Obama Faces Tough Task of Picking Up the Pieces in Gaza

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Part of the pillars of Islam is the requirement to honor all the other major religions, Christanity and Judaism! how then did we come to this point? One demands the erradication of the other, which finds itself in a struggle for its very existence, but appears to be willing to do whatever is neccessary to insure that existence. Meanwhile poverty, despair, hatred and a future of more of the same seems to be the legacy left to the future generations of those who would seek to erradicate the other! How long before saner heads find the willingness to sit down and talk to each other and find a way towards a common future before an irreversible act causes the annihalation of one of the aggressors! This would throw the entire Middle East into a furor from which there may be no recovery!

Curtis Gwin Jr of WA 6:48AM May 26, 2009

All chroinc problems in the Middle East being in Lebanon, Afganistan, Iraq or Palestine are generated by one malicious power house named Israel. The unlimited support of the US to Israel from 1948 till now ,and the illegal creation of Israel on the ruins of Palestine, has led to unmatched state of disappointment and despair in the Middle East, which in turn has led to the creation of terrorist groups who are ready to sacrifice their own bodies in a holy war agianst Israel and US interests, not only in the Middle East but all over the world.
What do we expect from a palestinian refugee who has been deprived of all his belongings and thrown out of his country to live in a refugee camp for more than 60 years now.
The only solution for this chronic Dlemma is establishing one secular state on all the land of Historical Palestine for Jews,Moslems and Christians with equal rights and responsibilities and without any kind of descrimination.

sam of NJ 5:29PM May 11, 2009

The short sighted step of creating Israel on the ruins of Plaestine and its innocent people has led to the creation of terrorist groups who are ready to sacrifice their own bodies in a holy war against Israel and the countries that suport its apartheid regime.Once we stop our unlimited support to the Israeli military gangs whose only game is to kill as many Palestinian women and children as they can everyday,once all Palestinian refugees return home to their stolen land and belongings under un resolution 194 which Israel arrogantly refuses to implement,once a secular state is established on all the land of Historical Palestine for Jews,Moslems and Christians with equal rights and responsibilities and without any apartheid or descrimination, all terror on the world will definitely disappear forever.

sam of NJ 3:29PM April 24, 2009

The world needs to realize that the Jews need a safety net from those who are apposed to their religion.
There are over a billion Muslims, over a few billion Christians and others. Jews make up less than 15 million of the world population.
They aren't killing everyone all over the place...they aren't killing and bombing in the U.S., Europe or India, let alone in the biased Islamic countries.
They just want to exist...not wipe out anyone.
Please remember Palestinians are Muslims and fall into the same category as those that hate all religions, especially Jews.

r 8:03PM March 17, 2009

The world needs to realize that the Jews need a safety net from those who are apposed to their religion.
There are over a billion Muslims, over a few billion Christians and others. Jews make up less than 15 million of the world population.
They aren't killing everyone all over the place...they aren't killing and bombing in the U.S., Europe or India, let alone in the biased Islamic countries.
They just want to exist...not wipe out anyone.
Please remember Palestinians are Muslims and fall into the same category as those that hate all religions, especially Jews.

r 8:03PM March 17, 2009

All more difficultly than seems. From the USA probably it seems that here bad Hamas starts rockets across Israel without the reason. We Russian know that to the Jew a finger in a mouth do not put - will bite off. Who knows that the territory of Palestin is similar to a swiss cheese if on it to put all illegal Israeli settlements. Similar very much on assimilation of territory. Palestin Israel never observed the concluded contracts. (Palestinians - wild, Israel - greedy up to territory). Therefore to leave this bad situation and Israel and Palestin should endow. Israel should leave the ambitions and return on the territories, and with Palestinians it is more difficult. Hamas it is necessary to deprive with authority (very much they wild) and to replace them Fath (with Mahmud Abbas). Only then can we shall be issued in the end of a tunnel.
Easier to destroy terrorists senselessly, them there as cockroaches. All you will not shoot down.

Crazy russian communist bear with bottle of Vodka ha ha ha 6:11AM March 15, 2009

with some of these comments, but it is important that people get their facts straight

john of CO 4:15PM March 06, 2009

If I took rifle shots from my home at my neighbors and then they fire back in self defense, do I then have a right to expect my neighbors to rebuild my destroyed home. That is what is expected of the rest of the world to rebuild Gaza when Hamas brought it on itself. We shouldn't be offering US taxpayer money to increase our deficit to help Hamas claim victory.

Cap Purvis of TN 4:52PM March 03, 2009

Welcome to AS I SEE IT, With The Comprehensive Commentary Your Day Can't Do Without.
Mark my words, peace in Israel will never happen. I hate to say this, especially since so many good Jews and Arabs would love nothing more for the fighting to stop, but it's what I strongly believe. Sure, George Mitchell is trying to work things out, and he did have success in Northern Ireland. However, I have a funny feeling the Catholics and Protestants in that area will one day find an excuse to battle it out again. The Middle East is no different. The radicals on both sides aren't interested in peace. You can't reason with people like that. Only God Himself can stop the violence. And I wish He would.
That's AS I SEE IT. I'm Mike "Mainer Mike" Brown.

Mike Brown of ME 12:57PM March 02, 2009

Let me remind my fellow American, when 9/11 took place, the good citizens jumped with joy. The arabs hate the USA.
Our government has a toe hole in the Middle East. The Moslems want to destroy Israel and get the USA out of the Middle East.
I am WW2 Veteran, and I worked with a guy who was stationed in what is now Israel during WW2. He repaired radios in American air aircrafts. Today our military aricrafts can land in Israel military airports.
Above they have aircraft parts that can be used in our military air crafts When a military aircraft takes off and lands, depending how long the aircraft was in flight, parts have to be changed.

Philip Spandorf of FL 9:21PM February 21, 2009