“I want us here in New York to imagine if extremist terrorists were launching rocket attacks across the Mexican or Canadian border, would we stand by or would we defend America against these attacks from extremists?”

And the Americans wonder why the average Canadian bloody hates them. I wonder if they would “defend America” or stand by if extremist terrorists were launching rocket attacks at them from Israel.

This whole conflict between Lebanon and Israel has gotten me thinking lately about situation in the Middle East, which lead to a whole lot of things regarding the history of the State of Israel and the Palestinians and such.

Let’s begin with Lebanon and Israel right now. Hezbollah kidnaps Israeli soldiers, hoping to exchange them for the release of political prisoners, and Israel responds by immediately blowing up the entire country. Basically. They destroy pretty much any way for anyone in the country to get out and take out power and communications. Hezbollah responds by firing rockets into Israel, lather, rinse, repeat.

There are some interesting questions that arise from this situation. (more…)