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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (118354)	11/2/2003 10:42:08 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<why does Israel get pounded on more for minor offenses than the Arab countries for major ones?> Because, as a U.S. citizen, my tax dollars, and my nation's army and government, are used to support Israel. The relationship between the 2 nations is so close, and has been close for so long, that I (and much of the world) consider Israel the de facto 51st State. This isn't true, for Lebanon or Syria. Or even Egypt and Saudi Arabia. But I also think the U.S. should stop sending billions to Egypt, and not use our army to keep in power medieval despots like the Emir of Kuwait. The U.S. ought to stand for something, and that "something" is not Sharon or the Emir of Kuwait. As a nation, we've lost our way, gotten confused, and forgotten (except as empty slogans) the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. I advocate Energy Independence, mainly to end the need to support all the corrupt illiberal undemocratic Emirs and Kings in the Middle East.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (118354)	11/2/2003 11:10:04 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<Also, the rules that you throw up as examples of racism, such as not allowing the Palestian spouse of an Israeli Arab to move to Israel, are neither racist in intent nor of long standing. They were implemented recently, because several suicide bombers had married Israeli Arabs to gain access to Israel.> Recently, a Pastor at a church in a neighboring town, got irritated about repeated burglaries at his church. So he got a gun, and shot two of them. In the back. Killed both, one in the church, one outside as he was running away. Now, let's say you disapproved of the Pastor's methods, and wanted to stop similar events in the future. How would you go about it? Would you advocate allowing no Pastors (and maybe no Priests or Imams as well) into the community? Some Pastors shoot burglars in the back, so all Pastors must be controlled and kept out? He was also a white man. Maybe we should expel all white men from the region, to solve this problem. Or maybe just all the male Pastors (I think we can trust the female ones). Do you understand why the Geneva Conventions label collective punishment a war crime? 216.239.57.104 BTW, a jury of Alaskans acquitted the Pastor of all charges (a verdict I agree with). We are gun-loving libertarians. adn.com