Israel’s ideal response is obvious: it should do something that doesn’t entail violence and doesn’t cause any pain or destruction.

OK, that’s setting forth the policies. Let the technicians figure out exactly how to do it while we bask in our own virtue as peace-loving people who can see all sides of a question.

They voted for Carter, they voted for Hillary, despite her hobnobbing with Palestinians, they loved Bill, and still do, despite his taking tens of millions from petrokingdoms and trying to strongarm Israel into a deal that was NEVER in her strategic interest.

They voted for Kerry, who like Obama, surrounded himself with “advisers” who demonstrated an antipathy towards Israel, ……………………… and thus for Jews.

And their display of support for Obama, ————————- utterly squalid, utterly unseemly.

Europeans by contrast get a DAILY dose of mohammedan reality, and that’s IN ADDITION to the anecdotal evidence swirling across Europe. The more the politically correct masters of Europe try to clamp down on even the mention of mohammedan reality, the more people are getting frightened, of what is to become of them, what is to become of the land their fathers bequeathed them, what is to become of a culture that they assiduously bash, but know deep down, is DEMONSTRABLY SUPERIOR to all others.

They’re getting scared to death.

Imagine walking down streets of Europe, and seeing the veils everywhere, seeing them with children by the dozens, knowing about the rapes, the gang rapes, the beatings, the threatenings, the thefts, the violence, and knowing, SEEING all around you, YOUR FUTURE AND THAT OF YOUR CHILDREN.

No.

The Europeans are going to rouse themselves, BIG TIME.

The mohammedans only have to obliterate some art work, and they will, and that will be like a light to a fuse, which is already smoldering.

Damn. you beat me to it re pester.

anyway, when americans are allowed to see both sides of this dispute then we can listen to what they have to say about it. I’ts not taught in schools and it certainly isn’t covered fairly in the media thanks to you know who

I would guess less than 25%

add lester and get to 26.

I would guess less than 25%

In the Gaza conflict, “European diplomats see a crisis with no exit point,” says a senior French scholar with extensive Mideast experience. “They think if the Israelis can put out Hamas and put in Abbas, that would be wonderful. They don’t see Hamas as Palestinian nationals, but as Islamic.”

Europe itself is not the Europe of decades past, dominated by French diplomacy, with its Arab ties. There are 27 nations. Eastern and former Soviet states, like Poland and the Czech Republic, often take American positions on foreign affairs. As Prague took over the EU presidency last week, it issued a statement that Israel’s actions in Gaza were “defensive” – later backing down under French and British censure.

The Palestinians are losing their European enablers just as Democrats get ready to abandon another democracy.

Yet since Sept. 11, a discourse that advocates a tough confrontation with Islam has emerged in Europe – based in part on Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilization” theory – in such venues as the French magazine “Brave New World.” Sarkozy has been congenial to these points.

Interesting to see who is becoming more realistic and who is fleeing reality.

Putting their heads in the sand and hoping the problem goes away somehow.

It might be big news for you guys but ho hum . It”s either a Peter & the wolf scenario or we have been led to wait for the big one . Today that might be Iran /Israel or The Big Redemption show complete with Stairway to Heaven & robes & sandals , good christians & not sure where the Jewish fit in there !