On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 01:14:48PM +0200, Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote: > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Let me give a parallel. For 50 years, the United States defended > > Europe against the Soviet Union. Was this a mistake? Should > > we just have let the Soviets take over Europe, to better foster > > understanding? > > Your parallel is flawed. The people of Western Europe never lived > under Soviet occupation, while the Palestinians have been living under > Israeli occupation for decades. I think Dan meant that Soviet Union = Arabs; Europe = Israel > > The US and the Soviet Union (with a bit of help from other allies, > > defeated Nazi Germany. Was the best solution to let the Nazis live > > with the Dutch until hatred disappeared into understanding? > > Um, bad parallel. You are drawing a parallel between Nazi occupation > and Israeli occupation. No matter how wrong the Israeli occupation is, > it does not match the horrors of the Nazi occcupation. Actually, I think Dan meant that Nazis = Arabs; Dutch = Israelis -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
