Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/05/israel_and_palestine_0?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fbl%2Fherecomesyournonviolentresistance > > "FOR many years now, we've heard American commentators bemoan the violence > of the Palestinian national movement. If only Palestinians had learned the > lessons of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, we hear, they'd have had their > state long ago. Surely no Israeli government would have violently suppressed > a non-violent Palestinian movement of national liberation seeking only the > universally recognised right of self-determination. >
Well the Palestinians have had many chances over the last 50 years to secure their land, most recently with Arafat, and they've never agreed. This is because, as a led people, they've wanted everything or the status quo. Thus it is what it is. I have a hard time feeling sorry for a people that chose the Kaiser in WWI, Hitler in WWII, and have refused every peace offer since not to mention continues to start wars and oppress their own people. I believe Arafat was offered 90% of everything he asked for and still wouldn't move forward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337962 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
