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To: tejek who wrote (218036)	2/7/2005 10:35:34 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574685

Uhh......didn't the Russians build a wall and then ended up tearing it down? Didn't the Chinese build a wall and found that it was ineffective in keeping its enemies out? The East Germans built a wall and it was fairly effective. It was torn down because East Germany's system started to get torn down. China's wall (or really walls) was less effective but not useless, and it was much longer and thus harder to patrol. Any wall can be breached or bypassed, but walls and barriers can be effective if you have a mobile reserve. They don't do much if you just leave them sitting there un-patrolled. Sure Palestinian terrorists can make it past the wall (esp. with it being incomplete) but not with the ease or in the numbers they could without the wall, at least not if/when it is finished. That's right............the wall is simply the icing on the cake. However, you were the one who was questioning whether the Israelis have been annexing WB land or not. I guess you've answered your own question. I responded with your term. Perhaps I should have put in in quotes. The land has not been annexed it has been occupied. Of course either way the Israelis control it and the Palestinians don't. Tim