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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (12409)12/2/2001 1:50:18 PM
From: carranza2  Respond to of 281500
 
Hi, Nadine. Good comment. Absolutely true.

The Arabs in this century have again and again scorned their pragmatists, while honoring maximalists who pursue ruinous campaigns for some impossible goal.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (12409)12/2/2001 2:15:47 PM
From: teevee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Nadine,

I don't disagree with your points of view and statements, however, there are many histories and perspectives, always "colored" by what you were taught, who taught you, and how your family and life has been affected. If I knew how to introduce "pluralism" into the middle east, or any other region filled with strife, I would happily offer up a solution.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (12409)12/3/2001 12:37:20 PM
From: Thomas M.  Respond to of 281500
 
Ah, yes, the Israeli terrorists were a "minority movement", a few outliers. Yet, somehow the terrorist leaders Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir were voted Prime Minister of Israel..

Tom