When presented with an intractable problem, sometimes it is necessary to question one's assumptions. I think it's clear that the Palestinians don't want a pragmatic solution.
My question was, why?
After all, as Nadine points out, the Israelis only wanted a teeny-tiny piece of Arabic land to call their own. And, as everyone knows, they've done a better job developing it than the Arabs did. And, everyone except the Arabs think it's a fine thing. And, anyway, it's a done deal, so they should get over it, already.
And, most of all, their leaders are not nice people, and they do bad things, so it's hard to feel sympathy for them.
It's just that some people have a funny way of not being pragmatic about things that really, really, really make them mad, like taking over their country. Ask the Irish how they feel about the Brits. Ask the Yugoslavians and the Greeks how they felt about the Turks. Interesting how all these situations involve people with different religions, as well as different ethic groups. Here in America we think people should all just get along. Not everyone feels that way. Americans don't seem to understand that everyone does not want to be like Americans. It's one of our uglier qualities. |
