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>What I am about to say will probably alienate me permanently from some here, thinking of Tamar in particular. (Tamar, I ask your forgiveness in advance -- you are one of my faves). I think Israel is a horrible ally. They have brought the U.S. nothing but trouble. 9/11 would not have happened if not for our persistent bias for Israel in the endless resentment between Jews and Muslims. We shouldn't be sticking our necks in. Leave them to their endless resentments. To those who are committed enough to care so much about it, move there and duke it out. Don't bring foreign fights to our shores.

Mike;

A few weeks ago I was considering the following to resolve the problems that Israel has with its neighbors. Move all the non Arab population of Israel to France. Move all Muslims in France to Israel.

With the end of each war, when territories are divided by the victor or victors, resentment is a fact enjoyed by those that lost. In the case of Israel, the historic reasons that Israel exists after World War II is cause of resentment by all Arab countries. Nuclear war seems inevitable at some point in time.

My suggestion might help the world to exist for a few more days before some other rationalization destroys humanity.

Tom