I've heard it all before, Neo ... many times ... usually beg off the discussion pleading ignorance, in fact it is a recognition of the futility of said discussion, and the embarrassment for the species that futility represents ... closed minds + hatred = cycle of violence
'the Jews did not rob them of land' - what could i possibly say in response to this that hasn't been said a million times before - that methods though partly 'legal', even largely 'legal', added up to one people taking the land of another
Which is not to say they can now give it all back, too much time has passed for that ... so Israel should be accorded a 'right to exist', no rational person doubts that .... however they must be stopped from continuing to take more, those 'settlements' must go, and i think the pre-1967 boundaries are the optimum compromise, with both sides protected from each other by a combination of solid fencing and a multi-national force of peacekeepers who would act as boundary police with an effective intelligence arm of their own, and probably should not include US troops, never mind that the israelis insist on them ... no - because the israelis insist on them ... find a bright indian to command, a dane, a chileno, somebody without old baggage
And unite the Ariel 'n Yasir duo with that single nose ring, then sell the video rights ... there's a Michael Moore book in their story - Stupid Old Men |
