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2003-09-03 Middle East

Orson Scott Card: "Are Israelis the Palestinian Police?"

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Posted by Mike 2003-09-03 5:27:26 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Where is this "Palestine" he speaks of?

Posted by someone 2003-9-3 5:32:34 PM|| 2003-9-3 5:32:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 interesting possibility. Keep whacking away at the radicals, and MAYBE the moderates will be able to take over.

MAYBE. I'd say 40% chance, which is about 40 percentage points better than the chances of the pre-bus bombing situation working out.

Good article.

Posted by Ptah 2003-9-3 8:06:46 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-9-3 8:06:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Ok, Aris, I have to definitely give you points for this one. A very interesting read with a point of view I hadn't considered before.

I'd like to think this guy is right about the Palestinians' real feelings (anyone else remember the survey that showed that most Palestinians did not want a "right of return", contrary to what Arafat and Co. said?) I just hope if the Israelis are getting their info from Palestinians who are sick of the whole intifada that they are able to protect their sources from the neighborhood nutballs.

There may be yet another source that Card didn't consider. There are Israeli Arab soldiers, and they all have relatives, friends, you name it. The Israelis would be crazy not to take advantage of the knowledge that they could gather on their behalf.

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-9-3 11:38:58 PM|| 2003-9-3 11:38:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 May God bless those Pal's (and I do say that with some conflict, but not the "God bless" part) who are of the calliber of our own founding fathers and patriots that did so much more than any, except the few. Your fight is like those of the Warsaw Getto.

Posted by Lucky 2003-9-4 12:24:19 AM|| 2003-9-4 12:24:19 AM|| Front Page Top

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