--It seems that weapons do matter; Why is it that Iran and North Korea are pursuing nukes? And the U.S. cannot let that happen?
- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your claim is easy to make, and there is a very ancient tradition > surrounding this process. Just show up with much more lethal > weaponery than the current inhabitants have, and the land is all > yours. > > Didn't you know that God traditionally grants people land in > this manner? > > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > snip > > > > > > > Right, so why can't Israel exist peacefully in 'Palestine'? > > > > > > > > > > > > Beats me, though I don't think the 'we were here first' > > > argument works well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Probably because the Israeli state was created by the British > > > from seized Arab land in the late 40's, in order to weaken the Arab > > > > > > nationalist movement. No one ever goes for that stuff, and > > > there has been war there ever since. > > > > > > > > > > I think you are mistaken, the *JEWS* bought most of the land > > > from > > > > > absentie lanlords (Arabs), it was nothing but barren. The JEWS > > > made > > > > > it > > > > > what it is today....isn't that reason enough? (Plus having been > > > there > > > > > since the beginning of time). > > > > > > > > Is that the 6000 year old "beginning of time" per the Old Testement > > > > (as interpreted by some) or the 20 million years ago "beginning of > > > > time" that the progenitors of all current humanity migrated out of > > > > Ethiopia, or the 6 billion? years beginning of time when the earth > > > was > > > > created, ot the 20? billions years ago "beginning of time" since > > > the > > > > big bang? > > > > > > I have read that 80 to 90 percent of Israel's population is > > > Ashkenazi, who are thought to be caucasoid descendants of the > > > eastern-European Khazars, who never lived in the Near- or Middle- > > > East, and who converted to Judaism as late as the 7th or 8th century > > > CE. Only the remaining 10 to 20 percent are Sephardic, who actually > > > *did* originate in or near the region now known as Israel, and who > > > (I have read) are currently treated as distinctly second-class > > > citizens in Israel. > > > > Cultural / religious claims of owning and having eternal rights to a > > portion of the earth based on where ones ancestors lived, (sometimes a > > dubious claims, as illustrated above), seems a rather odd argument. My > > ancestors owned a lot of land in Ireland, just ouside Dublin. Can I > > claim it? Others owned lots of land in what are now (not then) ritzy > > resort areas. Can I claim several acres of prime real estate there? I > > would be an instant billionaire. Help me out here, because I would > > love to make these claims. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12he9592p/M=364397.6958316.7892810.4764722/D=groups/S=1705171145:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123657926/A=2915264/R=0/SIG=11t7isiiv/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34443/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs";>Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page</a></font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
