Wake up and smell the coffee, Derek!
Please, Derec with c. And I do not see how coffee smell would make me see things your way.
We are NOT A PARTY TO THIS CONFLICT.
Our ally Israel is. Which is why US support for Israel should be more forceful, not less. Again, do you have a problem with all the countries that are supporting the Palestinians and vilifying Israel?
We have no business in supporting a government that engages in apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
Which Israel isn't.
We have no business supporting terrorists.
I agree! That's why we (and the EU) need to stop all aid to Palestinian Authority.
We do not need to send military supplies there.
Why not? Israel has the right to defend herself. Besides, unlike Palestinians they do not target civilians.
Israel attacked and killed people on a humanitarian relief effort awhile ago.
You mean the Gaza flotilla? They attempted to run a legitimate naval blockade and did not submit to a search peacefully. Without an inspection there is no way to determine what exactly was on those boats.
They were not bringing bombs and guns to Gaza.
Then they could go through proper channels to bring legitimate supplies in. The only purpose of blockade running is to bring contraband. If not in the first flotilla (a sort of "dry run" if you will) then on subsequent trips.
It is true there are rascals and angry people all over the middle east. This should not be construed to be a license to support one rascal over another.
No side is perfect. But that does not mean the sides are equivalent. There is world of difference between Israel and the Palestinians in this conflict.
Israel's biggest fear is the U.S. making peace with Iran.
Israel had good relations with Iran until the weirdbeards took over. I do not see them making peace with US any more than with Israel. Conversely, should weirdbeards be deposed I do not see what would stand in the way of Israel renewing friendly relations with the people of Iran.
Israel foments conflicts with muslims wherever they exist.
Israel had good relations with Iran until the revolution there. They had good relations with Turkey until Erdogan struck a hardline course. Israel made a peace treaty with Egypt which held for decades but Muslim Brothers threatened to abrogate it during their (thankfully) brief reign.
A pattern emerges here. It is not Islam that Israel has a problem with but Islamism, and that chiefly because Islamists have a problem with Israel.