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If anyone does think diplomacy is an option, please explain how.

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I think that diplomacy is an option, we wouldn't even have to negotiate with anyone. Here's how we solve this problem from the US point of view in two easy steps:

1. Get out of Iraq and Kuwait.
2. Give Israel the Cuba treatment: no more money, weapons, trade or acting as their proxy in the UN.

This is much preferable to the "Glass Parking Lot" solution. I mean, Hitler much? Here's why:
1. I'm tired of Israel abusing the Palestinians. Israel is the Apartheid South Africa of the Mideast.
2. The fact that Israel has nukes is a big reason Iran is in the process of developing them.
3. They are a pretty worthless ally. We can't use their bases or armies for our adventures because they are such an international pariah that the minute we use them we have 10x as many headaches with our other allies.
4. I don't consider Israel a real democracy because they don't let the Palestinians vote.
5. I feel bad for the ordinary palestinians, who are about to start their 4th generation in refugee camps. Israel completely dominates these territories borders and economies and even controls the taxes the Palestinian Authority levies. WTF?
6. Israel has no right to anything east of the Green Line, including East Jerusalem.
7. Iraq is a quagmire, we're killing civilians, we've done everything we can over there, yadda yadda.