It's always nice when folks who bring up one particularly unfortunate act of terrorism actually have a link. Lends credibility, and all that. Both sides have engaged in reprehensible acts, of which there is no doubt.
While I believe that there are people of good faith on both sides, they're having trouble coming to the forefront. The Israelis are in the position of superior power and organization, with an actual government, laws, military and a bundle of the American Taxpayers money. I rather strongly suspect that if they'll give up the notion of greater Israel, they'll be able to have peace with the palestinians.
That won't happen, with Sharon in power and the likudniks and settlers pulling the strings. They talk a good peace plan, as do the Bushies, while they tighten the rope around the palestinians' necks... The Geneva agreement scares the daylights out of them precisely because it could work, peace could happen, only at the expense of their pursuit of Prophecy. Neither the settlers or the American Christian Right want that, each for their own prophetic reasons.
So, uhh, get on with this slow-motion version of genocide, where the perps prey on the inherited guilt of their friends to perform their own misdeeds. Knock down the houses, fill in the wells, cut down the orchards, build walls and steal the countryside. Lock the occupants in their houses for days at a time with endless curfews, shoot their children when they sneak outside to play. They're not God's Chosen, they don't matter.
How quickly the oppressed become the oppressors. What did they learn from the pogroms and the holocaust? Nothing?
While I believe that there are people of good faith on both sides, they're having trouble coming to the forefront. The Israelis are in the position of superior power and organization, with an actual government, laws, military and a bundle of the American Taxpayers money. I rather strongly suspect that if they'll give up the notion of greater Israel, they'll be able to have peace with the palestinians.
That won't happen, with Sharon in power and the likudniks and settlers pulling the strings. They talk a good peace plan, as do the Bushies, while they tighten the rope around the palestinians' necks... The Geneva agreement scares the daylights out of them precisely because it could work, peace could happen, only at the expense of their pursuit of Prophecy. Neither the settlers or the American Christian Right want that, each for their own prophetic reasons.
So, uhh, get on with this slow-motion version of genocide, where the perps prey on the inherited guilt of their friends to perform their own misdeeds. Knock down the houses, fill in the wells, cut down the orchards, build walls and steal the countryside. Lock the occupants in their houses for days at a time with endless curfews, shoot their children when they sneak outside to play. They're not God's Chosen, they don't matter.
How quickly the oppressed become the oppressors. What did they learn from the pogroms and the holocaust? Nothing?