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Originally posted by MagiK:
Err I think the people of Isreal would disagree that they have a dictator. The Israelis vote for their leaders and there are always mroe than one candidate and last I heard no one was ever forced to vote for someone they didnt want to there.
As for force, you can't show me a single instance where appeasement has not made things worse in the long run. It didn't work for Nevile Chamberlain, it hasn't worked for Israel and it will not work with islamic extremists since the only way to appease them is to have all western infidels die.
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Israel has a dictatorial regime in place, not necessarily a dictatorial individual. I know its a bit of a dodgy concept, but considering its the modern South Africa as far as racial discrimination goes the government is not as democratic as either the Israelis or the West in general would like to think.
I'm not talking about appeasement here, I don't want to give into to all of the most radical of fundamentalists. I do think that if the US and UK stops acting so aggressive that it will pull the rug out from under them. I don't think this is appeasement, merely justice for all - not just the white Westerners.
And we must also remember that it can't really be considered appeasement as this is far from a normal war. There is no single body of people to negotiate with, as such there is no one to really "appease". All I'm saying is that if we keep hitting these people we will provide a constant source of power for them. We don't need to give in entirely, just start actually thinking about what these people are saying. Demands like "Israel out of the Occupied territories" are not that radical, and helping on something like that would
geeatly decrease support for Al-Quead, Saddam Hussein, and all of the other fundamentalist dictators.