Israel war in Gaza... to balance Malaysia's one-sided view.

You must realize something. The mass media in Malaysia is VASTLY different from the mass media in USA. We get entirely different content from them.

Over there, they have been told for YEARS about how palestinians have been harassing Israel with rocket launchers and missiles.

For us, it is being made to seem as if Israel is making these completely unprovoked assaults to conquer Palestine.

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=283&PID=0&IID=2049

Prior to 2006, the number of Palestinian rocket attacks rarely reached 50 per month. By early 2008, Palestinian organizations displayed a capability of launching 50 rockets per day!!!


Israel is not that big a nation, in terms of land mass, BTW.
Imagine that Brunei or Singapore was launching 50 rockets a month in to Malaysia. For the past 8 years.

What do you think our leaders should do in this situation? Sit quietly on their backsides and still not resort to declaring war?

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If Palestine was REALLY in that bad condition, they would have AGREED TO THE TERMS OF THE CEASEFIRE. There are no surrender demands, it is merely request for a ceasefire.
Of course, I am also possibly not looking at this carefully from both sides of the coin... some further research required here...
War sucks. It always does. But I think that there is a danger of falling for Malaysian brainwashing and one-sided commentary here.

Remember... LOOK AT YOUR MALAYSIAN PASSPORT, page 2.

There is only ONE country in the world that Malaysia really hates: Israel. Malaysia has hated them for YEARS... for religious reasons!

So... our TV and newspapers are hardly unbiased.

Seriously, where have all the photos and videos of victims of rocket and Palestinian attacks gone... for the past 8 years?

Truth is, Malaysian press have been very happy to totally ignore any suffering in Israel for years... after all, it was Jews being killed by Muslims, so they said nothing. For 8 years.

The minute that Israel declares war, and worse, actually starts winning... by a large margin... Malaysia makes a LOT of noise about it.

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One way of getting a more unbiased opinion is to search for views OUTSIDE your own country... see what the MAJORITY say... especially in this environment.

Overall, I would say everyone thinks this war sucks, but the situation for the past 8 years is also untenable. War is always unpleasant, but seriously, sometimes, THERE IS SIMPLY NO CHOICE. Especially when dealing with religious extremists who do not listen to reason.

Well, anyhow, to make this look more like an Investment Article and not a political blog, discussing the affects of this war:

It won't have that much affect. The possibility of this turning into a multi-nation war is pretty low... unless Malaysia does something stupid like declare that they are sending troops against Israel... which they won't, fortunatly. Even these boycott calls will fail, I have SERIOUS doubt that the Muslim community will actually listen to these calls to boycott American goods... I doubt even the fellas who made the calls in the first place will give up their luxury American pharmaceuticals and clothing and such. All talk, no substance.

This was looks like it's going to be protracted. Basically, this is not the first time this has occured. "While it is often forgotten, Israel completely withdrew from the Gaza Strip in August 2005". The result? In August 2005, Kassam rocket attacks were dramatically reduced so that they would not get in the way of Israel's Gaza pullout. BUT THE ATTACKS RESUMED SHORTLLY AFTER THAT. The number of rocket strikes in the year 2006 shot up to 946 - a five-fold increase. Israel got fooled once. They are unlikely to make the same mistake again.

An 8 year war does not get solved overnight.

Well, whatever. As long as Malaysian politician KNOW THEIR PLACE, and do not try instigating trouble with America, we should not be adversely affected. ... BTW, notice that Malaysian EXPORTS to America are under no threat to be cut off? lol. Looks like our politicians don't have the guts to threaten to cut off the Oil or Rubber or electronic components exports to America... which are actually war components, btw! Unlike Coca cola. Hahaha.

Malaysia boleh?