> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: maandag 21 januari 2002 22:14 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News
> >> As I have posted earlier, I believe Israel should stick to the > >> borders it was given when the State of Israel was founded. IOW, the > >> 1948 borders, not the 1967 borders. > >> It would be too much for Israel to expect to be left alone then, but > >> I think it would greatly stimulate the peace process if Israel would > >> cease the occupation and oppression of the Palestinians and retreat > >> to its original (1948) borders. > > Ummmmm....... could you explain why after being viciously attacked on > four separate occasions, Israel should then rstop defending itself and > retreat *before* the aggresor parties even sign a peace treaty? I > think that I have asked this before but I don't seem to recall your > answer. It would certainly be a sign of good will. Let's face it, Israel is not a country with little or no military power. Combine that with an UN Peace Force to keep the parties apart, and and Israeli government that actually wants to talk about peace, and we might actually get somewhere. > Its simply really - if the Palestinians want peace, they need to sue > for peace in the same way that defeated armies have sued for peace > since time immemmorable. Otherwise, they shouldn't complain that > Israel responds to armed attacks against the families of 12-year old > girls I will give you the same reply I gave Dan: You know, you Americans really should stop pretending that children are the only targets. All I ever hear is "Palestinians kill children". Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli fire, but you do not hear the rest of the world hammering on "Israel kills children". True, children are targeted, and that is horrible, but they are not the only targets. > by evacuating Palestinian civilians from certain areas and then blowing > up the infrastructure that the Palestinians use to conduct their evil > campaign. Oppressing and killing Palestinians is not exactly a nice thing to do either. From a Palestinian (and my) POV, Israel is engaging in an evil campaign. So, following your reasoning, Israel should not complain if the Palestinians evacuate and then blow up the Knesset either. Somehow, I think they (and the US) *will* complain... Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
