[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/1/02 9:29:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in response to > Jeroen: > > << Except for the fact that the US does a lot of questioning. There is a > lot of debate in the US about whether Israeli violence goes to far, > frequent official US criticism of Israel for some instances of violence, > debate about whether Israel would be better off unilaterally recognizing > Palestinian Independence, etc, >> > > And in fact even the subject of Palestinian independence, which the US has > pushed for at least the past 10 years, has met with a great deal of > opposition in the ranks of the Israeli government. We have not stopped > working towards some form of Palestinian state, nor have we stopped objecting > to Israeli retaliatory strikes when they seem, to us, to be excessive. > > But let's face it, Hamas, Hezbolla and the Infitada, (who claim to be the > voice of the Palestinian people) are waging a PR campaign they cannot hope to > win. Every innocent Israeli civilian that is murdered by a Palestinian > suicide bomber is an example of what we consider uncivilized and barbaric > behavior. Remember the bombers who dipped their shrapnel nails in rat > poison? This is not the act of people who desire peaceful coexistence. > > And incredulously, you want to know why Americans aren't on their side?
..oh, and let's not forget the healthy campaign contributions that the pro-Israel voting block gives each year to our political parties. -j- -- I STILL need a new .sig
