If being superbolic is to exaggerate in the extreme then the current dust up between Israel and Palestine is quintessential pretext and positioning for all parties involved.
For the Palestinians who captured a 19 yo soldier, their pretext is to derail all movement toward recognizing Israel. It was a calculated move by powers (both within and out) who do not want to see this war end. It could even be said that much of the affected population has become so comfortable with conflict that the idea of peace is not only an alien one but also one that they may fear.
For Israelis, freeing a captive soldier is actually a pretext for collective punishment of the Palestinians who voted for Hamas. By extension, therefore, the current reactive military action by Israel is indicative of the darkness that has overtaken the whole country. Yes, they have rightfully protected themselves, but now they use fear as a tool to make life increasingly unbearable in the Palestinian ghetto. Israel has been seduced by the only roadmap they know – retribution.
And what of the pretexts of the so-called international community? Once a long time ago, the West saw the establishment of Israel as repayment for the collective guilt over what happened during WWII. But look at her now… a militarized spoiled brat who bullies her neighbors and fails to comprehend the consequences of her own actions. Rather than build on roadmaps to peace Israel builds walls, bombs beaches (apparently without discretion), and assassinates leaders.
The 1967 war taught the Arabic monarchies a lesson that overt warfare would not succeed, so they have sought to subvert the experiment by sponsoring murderous waves of bomb-belted martyrs and armed fanatics. But this strategy has also failed and has even begun to backfire on them in the form of home-grown discontent and outright rebellion.
One thing about superbole – even the most practiced exaggerator grows weary of the adjective and adverb and longs for the simplicity (and beauty) of plainness. Call it the Cliff Vegas “no bullshit†Roadmap to peace: stop indulging Israel and, in turn, reward Palestinians like Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). With Arabic cooperation, we might even successfully impose international military rule over the whole mess, systematically disarm both sides, and entomb the forces of retribution with the pretext of peace.
By the way, happy 230th birthday America.
Update:
Gilad Shalit (
 גלעד שליט) is an Israeli soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who was abducted[1][2] inside Israel by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid via underground tunnels near the Israeli border with Gaza on 25 June 2006. The Hamas militants held him for over five years, until his release on 18 October 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange deal.
Shalit was abducted near the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel, and held by Hamas as a hostage at an unknown location in the Gaza Strip.[11] On 18 October 2011, he was released in a deal that secured his freedom after more than five years in isolation and captivity, in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, including some convicted of multiple murders and carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilians (according to Israeli government sources, the prisoners released were collectively responsible for 569 Israeli deaths[12][13]).[14][15] Hamas’ previous demands of releasing of all female and underage Palestinians as well as Marwan Barghouti were not met.[16][17]
Shalit was the first Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian militants since Nachshon Wachsman in 1994.[18] Shalit, having a rank of Corporal in the IDF’s Armor Corps at the time of his abduction, was promoted to Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, and then Sergeant Major on the eve of his release.[19][20]