Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Don't know much about history

Now the WaPo is saying the roadblock to peace is a "european" Israel. Never mind that Europeans in Israel come to only 25% of the population there.

Argument and links moved to my Screedblog.

Summary is
1) "Palestine" was a real dump under the Ottomans Empire. It's a paradise now because the Israelis worked their asses off fixing up the place.
2) that the number of Jews thrown out of Muslim countries was higher than the number of Palestinians who were "ethnically cleansed" from Israel, but you don't hear them whining that they want back their farms in Morocco or their Jewelry shops in Iran.
3) that a lot of Arab countries need Israel as a scapegoat...get rid of Israel and they'll find someone else.
4) that a lot of us are tired of them playing the victim and not trying to help themselves and that they should "Get a life", as they say in NYC.

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