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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (189376)	6/15/2006 1:59:32 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The failure to make peace is the Arabs' fault. If they want to deny reality for 60 years, it is they who are the losers. They have spent this century scapegoating Israel for their problems instead of trying to solve them, and look at the shape they are in now. Blaming Israel for this is more than a little warped. Before they had Israel to blame, they had Great Britain and France; now they have the US. Well, either side could "make peace" by accomodating the other. I'm not about to start critisizing the Arabs because that is like shooting fish in a barrel - it's way too easy! I try look at the Israel-Palestine situation as a non-Muslim, non-Jew who doesn't live in the region, and see what conclusions I make. Assigning blame for 60 years of fighting is not my goal. I'm interested in whether the US support for Israel today is justified and aligned with US (and global) interests, and I conclude that it is not. I think Israel creates instability in the ME region, has zero path to lasting peace under its current policies, and due to its unequal assessment of human beings (Jews get citizenship, non-Jews don't) is counter to basic American values. Amazingly, these subjects almost NEVER come up in US media, so it's interesting to discuss them here.