LuckyStrike
4th November 2012, 06:06 PM
I really enjoy FSN, and have learned a lot from them over the years. It always seemed to me that Jim has been conned by the MSM and tends to be somewhat of a neo con although he does a good job about keeping his views off the show. On the other hand I always though John was a RP guy who really knew the score but just bit his tongue a lot because he was only guest host. So I was looking around the net for info on John and found some disturbing things.
http://www.steelonsteel.com/category/httpwww-steelonsteel-comwordpresscategorycommentary-articlesistm/
So what is all this flap about the June 1967 borders for Israel?
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com and here’s how it seems to me.
We constantly hear that Israel is occupying Palestinian territory in contravention to international law. But UN resolution 242 only requires Israel to withdraw from some of that territory once final borders have been established, which has never happened.
In 1948, the UN partitioned Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state, Trans-Jordan, which was to be the home for the Palestinians. The Arab countries didn’t like it; they attacked Israel and threatened to annihilate the new Jewish state. When the war ended in 1949, an armistice was signed for temporary borders. The final borders were supposed to be determined by negotiation but the Arab countries refused to ever negotiate.
In 1967 Syria, Jordan and Egypt attacked Israel once again and they lost more territory. Once again, the temporary lines moved. But now we had this thing called “Palestinian Territory”; gee, where did that come from? I t used to be owned by Jordan, there’s never been a Palestinian state. The Oslo peace process was supposed to determine the final borders but that didn’t work. And now the push has begun in the United Nations to force ’67 borders on Israel by unilaterally declaring an independent Palestinian state.
If that succeeds, Israel will then be guilty of occupying sovereign territory of another country, as well as having its own security compromised. That can’t be allowed to happen.
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com, that’s how it seems to me.
It’s Showdown time in the Middle East Again
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com and here’s how it seems to me.
The Middle East chessboard has been rapidly changing due to the so-called Arab spring, which seems to be forming, in reality, an Arab winter. The governments of countries surrounding Israel are increasingly being taken over by groups hostile to Israel. In Lebanon, in the north, the terrorist group Hezbollah now has control of Lebanon’s government instead of just control of the southern border of the country.
Along the south in Gaza, the terrorist group Hamas has free movement of materials like war supplies and; Hamas is now a major partner in the peace negotiations if you can call them that. In Egypt itself, the elections in September have a high probability of putting in power representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, which means that Egypt will become increasingly hostile towards Israel.
You see, at a time when the threat level against Israel is rising rapidly, instead of standing with Israel, the Obama administration is badgering Israel into accepting the old, indefensible pre-1967 borders as a starting point for restarting the long-dead peace process.
But how can you even restart a peace process, when one of the negotiating partners, Hamas, refuses to reject its call for the destruction of Israel? The world itself is heading towards a major energy crisis and conflict in the Middle-East region which will involve most of the first world countries. If there ever were a time to pray for the peace of Jerusalem this is it.
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com and that’s how it seems to me.
I'm sad.
http://www.steelonsteel.com/category/httpwww-steelonsteel-comwordpresscategorycommentary-articlesistm/
So what is all this flap about the June 1967 borders for Israel?
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com and here’s how it seems to me.
We constantly hear that Israel is occupying Palestinian territory in contravention to international law. But UN resolution 242 only requires Israel to withdraw from some of that territory once final borders have been established, which has never happened.
In 1948, the UN partitioned Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state, Trans-Jordan, which was to be the home for the Palestinians. The Arab countries didn’t like it; they attacked Israel and threatened to annihilate the new Jewish state. When the war ended in 1949, an armistice was signed for temporary borders. The final borders were supposed to be determined by negotiation but the Arab countries refused to ever negotiate.
In 1967 Syria, Jordan and Egypt attacked Israel once again and they lost more territory. Once again, the temporary lines moved. But now we had this thing called “Palestinian Territory”; gee, where did that come from? I t used to be owned by Jordan, there’s never been a Palestinian state. The Oslo peace process was supposed to determine the final borders but that didn’t work. And now the push has begun in the United Nations to force ’67 borders on Israel by unilaterally declaring an independent Palestinian state.
If that succeeds, Israel will then be guilty of occupying sovereign territory of another country, as well as having its own security compromised. That can’t be allowed to happen.
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com, that’s how it seems to me.
It’s Showdown time in the Middle East Again
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com and here’s how it seems to me.
The Middle East chessboard has been rapidly changing due to the so-called Arab spring, which seems to be forming, in reality, an Arab winter. The governments of countries surrounding Israel are increasingly being taken over by groups hostile to Israel. In Lebanon, in the north, the terrorist group Hezbollah now has control of Lebanon’s government instead of just control of the southern border of the country.
Along the south in Gaza, the terrorist group Hamas has free movement of materials like war supplies and; Hamas is now a major partner in the peace negotiations if you can call them that. In Egypt itself, the elections in September have a high probability of putting in power representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, which means that Egypt will become increasingly hostile towards Israel.
You see, at a time when the threat level against Israel is rising rapidly, instead of standing with Israel, the Obama administration is badgering Israel into accepting the old, indefensible pre-1967 borders as a starting point for restarting the long-dead peace process.
But how can you even restart a peace process, when one of the negotiating partners, Hamas, refuses to reject its call for the destruction of Israel? The world itself is heading towards a major energy crisis and conflict in the Middle-East region which will involve most of the first world countries. If there ever were a time to pray for the peace of Jerusalem this is it.
I’m John Loeffler at steelonsteel.com and that’s how it seems to me.
I'm sad.