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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore
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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
a neutral observer would probably say that's an oversimplified and unrealistic view of history, but with a steady diet of the right propaganda you can believe almost anything.
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What might that neutral observer say about the situation? |
shit, sorry i missed that.
i doubt a neutral observer would say "poor Israel, they have been blameless and thrust into this terrible situation despite having ever done anything to escalate it."
but i don't really know that - i'm certainly no expert and i won't pretend to be able to read the minds of political leaders. i saw a great PBS special where they had cameras at a meeting between palestinian and israeli big wigs filmed right around the time Arafat was under house arrest in his compound. it was fairly enlightening, fairly neutral (in my opinion), and i got the impression that the current powers that be on BOTH sides over there aren't as interested in peace as they are in making sure they get a better deal than the other guy.
but back off-subject, what's really wierd to me is that ABC brought up the whole geography of the jews point at all, as though it had ANYTHING to do with what I was talking about. my stupid feud analogy is only STRENGTHED by the fact that both these groups have been in the middle east as long as either of them can remember.
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