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A good chunk of the west bank is under Palestinian administration, just not Hamas. Far from ideal, but has been a lot better than Gaza as near as I can tell. You're touching on my nightmare scenario. If Israel can't concede any land nor nationalize the people living there what are their...

Agree, with one snag... given Israel's objective of being a Jewish state there is plenty of pressure to not nationalize more Palestinians even if the Arabs were willing. A second state is pretty much necessary to any peaceful outcomes.

I pray you're wrong. Personal experience of Jews and Arabs living together tells me there are other ways, but as you say, are they realistic in the middle east. How do you remove entrenched extremist leadership without brutality and ensure the winning side doesn't end up run by extremists as...

You're right about that... and I believe these are points that matter a whole lot more than cranking back centuries through old maps.

And you can't just emigrate to Canada from any place, there are procedures and red tape, but it is clearly possible as people have done it. We can't reasonably communicate if we have to qualify every statement for all the potential exceptions.

Totally disagree. The historical precedent for something like Israel, Palestine or Gaza can be measured in short centuries. Their absence is measured in millennia, yet the people are still there. I'm not sure what that analogy is supposed to mean and it feels like you're responding to an...

Only in the most sarcastic tone of voice possible.

You're way off track if you are looking for historical precedents for any candidates for a modern state in that space. The ancient, united, and independent kingdom of Israel lasted only slightly over 100 years three millennia ago. For comparison, the crusader kingdom was there for almost 200...

Ostrozac, I was remarking in particular about this part regarding an engineering career (sorry for any confusion): I never saw any signs in engineering that you would damage your career just by having served and have run into enough people at work (at least one guy was infantry) with prior...

For the original poster dennis7t.life, you may want to keep asking around - real life people or companies if possible. I've conducted interviews for engineering posts, and although I've occasionally gotten some curious instructions (like shelving CVs with PHDs for being too academic), noone...

Thanks for the info, skeletor and medicineman.

Out of curiosity (and seeking cover under the thread title), what would we use a force of paratroopers for in this day and age? Is there a plausible scenario for a sizeable body of troops that couldn't be more efficiently handled by helicopter transport? If I discount tiny special forces or...