Probably the most realistic post I've seen you make yet.
Indeed, the world is "more fair" than it was 2000 years ago.
In fact, it's more fair than it was a mere 50 years ago.
And this is no where MORE evident in the Mid-East, where EVERY nation, including you own Iran, was carved from former empires, most significantly the Ottoman Turks.
Why the Palestinians, or other Arab nations believe they have the sole right to the spoils of the defeat of the Ottoman Turks has always been beyond my comprehension. The Jews greatly aided in their defeat also, and thus deserved their own little "homeland" just as much as the Sauds did. They also, in stark contrast to most of the Arab world, were strongly opposed to Hitler's Germany as well as British rule.
Yet, the Arabs were granted HUGE geographical territories, including Jordan which was traditionally inhabited by Palestinians. Jordan conquered the West Bank in 1948 and annexed it as part of their state, something Israel has NEVER done (despite the expressed desire to do so by some Israelis).
I certainly don't agree with every action taken by the Israelis. And I don't believe the attack on the USS Liberty was an "accident". But I have to look events occurring today, and not dwell in the past. We can't change the past, but we can change the course of the future.
People are people... generally wishing only to "get along" and raise their children to grow up in a world better than they endured. That's the one desire that everyone shares.
And it's not going to be accomplished by one group of individuals constantly threatening to throw the other back into the sea.
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