Subj : Re: OT Military To : All From : col sanders Date : Mon Jan 13 2003 02:13 pm I would jump in but I don' have time today , both of you can rest assures the answer is somewhere between the two of you. You both seem to represent opposite sides but are unwilling to agree on the *facts*. If you cannot do that much, you will never have agreement. Col Sanders Cherokee wrote: >--- sloppy wrote: > > > >>Israeli abuse of Palestinans? Israeli men aren't strapping themselves >> >> >full of explosives and shooting their way into Palestinan settlements. > >No, but Israeli soldiers have killed hundreds of innocent Palestinians, >in addition to lots of guilty ones. The Israeli Army occupies >Palestinian villages and refuge camps, and supports colonization (heh, >had to stick a TW term in here) of land that does not rightfully belong >to Israel. Who do you think lived in Israel before 1948? It wasn't >the Jews. > > > > >>We should stand by Israel because they have been dealing with >> >> >terrorist attacks for years, and maybe, just maybe if the Arab world >(besides Egypt and Jordan) would accept the right of Israel to exist, >steps could be made to end the violence. > >Israel's policies towards the Arabs have brought on the terrorist >attacks, just as US policy in the Middle East brought on Sep 11. I'm >not saying terrorism is justified, far from it. But just because >someone is attacked by a terrorist does not mean they are right and >that we should support their policies. What do you think would make the >rest of the Arab world recognize Israel's right to exist? And why do >you think the Israelis should have the right to exist but the >Palestinians should not? > > > > >>I personally believe however that there can never be peace in the >> >> >Middle East until "Palestinans" are gone. And why are they called >Palestinans by everyone? They are just Arabs that happen to be living >in that region of the Middle East. > >So your answer is genocide of the Palestinian people? They are called >Palestinians because they live in Palestine, just like we are called >Americans because we live in America. According to your logic, most >Americans are just Europeans that happen to be living in America. We >should just be called Europeans, and whoever is strong enough to push >us around and occupy our territory is justified in doing so. > > > > --- FEddy 1.4.03/modPHX * Origin: http://www.twgs.org -- THE Trade Wars web forum! (1:229/522.0) .