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On 3 Apr 2003 at 16:20, Joseph Ashwood wrote:
> The center of power is not currently important, but with the
> growing disruption that the Israel-Palestine problem presents
> I have a strong suspicion that military force in the middle
> east will become increasingly necessary. The foundation for
> this is rather simple to find, it was bin Laden himself that
> said something like until the people of Palestine know
> safety, the US will not.
He said it, but the complete absence of Palestinians among the
hijackers suggests it is not true.
Despite the fact that bulldozers reluctantly donated by the US
taxpayer are driving over palestinians right now, arab
terrorism is not a punishment for the sins of the west, but for
its virtues.
Indeed, I would argue that though the US should halt all
support for the terrorist state of Israel for moral reasons,
halting that support right now would be extremely dangerous,
because it would encourage terrorism, would create the
perception that terror pays. (The Palestinians and Israelis
are also in the same bind, since if either side halts or even
reduces terror, the other side will conclude that terror pays,
and certainly escalate that terror.)
The US dare not halt is support for Israeli terror until the US
itself has first killed about six to thirty thousand arab
civilians, and it is a long way from achieving the necessary
numbers.
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James A. Donald
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