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World pressure is intense on Israel. If they could get a break from those attacks, they would give the Palestinians what they want. |
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You have both hit the nail on the head!!!!
Why the rest of the world even bothers is beyond me.
These are both warrior cultures. They love it!!!
This is Issac and Ishmael, guys and gals.
Sharon and Arafat would have no reason to live without each other.
I say we all go away and leave them in peace- uh war.
That's so true Stranger until both nations realize what they're doing, I don't see the need for other countries to get involved something that they know its not going to take them no where. They will not stop until everyone of them dead, sad but true.
LDH
You see, our views are not so far apart after all.
We, the greater world, are spinning our wheels on this one.
The rivalry between these two cultures goes back many, many centuries. It goes back before Islam was even born.
Most of the western world has no comprehension of it. It is tribal.
I have grave doubts about our efforts to bring "democracy" to Iraq or anywhere in that part of the world.
I heard an interview with a Moslem cleric in- I can't remember the country, Switzerland? Don't know.
But he was discussing the problem of bringing followers of Islam more into the mainstream of European life, and he himself stated that "Islamic thought came to a standstill five centuries ago".
that made me think, 'so how are we, or anyone else going to make them understand the principles of free, independant thought"?
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The rivalry between these two cultures goes back many, many centuries. It goes back before Islam was even born. Most of the western world has no comprehension of it. It is tribal. |
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But he was discussing the problem of bringing followers of Islam more into the mainstream of European life, and he himself stated that "Islamic thought came to a standstill five centuries ago". that made me think, 'so how are we, or anyone else going to make them understand the principles of free, independant thought"? |
Interesting... sometimes we think of what the Israeli soldiers do... but there is also other tatics...
From Arab News:
Water Is a Method of Political Control"
Roger Harrison, Arab News Staff  RIYADH, 10 March 2003 - "The way water is being used as a method of control in Palestine is a hidden agenda that rarely reaches the media headlines," said Dr. Nidal Salim of the Palestinian Water Authority. "It's a hidden war that has been going on since 1948."
https://arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=23511