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To: E. T. who wrote (3280)	2/4/2003 9:02:09 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Then that takes us back to what was wrong with the Clinton deal of 2000 and why did Arafat return to using terrorism, when he had promised not do so. We already talked about this. Message 18527975 I believe middle eastern Arabs for the most part are anti-semitic because of government propaganda that fills their heads with hate promotiing nonsense. You are of course entitled to your opinion. My personal experience from living in the Middle East, and going to school with Arabs AND Jewish kids together, suggests that "hate promoting propaganda" is not as widespread or effective as one might think reading about it from western media. What ocean would Israel be floating in today if it did not have a crushing military? Mediterranean Sea, probably. I see your point. However, do they have to CRUSH Palestinian civilians just because they have a "crushing military power"? If Arabs were more antiisrael than antisemitic, as you suggest, why were jews throughout the Arab world persecuted or driven out of their home countries? I have to admit I am not familiar with just when or how that happened. Would you care to give me a quick summary? And even if so, did that happen at about the same time as so many Jewish people were being turned into soap in Western Europe? And would you now use this historic fact to say all Europeans are anti-Semites?

To: E. T. who wrote (3280)	2/4/2003 10:54:14 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

<< why were jews throughout the Arab world persecuted or driven out of their home countries? >> Where was the cry of outrage, when this happened? Where were the zonders of the world, screaming for justice? The answer, of course, is nowhere. There are many zonders. They can't understand what anyone is posting to them. They think that they understand the situation in the Middle East, but they don't, and they can't. They are like a stuck record, speaking the same, incorrect propaganda, over and over again. People, like zonder, will always need someone to take care of them, and to tell them what to think.