Boss wrote:

] The Bush Policy continues previous administrations policies.
] The Palistine Question is insane to begin with, and we can
] thank postwar England/German/Russia for much of the debacle.
] But don't forget the Arabs themselves, who for 50 years, have
] continued to foment hate, terror, and obstinance for a hot and
] dusty, and otherwise undredeeming land; who, before the
] Zionists and Jews started working the land in the late 1800's
] was still just a barren land without any growth potential.

Don't forget France as well and the former League of Nations/UN. I often wonder why so many people quip about the land being a barren land until the Zionists came in. The indigenous people lived off the land the way they could.

] BTW--the Palestinian land is nothing more than the unwanted
] Arab lands, and the Palestinians are a made up
] population--kept around for the Arab world's political use.
] Why doesn't Saudia Arabia use of its many millions to make the
] condition of the Palestinians better? Why don't the Arab
] nations surrounding Israel welcome into their lands the
] Palestinians?

It's disingenuous to say Palesinians are a made up population. Would you say the same for Syria and Iraq? Palestinians are an occupied population.

As for the other Arab nations welcoming Palestinians, they would cease to become Palestinians. The right of return for Palestinian refugees is not honored by Israel. And that's what this whole thing is about. A displaced population. The destruction of their culture. Just because they all speak Arabic doesn't mean they are all the same people and would just meld into another Arabic speaking country.

] Why should the US be responsible for a regions stupidity and
] ignorance?That's the United Nations job, and it has been a
] joke in the area from the beginning.

Last time I checked, the US was one of the original signatories on the original UN charter. It is also one of the permanent Security Council members. Is that a good enough reason?

The Israel/Palestine question is much deeper than all of the above. What we see today is the result of what happens when you don't have moderates making some of the calls. Between Arafat and Sharon, there can be no progress.

Bush sitting on the sidelines on this is really idiotic of him. Keep saying "Roadmap" Dubya, I'll keep watching your lips move.

RE: War of Ideas, Part 4