----- Original Message ----- From: "Halupovich Ilana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:26 PM Subject: RE: Child Soldiers RE: This week in the Middle East
> Dan wrote > << 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?>> > > Jeroen wrote > <<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.>> > > Ilana > I was born in Latvian Republic of Soviet Union and lived there first 13 > years of my life. Too many Latvians (and other Baltic nations) see > themselves as occupied by Soviet Union. Interesting, but they never tried > terrorism to free themselves. > > Dan > <<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?>> > > Jeroen > <<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 occupation.>> > > Ilana > Thank you, thank you, thank you! (donnes (sp) imaginary hat) Just to make my position clear, I was talking about the effects of the "right to return", not occupation. I was speaking to the arguement of Jeroen that if Israel agreed to the Palestinian right to return to the land their families once owned in Israel, they would learn to live together. Maybe you can illuminate us on what you think would happen if Israel were force to allow any Palestinian who requested it to become an Israelie citizen. Would y'all fear that Israel would turn into an majority Palestinin state? Dan M.
