Who is in favor of Israel's actions?

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The dictators and Imams have used Isreal and the "West" as an excuse for all there problems as a way to keep control of the population and keep their power and position. It is always easier to teach hate than reason, because hate is only about emotion and not thought. If you control the media and it is propagandizing hate of the "West" constantly then hate is what a population will believe and act on. If you add the twist of religous leaders teaching hate to it then it really becomes
complicated to find a non-violent solution to the problem.

You cannot appease ingrained blind hatred of the Jewish people or the West. When Bush set out to democratize Iraq and Afghanistan he threatened the power and control of every dictator and religous leader in the middle east. They then declared Holy War on us as whole not just Isreal. If we stand around with our political parties fighting each other over power and not committed to solidarity, then we will have more acts of terrorism in our country.