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To: michael97123 who wrote (102760)	6/25/2003 12:26:47 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Mike, The no history, no war scenario actually plays well to the really good arguments that Marcos was making about the validity of states based on religion. His argument boiled down to - no religion, no war. The reality is we are all trapped by history and religion until someone draws a line in the sand - and stops the madness. Israel was a very bad idea - Steven and Marcos are right about that issue. Unfortunately, just after WW2 no one doubted the holocaust - it was too evident and as a result there was a lot of European guilt and American sympathy for its creation - and no one thought through the consequences of where it was built. Now it is 2003. What do we do now? Revisiting bad decisions made in 1947 by the UN or worse decisions made by Arab despots in 1948, 1967 or 1973 does no one any good. As for these bully Israeli's - the name might fit today, but it sure didn't in 1948. In 1948 refugee Jews (mostly from Europe) fought off Arab tanks and machine guns with Molotov cocktails and smuggled small arms. Revisionism cannot change the facts of the era. John