[Courage the Cowardly Dog]

This has been in the news for a while and people wonder. As did I. Then I realized that being a real country has lots of benefits that's why Palestine wants that honour itself so badly.

So why is it so important to not recognize Israel as a country? Why is it so hotly debated that when Egypt recognized Israel as a state it got their leader assasinated wth grenades?

1. Well first of all as a personal hero mine Jimmy Carter once stated it's about recognizing the other's right to exist. A country is legitamate and has rights. It's not like a roaming group such as gypsies or say the Jews when they roamed the desert 40 years. They have a right to exist and own land and a sovereign right to protect themselves on such land. If they are not a country there is nothing wrong with claiming their land as your own. You'll remember this is what happened in the 6 day war. the surrounding countries disregarded the UN and attempted to displace and claim the land of Canaan.

2. How about the soveriegn right to protect yourself? An Israeli soldier is currently being held hostage by Hamas. How can you hold a soldier as a POW without a declaration of war? Simple, you can't declare war on a country that doesn't exist. You simply march in and claim you have authority there, (or in this case burrow uner the army base at night but you get the idea)

3. A country has borders it can enforce. What's wrong with checkpoints with gaurds? We have them at our border with Mexico. Why can't we build a fence to seperate the two countries? We can because we and mexico are both soveriegn nations. If a rich group of people build a wall to cut themselves off from poor people (even if they are suicide bombers) and set up checkpoints to make sure you are legitamate alien workers and not terrorists it's aparthied. It's even a land grab. If it's not a country it has no right to secure those borders any more than your average two neighbours can set up gigantic concrete walls with armed gaurds.

4. An asshat supported by a political group to strap bombs to himself, walk into a group of people of another race and kill himself and others, men women children whatever. This is a hate crime and terrorism. BUT if it's between two countries it's a war crime, that's is the governments responsibility, and take responsibility to arrest similar individuals and give reperations and face a war crimes tribunal for doing this act agianst another countries civilians.

5. the Geneva convention covers war crimes. War is a fight between 2 countries. If Israel isn't a country this is no different then the Hatfields and McCoys.