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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (237301)6/15/2005 12:38:11 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (3) of 1572791
 
I hear you and you make a good point.

However, I think that going back thousands of years to make a point of how to solve the problem today just isn't practical. We should go back only as far as about 50 years. What is practical is the two state solution and Israel withdrawing from the West Bank and Gaza to make that happen. Everything else is just extremists trying to get the world to espouse their points of view.

Now back to who has a right to the land after that, I think each sovereign country makes its own decisions. In America, we decided long ago that the world should "give us your tired, your poor, etc". In other words, America is a place for anyone seeking freedom and opportunity. The Jews decided they wanted to create a country very much like America, but was open primarily for any Jews seeking freedom and opportunity. That is their right as a sovereign nation. Let's also keep in mind that Muslims are no better than the Jews in this regard. In Muslim lands, the "infidel" will always be a second class citizen. They are raised to believe this, because that's what the Qu'ran says.

Now, I personally disagree with a country that creates a priveleged class and treats all others as second class citizens. I think it is ultimately doomed to failure, because it is planting the seeds of revolution in its own womb. That is why America has been built to stand the test of time. We integrate anyone who wants to be integrated. I personally believe that Israel and all the Muslim countries around it have a lot of growing up to do. Once they can build governments based on integration and equality, they will be fit to join true civilization. Until then, they will always be little better than warring tribes.
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