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To: zonder who wrote (7841)	3/9/2004 11:39:58 AM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 20773

Did the capital letters help or can you really not understand what I read? Actually, I think it was the double negative. No sense getting huffy again. I thought you had toned your hormonal controls down a bit. Getting back to Israel, I disagree 100% with your premise. Israel has shown that it does not want the territories. Sharon, unbelievably given his history, has embarked on a huge risk by promoting his unilateral withdrawal. Israel commits no crime in defending itself. Suicide bombers and, those who produce and induce them, are the criminals, those who you should be condemning. Suicide bombers and the Japanese kamakaze pilots I don't know enough about the psyche of the Japanese suicide bombers but, from what I've read, I believe they were similarly manipulated by quasi religious and nationalistic brainwashing. The end of your post is more of the same. Your precious terrorists, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Arafat weeping over the plight of their people. Grow up. Arafat only cares about his billions. There would be no occupation if there were no terror. You can provide goofy links as much as you wish. I'm not going to waste my time. I'll use common sense. You make up for lack of same with repetition and "cut and paste."

To: zonder who wrote (7841)	3/9/2004 9:58:48 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

...cause and effect. Israel is not occupying Palestinian land and making their lives hell because of terrorism. Actually it is. Throughout the '90's, Israel and the Palestinians were moving toward peace which included a phased withdrawal to negotiated borders and Palestinian sovereignity and eventual independence within its borders. That process ended due to the Al Aqsa intifada and the violence that has continued since that time. When you hear complaints about the checkpoints and the wall that is being built, those things didn't always exist. They are an effect and the cause is the terror campaign of recent years. Back in the '90's, vast numbers of Palestinians crossed the border to go to jobs in Israel every day without the tight checkpoints that exist today. Terrorism really is the cause of the collapse of the peace process and that is its intention.