btw, isn't a troll someone who shows up to post once every year or so? What, did you just find the link to ACWOS again?
Seriously, lots of folks have ended up dead throughout Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, etc,etc. The Palestinian Authority is the closest thing to a reasonable voice both Israel and the world have to deal with, and as such, deserve the support both monetary and political to keep the true radicals from taking over the discourse. It's not like Israel has done much to relieve the tensions, nor move toward a viable peaceful solution, either, of late. What is your proposed alternative, Dawg? Let the Palestinians rot? What Israel and, for that matter, the rest of us have to fear is not a two-state solution, but a one state solution. Sooner or later, Israel is going to paint themselves into that corner, where the Palestinians have no real chance at a contiguous homeland, nor access to Jerusalem. That leaves the only option as Israel annexing the whole mess, and there would be more Arab citizens than Jewish ones. At that point, Israel can either impose a sort of apartheid or watch the idea of a Jewish state disappear.
This stuff is messy, I realize, and so does Obama and a lot of other folks who ponder this stuff. As I stated at the outset, sometimes you need to lay out cash for the sake of international stability. I'm not talking about peace, and worldwide kumbaya moments, just simple short-term stability.
