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To: tejek who wrote (331186)	4/11/2007 2:39:45 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573230

It occupies land it took from Syria, Egypt and Jordan, who all attacked Israel. It gave Egypt's land back. Not all of it. The Gaza Strip was controlled by Egypt before Israel took it. I am not sure what you mean about Jordan. The West Bank was taken from Jordan (then it was called Transjordan), after it attacked Israel. I wouldn't be training children to blow themselves up if they can kill some Israelis in the process. No, because you live in an affluent democracy where other recourses exist. And if we liven in a poor dictatorship I still would be training kids to blow themselves up as long as they can kill people of some other ethnic group in the process. And I'm not unusual in that regard. Terrorism doesn't strong correlate with poverty. It has some correlation with lack of democracy but many non-democracies have relatively little terrorism. Not only is it wrong, but it won't get the Palestinians (or the hypothetical Marylanders) what they want, assuming what they want is an independent country (or to rejoin the US), and not just some dead Israelis. You understand......this is the problem.......you are applying your standards on those of an entire people who have had a whole different experience of life than you. When I say its wrong, I am apply my standards. And I think I am applying the correct standards. Their different experience of life doesn't make such actions correct. When I say it isn't going to get them what they want I'm not applying moral standards at all.