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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (273857)	2/2/2010 2:06:39 PM
From: SARMAN	Respond to of 281500

here's an update from Israel. gotta love that US brand of "democracy" in action. Please do not equate our democracy with the failed one in Israel. Israel is not a democracy. 20% of the population have 2% representation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Syria's president Wednesday despite White House objections She was not fired or prosecuted, was she?

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (273857)	2/2/2010 3:46:57 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

LOL. I didn't think you could. You didn't think I WOULD is more like it. I don't need to because the evidence of Arab unification from tribes/clan to actual states is plain for all to see. The only thing lacking is to unite each of those Arab states in a Federation (god forbid an Empire/Caliphate). You are merely blind to the difference that existed under Ottoman rule and today. But that's not to say that Arab unity has been a positive thing. Nothing but war, poverty, or religious militancy, seems to be the only result. As Maurice and others have stated, many Arab states have been given a tremendous economic blessing and have, for the most part, squandered it on glitz and image, rather than economic substance. Hawk