, interest for 2024 estimated at $825,000,000,000 (estimated because tax revenue dropped last year and interest may continue to rise), a new $1,200,000,000,000 spending package that contains $21,000,000,000 for the IMF to lend to poor countries and $380,000,000 for border security for Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations. We might as well set it on fire. The money, not the Middle East.
Good question, Lynne. First thing I'd say is that I'm not an expert. But then again, the experts don't really seem to have gotten much right. My solution for Israel and Palestine is for them to live next to each other without wiping each other out. The problem is that neither side currently seems to want this. The leadership of both is truly horrible. Netanyahu has never planned to make any concessions, only kill. Hamas's leaders are terrorists who should be hunted down and dealt with. But you don't hunt them down by showering a small area with thousands of bombs.
And I think US foreign policy has to change radically. If Israel didn't know its sugar daddy would always clean up and send plenty of bombs and cash, they would likely behave differently. Also, if the US stopped acting like hormonal dickheads anxious to bomb as many Middle Eastern countries as possible, we might actually earn some respect and therefore influence in the area, and be able to use that influence to get others to pressure the Palestinians toward peace. With the exception of nuclear-armed countries, we are Stalin to the rest of the world. We're in charge, you better suck up to the Man, and there is nothing you can do about it without getting your ass shot off.
That's probably enough for now, I'm sure you weren't looking for a term paper.
Ha ha. I read briefs so I was good with it. Little light on the Gaza solution though. Nobody seems to have one. FWIW my understanding is that urban warfare is the worst and the more dense the population the more difficult the mission. And I think 10/7 demonstrates the risk of overreliance on technological safeguards. On the US throwing its weight around I agree. Call me an isolationist! But I think that is going to take care of itself - $33,000,000,000,000 in debt, interest for 2024 estimated at $825,000,000,000 (estimated because tax revenue dropped last year and interest may continue to rise), a new $1,200,000,000,000 spending package that contains $21,000,000,000 for the IMF to lend to poor countries and $380,000,000 for border security for Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations. We might as well set it on fire. The money, not the Middle East.