To: tejek who wrote (147207 ) 5/15/2002 10:42:53 PM From: TimF Read Replies (1) | Respond to Tim, where did you read that? My understanding is that many of the Arabs are indigenous........that their families go way back. First of all, the equivalent would be if Mexico attacked us and we took Cuba in retaliation. Syria did not own the WB. Taking the Golan Hts make sense as a form of punishment against Syria but the WB? As for the Native Americans, we have paid significant reparations for taking their land. And I believe we paid Mexico for TX as well. Sooooooo.......wouldn't you think it reasonable that the Palestinians get some kind of reparation for the land, businesses and property taken from them during the 1948 war? I know the US would not be allowed to get away with such an inequity.....why should Israel? Originally, back in the twenties and thirties, the WB was part of the land that was promised to the Palestinians I disagree.........by your definition, any revolutionary including the American colonists is a terrorist The evil stems from his motivation which is that we do not deserve to live because of our negative attributes. By making that judgement, he and his colleagues have set themselves above the rest of us.......and the evil flows from their arrogance. I think he is a very different animal from Arafat and most Palestinians. In any argument, there are two sides. For a long time, the US seem to only listen to the Israeli side. However, now, I think its in our best interest to listen to both sides.........and I mean really listen. I don't believe the Palestinian story has been well presented in this country.....and it needs to be.
