World Affairs Board - View Single Post - Israel to enhance range of Indian SLBM Sagarika to 2500 km

**ZFBoxcar** · 03-03-2005, 20:46 PM

Lull, the fact that you can't differentiate between your actual anti-Semitism and Troung's reasonable arguments (although I happen to disagree with him on some of it) is sad. It pisses me off when Israel sells to countries like China, although I have no problem with weapons sales to India. I do not approve of everything Israel does, but that doesn't change my personal opinion on Israel's status as an ally. Aswell, how a country governs itself should be taken into account. After all, the US will not apply sanctions on France or any Western democracy, no matter who they sell weapons to. Democracies have never fought against eachother, and IMO should all be allies. I know one obviously has to look out for their own interests first, so...I don't know. I suppose Israel hasn't really done anything to earn US aid, but nonetheless I would be sad to see that aid vanish. Okay, part of it is cause I'm Jewish, but I'm more of a believer in a united West (not just Western Europe and North America though, anyone who fits the government ande economic type like Japan and South Korea), and I happen to see Israel as part of the West.

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ZFBoxcar Moderator Join Date: 08-03-03 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,125 Country:	Lull, the fact that you can't differentiate between your actual anti-Semitism and Troung's reasonable arguments (although I happen to disagree with him on some of it) is sad. It pisses me off when Israel sells to countries like China, although I have no problem with weapons sales to India. I do not approve of everything Israel does, but that doesn't change my personal opinion on Israel's status as an ally. Aswell, how a country governs itself should be taken into account. After all, the US will not apply sanctions on France or any Western democracy, no matter who they sell weapons to. Democracies have never fought against eachother, and IMO should all be allies. I know one obviously has to look out for their own interests first, so...I don't know. I suppose Israel hasn't really done anything to earn US aid, but nonetheless I would be sad to see that aid vanish. Okay, part of it is cause I'm Jewish, but I'm more of a believer in a united West (not just Western Europe and North America though, anyone who fits the government ande economic type like Japan and South Korea), and I happen to see Israel as part of the West. Last edited by ZFBoxcar : 03-03-2005 at 21:07 PM.