"But his reasons for doing so aren't completely BS."

But they are corrupt. Putin has always been corrupt.

By the time any cases against him could finally reach trial Putin was able to claim presidential immunity. (Sound familiar?)

Your lack of historical knowledge regarding Putin and Russia is appalling. Pretty much like your historical knowledge of the Middle East.

It's like you don't care enough to learn the truth about these things.

You can't handle the Truth.

It's not what You think.

I was a watcher in the wall protecting you from the truth until you were old enough to take my place.

Which of course you never did.

And you think you know the Truth?

Have you ever even left American soil?

"The US is corrupt. Israel is definitely corrupt. Do you care enough to learn the truth about that?"

WTF are you gibbering about?

"You excuse the Iraq Invasion, were you in favor of it at the time?"

Again. WTF are you gibbering about. I am not "in favor" of any war. That doesn't mean I don't understand how they happen.

If Palestinians did not want war with Israel they should not have started one. I may not know much but I do know this ... wars are easier to start than they are to stop.

And then there is this ... Arabs are famous for staring wars with Israel and then getting upset when Israel wins them.

"Hamas did that, not Palestinians There isn't a nation called Palestine to go to war with, according to Israel."

There could have been. Arafat chose to reject the two state solution.

Anyway that's cheap Semantics. There isn't a nation called Hamas either.

Who were the people who attacked Israel and where did they come from?

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But Israel wanted war with Hamas.

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Probably true. But they did not start it.

"Oh give me a break. Israel is in the driver's seat in this conflict and we both know it:"

I will give you and Hamas a break when they return the hostages. Preferably alive.

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I do hold Israel to a higher standard. And if they wish to be a part of the international community of nations they do need to act in accordance with agreed upon human rights principles and international law. And if they don't then they should be held accountable by the international community.

I can't hold Hamas to any standard as they are a terrorist organization and apparently (as I have been reminded many times ) not actual representatives of the Palestinian people.

"You stood on that Wall,but you didn't protect anyone from the Corruption behind it."

That wasn't my job at the time.

"You defended a system no less evil than the ones you were defending it from."

I didn't start the fire. The worlds been burning since the worlds been turning ...

I do know that you cannot put out just 80% of a fire.

And you Wade into the deep end of the pool you should probably learn to swim first. And then if you decide to go scuba diving you need to realize that you are now part of the food chain.

You really should get out more. You would learn to appreciate America and maybe not be so self hating. Sure we are having growing pains. Not like we haven't had them before.

Finally - Israel is not a state in America. It's is it's own country. We cannot in the end tell them what to do if their leaders don't listen. Hell we can't even tell Texas what to do and they ARE still an American state.