Reply #43: Sounds good...but the practical execution sounds VERY optimistic [View All]

[GSPowner]

and sounds great...but so many things have to happen first...plus you are assuming Hamas wants this.

I see a flaw with your logic that these guys will simply give up their weapons after a few building are built...the regional hatred goes back for centuries that a few building are not going to satisfy.

It looks like you are saying "we" as in the USA. Don't you think we have enough financial problems here and history and the current situation seems to prove we would be wasting our time and money at this point, until they stop shooting at each other?

Lots of things that must happen before the UN will send in the type of people you are suggesting. Centex can't simply show up one day with a building crew and say we are going to make a school or build a house. Then who is going to want to go over there in a "tender-box" of sorts with out being well compensated? I thought by giving away Gaza what you are asking was supposed to happen in the first place.

Hamas has to stop sending rockets into Israel.
Israel has to facilitate this by allowing the UN to bring that kind of equipment and materials in.
Who is going to pay?

"THEN we start disarming"??? without antagonsim or humiliation?" Your kidding right? You assume they are rational people? I think it is pretty safe to say Hamas is not rational and will not line up one day to hand over their weapons...again simply because someone builds them stuff they raeally don't seem to care about in the first place.

it would be nice to get them in a room to talk until they decide on something but I don't think you can change the core issue, that being Hamas wants to destroy Israel adn no matter what israel does they will not stop. If Israel gives them 1/2 of Israel and Jeruselum Hamas will still want more? Remember giving up Gaza was supposed to be the start to peace but since then the rockets launched into Israel has increased.

Dont you think?