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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby

When did I ever say that? I would ask, for the sake of a fair and balanced argument, that you avoid creating false stances and attacking them. I very clearly said the opposite of what you're asserting:






All true. They would have received a seaport, an airport. All signs did point to there being a gradual and total withdrawal. This however, never came to fruition, namely because of the threat Hamas posed. Unfortunately, this truthfulness of this post regarding the intentions of a gradual, eventual withdrawal, with further freedoms to be granted in the future (until the Hamas took over) is in direct conflict with the post you made, which I said was factually incorrect:




As I said (and you admitted to in the post quoted at the top), no withdrawal was completed. No "reward" was bestowed upon Gaza. Withdrawal was the eventual goal, with eventual freedom granted to Gaza, but this never occurred. Israel never gave up control, never ceased it's role as an occupying power, and never allowed the people of Gaza to be free. If the "reward" you speak up was pulling military personnel out, you are correct, but the rest of your post isn't accurate. We all know why Israel never withdrew, and it was a valid reason. That does not, however, mean that fictional accounts of what happened should form the backbone of your argument.

I took issue with your claims that Israel withdrew and rewarded Gaza. Something that, while intended, never occurred. Thank you for admitting as much.

You don't think total withdrawal of all settlers and military and freedom of goods was a "reward"?

Maybe you're right....but that's only because the intent wasn't to reward anybody. Israel was using Gaza as a small test case to see how withdrawal would work on a wider basis. Hamas chose to see it as a "reward" for their previous military action, and use that as a propaganda tool to excuse more attempted violence.