Pearly_Button, you posted: "So do religious whacko nutballs in your neck of the woods believe in democracy and free and open elections, or what?" You fault the Jews of Israel for protecting themselves from Arab atrocities, but you don't fault the Arab/Muslim dictatorships for their atrocities against Christians and Jews. Is that out of ignorance? Muslims are slowly, but surely, ethnically cleansing the entire Middle East of Christians and Jews. Even in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, relentless terrorism by Muslims against Christians has forced almost all Christians out of Bethlehem. Israel was formed as a place for Jews, and even Christians and EVEN Muslims!, to be safe and free from persecution. Because of inhuman treatment and persecution, Jews were forced out of most of the Arab/Muslim countries of the Middle East. There were 140,000 Jews driven out of Algeria, 75,000 Jews driven out of Egypt; 100,000 Jews driven out of Iran; 150,000 Jews driven out of Iraq; 20,000 Jews driven out of Lebanon; 38,000 Jews driven out of Libya; 260,000 Jews driven out of Morocco; 30,000 Jews driven out of Syria; 105,000 Jews driven out of Tunisia; and 55,000 Jews driven out of Yemen. Most of these Jews had no other "safe" place to go other than to Palestine (Israel). You want an Arab take-over of Israel? Would your Arab takeover of Israel be the same as the current Arab takeover of Darfur in the Sudan? Arabs are killing, starving, raping, mutilating, torturing the entire black Christian population. Is this your idea of democracy? |