Shir, never said Israel was only one responsible. I say Israel hasthe main responsibility.
Um and when I said Hamas was not only terrorist, my point was that terrorism was not the worst thing about them, that if they stopped being terrorist because they had more military power that would make them worse, not better. So I was being more critical of Hamas in one way than you are.
The point is that to focus on terror is to focus on the wrong problem Right now you have an enemy actively seeking to eliminate Israel by force. That force being terror is not the worst thing about them. It is a sign of their weakness and one reason a deal is still possible, because they are still dealing from a position of weakness.
Hamas has many factions, but they fall into two categories. There are the factions who don't want a deal who the conflict to go on a long long time in hopes that something will happen to change the balance of power. And you have the factions who want a deal now to spare their people decades of suffering. A serious and genuinely generous offer of a deal by Israel would strengthen the second over the first. There are a lot of other factors. For example a more rational U.S. that reached out to Syria and Iran might be able to get them to put some pressure on Hamas to respond to such an offer if it were made.
In case you've run out of fantasies.
Hmm, a fanfic character generator . . .
What are people doing this weekend?
Hanging out with my sister, mostly. Maybe going to synagogue. Arguing with my sister about where to go for brunch. (She wants to go somewhere "nice," most likely meaning Georgetown and expensive. I want to go somewhere where they actually serve brunch food I eat, which means Adams Morgan and kind of grungy. If she wins, I get a fruit cup for brunch.)
The menu at my sister's choice for brunch includes a bananaccino smoothie, smoked salmon omelet, and Eggs Chesapeake (which is Eggs Benedict with crabmeat instead of the Canadian bacon.) The menu at my choice includes chili cheese tofu scramble, tempeh bacon, and Texas toast. I'm not sure we can compromise. (And I'd thought my suggestion WAS a compromise, since it also serves eggs and meat and stuff -- I could have suggested Soul Vegetarian, which is all vegan.)
Point taken now, Typo Boy. Got nothing more to add.
I am trying to pretend I have nothing to do.
OK, I officially love the Jewlicious blog. First, their headline on the "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler" cake story was "You made baby Hitler cry!" New post today. The story: The discussion board on some Muslim website included a discussion of putting together a list of prominent UK Jews to "target." (Looks to me more like idle gossip than actual planning -- I don't think actual terrorists would be planning anything on a public website.) The headline: "Amy Winehouse Must Die." Cannot stop giggling. [link]
Back from post-op appt. and he didn't pull the tape off. Yay! However, he did say if it was off by itself by next Friday, I have to remove it. EEEEEKKKK!!!
Forget my fun weekend plans. We're supposed to be getting 5-8 inches of snow tomorrow night. Ugh. I am hating this winter. I feel so trapped afraid to go out on my own because of ice and my fear of falling.
