[Dean's World] Dave Price: No More Proxy Wars

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Posted by Dave Price:
No More Proxy Wars
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1151597944.shtml


   Israel is once again invading Palestinian territory in response to
   attacks on its people, a necessary but ultimately futile action,
   because Palestinians are not the problem here; indeed, they even more
   so than the Israelis are the victims in this psychotic shell game of
   tyrants and terrorists. The problem is the militant groups, which are
   heart and soul the creatures of Syria and Iran, and it's long past
   time we all stopped pretending things are in any way otherwise.
   Israeli fighter jets have again "buzzed" Asssad's summer palace, but
   the proper response would be to level the place, preferably with Assad
   inside, and give notice the government centers in Damascus are next if
   their Palestinian proxies keep lobbing explosives into Israel. And
   Iran should be warned that if Hizbollah is not held in check, Tehran
   is not inviolable either -- and worst-case, neither are its oil
   fields. If these regimes want to wage war against Israel, they should
   be made to suffer the consequences themselves rather than cruelly
   using the Palestinians to buffer the blowback.
   Would it work? Ask Gaddafi. He's been pretty quiet since Reagan hit
   him where he lived.
   Ask yourself this, too: what would the U.S. do if Mexico demanded we
   return Texas, starting referring to it as "the occupied territory,"
   and began arming Hispanic separatist groups who fired missiles into
   our cities?