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This week, it is Independence Day in both Iraq and America, a day with very different meanings in each country. Today finally marks the beginning of the end of America's front line military role in Iraq.
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The Israelis conquered the Golan in a defensive war, that makes the Golan theirs by international law. The 1949 Armistice border was never accepted by the Syrians anyways, so why should it be set in stone in 2009?.
However, if the Syrians were to offer a comprehensive peace, with open borders and trade then it might be worth trading most of the Golan back to the Syrians. This will NEVER happen. The Israelis offered that deal and Assad (the older and the younger) walked away. They both know that if the Syrians made peace with the the Israelis, their dictatorship would fall and they would be dead. The Assads only care about self preservation and the people of Syria remain poor to pay the price.
As Syria's oil runs out in the next few years, we will see more desperate actions by the Syrians. I doubt that Israel will open themselves up to Syrian bombardment from Golan, as they had from 1949-67 by giving the Syrians the high ground. Look elsewhere for a breakthrough peace settlement in the middle east.
They produce over 500,000 barrels of oil a day. Plenty of reserves (though smaller than most Arab nations) and have signed exploration deals.
Plus, they have a lot of natural gas.
Their oil is not running out in the "next few years".
Care to retool your argument?
Yeah, he just has to consult with his Israeli High School issued history text book.
The fourth most powerful military might on earth with nuclear arsenals from here to God - to claim that they need these hilltops to prevent supposed rockets is absolutely ludicrous.
This states policy and status quo is nothing but GRAND THEFT / constantly coloring in a map and callling it their own whether in the Golan or W. Bank or Lebanon.
When will we stop this mad state?
Look how Hitlarian they've become.. Israyell puts Gazans on a diet!
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/the-gaza-diet-and-the-congo-diet-and-the-zimbabwe-diet-.html
"He nonetheless called on the Syrians to resume peace talks with Israel with no preconditions but 'with each side aware of the other's position.'"
What double-faced hacks the Israelis have in their government. "We are not willing to give back the land, but come talk without pre-conditions.... Please ignore my previously mentioned pre-condition."
For answers on the Golan check out this Link.
http://palestinefacts.org/pf_current_golan.php
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