Bet you won't see this in a US paper

Gee, someone name Mohamed has decided that Israel is the world's most dangerous country?! What's next -- that water is wet?

Mo's problem is that, unlike Pakistan and Iran, Israel hasn't claimed to have nukes, much less threatened to use them. Arab paranoia has supplied Israel with nuclear power ready-made and free of charge.

Do I believe Israel is the total victim and is completely innocent? Hell no, they totally have done bad things. The problem I see is that you have to admit that they are one of the few countries that can get attacked, but are expected not to defend themselves and I think that comes from people's feeling that they are not a legitimate country. Lets save that argument for a later time.

The biggest agreement that we all have is that Israel has their hands in American pockets and there is a big Israel lobby and you are all correct in thinking that is wrong and corrupt and I agree emphatically. I straight up concur. However, 2 years ago, they had a total of 6000 rocket attacks in their streets (coming from Gaza and many of the rockets have Iranian funded manufacturers). Not at military installations, not at government buildings, but just random homes and schools. The people of Israel demanded justice; demanded that their government do something to protect their citizens (like im sure all of us would do if Mexico just blew up your home and all your neighbors), so the government took swift action and the world poo-pooed it. Yet, Israel didnt respond by killing school children (on purpose), they attacked the government and military buildings. Thats why I say there is no moral relativism like some libs think there is. Israel just released a man who smashed a 3 year old Israeli girl in the head with the butt of his gun, in exchange for soldier's bodies and he was paraded as a hero! There has only been one Israeli serial killer and that was a former American Jewish lawyer who went into a mosque in the early 80s and machine gun sprayed them. Thats one guy! How many serial killing, suicide bombing, head cuttiing religious nut jobs does Palestine have?

Look, Israel is very bad in many ways, that is true. They have a controversial policy that says if a suicide bomber kills himself (the martyr funds will pay his family a pension, by the way... how fucked up is that?), the government will go demolish the bomber's family home. But just think of it this way. You may hate Israel, but you can go to Israel right now, in the middle of the streets and be friendly with people and have little saftey threats from its citizens. But, you, as fellow Americans, no matter how much you may sympathize with Palesine, cannot go into Gaza by your self, without a SEVERE threat of personal saftey. You may say "well, thats just politics... Because of politics, they see us as enemy....", but its more than that.. Its violent culture. I have been to Vietnam (I have close family friends there.. Vietnamese, not foreigners), a communist country, where my ancestors killed thousands and millions of them, yet I can go there and they may dislike my country and government, but are EXTREMELY warm and friendly to me and its everywhere. Yet, if I go to Palestine by myself, I can EASILY be killed by some zealot. I hope you see where I am going with this.

Thanks for being civil in our discussion. I love sharing ideas like this without making enemies.

Ron Paul 2012