On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Michael Luscombe <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On 13-Jan-09, at 10:41 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: > > > >> Israel has traditionally provided humanitarian support to the area, > >> but has reduced those efforts considerably since Hamas took power, > >> either as some form of "tough love" to get Palestine to produce a > >> sensible government, > > > > Yeah, after both the US and Israel pushed them hard to have > > elections...they elected the "wrong people" and we immediately started > > punishing them for it. Way to build trust. > > > >> or just to turn up the heat on the situation and > >> provoke a confrontation. Guess which happened? > > > > It's also elections time in Israel. Starting a fight with the > > Palestinians is a traditional way to garner votes. It worked for Ariel > > Sharon, it worked for Benjamin Netanyahu, it working for Tzipi Livni. > > > > Both sides are serving the Palestinian people poorly, and it's not > > being helped by the religious fanatics on all sides. > > > > But as a practical matter, Israel is creating more militants with > > every bomb. > -- > > All true. Everyone has a justification, even if it's just fear. > > Evolution needs a few more eons to clean out the appendix and the > lizard-brain. > i can't wait that long! -- At 11:23 AM -0600 11/29/08, Chris Bischoff said: Just nod and smile, that's a smart pair you have there. Mugsy replies: why thanks, (blush). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
