To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (156231 ) 1/14/2005 1:28:17 PM From: marcos Respond to Good analogy, yes - suppose the zoroastrians decided they wanted a Zorostaat and they selected the Connecticut River valley, well it seems pretty clear that any action they took in this regard would make the front page of the Boston papers, and take effect on the sense of nationalism of the valley's inhabitants, and if those inhabitants didn't already have a sense of nationalism, they would bloody soon get oneIt's true that the Arab national movement has no positive content. The leaders of the movement are unconcerned with betterment of the people and provision of their essential needs. They do not aid the fellah; to the contrary, the leaders suck his blood, and exploit the popular awakening for private gain. But we err if we measure the Arabs and their movement by our standards. Every people is worthy of its national movement. The obvious characteristic of a political movement is that it knows how to mobilize the masses. From this prospective there is no doubt that we are facing a political movement, and we should not underestimate it. 'palestineremembered.com palestineremembered.com If you wish to colonize a land in which people are already living, you must provide a garrison for the land, or find a benefactor who will maintain the garrison on your behalf. ... Zionism is a colonizing adventure and, therefore, it stands or falls on the question of armed forces. 'palestineremembered.com The Arabs loved their country as much as the Jews did. Instinctively, they understood Zionist aspirations very well, and their decision to resist them was only natural ..... There was not misunderstanding between Jew and Arab, but a natural conflict. .... No Agreement was possible with the Palestinian Arab; they would accept Zionism only when they found themselves up against an 'iron wall,' when they realize they had no alternative but to accept Jewish settlement. '
