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To: Dayuhan who wrote (35628)8/1/2002 10:49:07 AM
From: AK2004  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Steven
re: recognize our limitations
true but we are talking about something that US already committed itself to
re: many of the problems we face are complex
also we very often make them more complex than they really are
re: blind and uncritical support for Israel.
I do not believe that we are forced into "blind" position. Yet we should not condemn Israel for something that we would do ourselves under similar conditions. Israel not only has the right to defend it's citizens but also an obligation to do so.
re: We're going to war to protect ourselves from terrorism.
Israel is facing the same enemies. Hatred for west predates Israel as a country. Terrorist hate equally Israel and US and has very little to do with US support of Israel because the same groups hate Russia as well who until recently supported arabs.
-Albert



To: Dayuhan who wrote (35628)8/1/2002 10:55:58 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
position of blind and uncritical support for Israel.

I agree, Steve, but lets walk in their shoes for a minute. I was listening to "Imus" this morning, and someone made the crack that if people from Montreal were bombing NY the way the Palestinians are bombing Israel, we would flatten Montreal!