Same when I was there in the early 90's. Everything was kind of quiet and status quo. I never felt in fear of my life. Now I'm worried about my family there.
> Except that the situation the palestinians are currently in is fairly > recent. > > When I visited israel in the 80's the palestinians weren't dying, they were > like everyone else in the country. Since then, their terrorist activities > have caused some of their rights to be taken from them. But it wasn't > causeless > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:28 AM > Subject: Re: gaza et al > > > > Any sane person can agree that suicide bombing is hideous, and I am sure > the > > bombers themselves can aswell. The question is, what drives people to do > > this? > > > > My answer is desperation. If there was no other way, anything goes. > > > > Believe me. Let me drive the point in. If somehow, Iraq got control of > the > > US, and forced us to be second class citizens, our children are dying, and > > we hardly have any military weapons, a couple of us guys would band > together > > to destroy them in any way. Even suicide bombing Iraq. And then we'd be > > praising and calling him courageous and selfless. > > > > Come on, nobody is anymore different. All of us can be driven into > > desperation. Ever read Lord of the Flies? > > > > > > Ever watched the Pearl Harbor movie and how they agreed to go on a suicide > > mission at the end? > > Ever watched Armageddon and bruce Willis agreed to stay and blow up the > > asteroid? > > Ever watched Independence Day and how that old guy drove his fighter jet > > into the alien ship because his missiles won't launch? > > > > They're all suicide bombers. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mark smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:08 PM > > Subject: gaza et al > > > > > > > can somebody tell me why? > > > > > > the Palestinians and doing what they are doing according to the media ( > > which is disgraceful before anyone jumps on me) because of the Irazeli > > occupation of the gaza strip > > > obtained during the 6 day war(please feel free to correct me if i am > > wrong) > > > > > > I'm fairly ignorant about the situation there (as i have said before), > so > > why don't the Israeli's move out of that area and stop the conflict, if > for > > nothing else the safety of their people, its obvious by now that the > > Palestinians will never stop? > > > > > > Also what is the deal between Israel and america (there is obviously > > something going on)? > > > > > > In the same way there is something going on between the US and the UK > (the > > way the UK follows the US regardless of policy is disgracecful in my > > opinion),is it just to bolster the UK's position with Europe? > > > > > > > > > Any opinions to all my questions, would be greatly recieved > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > Mark Smyth > > > Certified Coldfusion Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
