John McCain said that Bill Clinton should negotiate peace in the mideast.
How do you bring these two sides together?
Historically, yes, the Palestinians were displaced when Israel was set up as a Jewish homeland by the UN, but, to be fair, the Jews lived there first, even more historically. Both have strong claims to the land as their homes.
Currently, Israel is bombing specific rooms of specific floors of specific buildings with the precision of a pizza delivery man, trying to do as much damage to Hamas as possible, because they have been bombarding Israel with rockets for at least 20 years. Israel is blowing up massive stockpiles of weapons that aren't designed with guidance systems, while Hamas is using human shields to guard them.
Of course, only few Palestinians support Hamas and not every Palestinian hates Jews.
The true victims here are the Palestinians, but importantly, I do not include members of Hamas in that population, because Hamas is so inured to the fight against Israel that they think they can dictate terms of a cease-fire. They either have lost their mind, have terribly inaccurate operational information and live in bunkers far away from the action, or seek a speedy martyrdom.
Bush tried. I know about Bill, I grew up watching him. I think the reason he has such mystique is that he only ever gets involved in fights he knows 100% he will win.
Given that the only solution to the mideast problem may be the isolation and ostricization of the Palestinian militants and the absorption of Palestine into Israel as a single-state solution, I'm thinking Bill will say something along the lines of "Thanks, but no."
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