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To: tejek who wrote (54713)9/12/2001 3:16:01 PM
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ted, Re: "If Israel took half the money it spends on defense which is considerable and spent it on the Palestinians now; in a generation, I assure you the Palestinians will have moved up the economic ladder and there will much less fighting."

I agree that the increased investment in improving the standard of living for third world nations would be a wise investment towards a better world. However, it takes a long time to reduce the tensions between neighboring groups who have experienced terror at close range. Working with the moderate members of a society (the IRA for example) may remove a lot of the fight from the terrorists that purport to be working for the cause.

The Balkans showed that people who had lived as neighbors could rapidly change to blood enemies after the atrocities accelerated so that they became personal for many people instead of just a few who thought things had to be different.

EDIT: Another Clancy reference (Sum of All Fears). Recall Jack Ryan's solution for Israel that allowed the Israelis and Palestinians to be separated by third party force, a united religious council, and some time to realize that a way of life not full of terror was a more desirable path even if some compromises had to be made.

-PT
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