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2007-03-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The Region: Putting the impossible first

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Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-19 11:35|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Great catch, gromgoru.

Suddenly, at the worst possible moment in history for success, resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become the top priority for many governments.

How is it that the West cannot bring itself to notice this? The entire MME (Muslim Middle East) will milk Palestinian misery and suffering like the last cow on the farm until we grow a brain and task fellow Arab nations with peaceably solving the problem themselves.

What do all these things have in common? Not looking at how the interests and ideas of extremists direct them; wishful thinking that concessions and empathy can resolve real conflicts, and so on.

It is this that makes me continue speculating how Bush's own fundamentalism blinds him to any comprehension of how Islamic fundamentalists are playing the West ~~for fools~~ like a violin.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-19 23:15|| 2007-03-19 23:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks, Zen

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-19 23:33|| 2007-03-19 23:33|| Front Page Top

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