[Voyager2]

"Israel would not exist without aid and arms furnished by the USA" Maybe true, but we will never know for sure one way or the other will we? "Sharon is hurting Israel big time" Odd, the Israelis disagree with your assessment "big time". "because he has made it much more difficult for OUR COUNTRY to take care of Saddamn." Oh I got it, this whole MiddleEast problem is about "us", not the murder of innocent civilians. A murder spree that has been on-going for 54 years! "His action in the west bank is being used to justify more "maryters" and will not bring peace {it hasn`t worked for 54 years, why will it work now?" As if the arabs need any excuse for murdering Jews aound the world, really now. There is only one reason,or justification if you prefer, that is clearly and repeatedly stated by the arabs: The total destruction of the state of Israel and every Jew. That was the mantra of the grand mufti in 1948, and today is the mantra of arafat and his gangster moslem allies. Rather than blame the victim for the crime, it would be more useful to re-consider whether or not a Palestinian state should exist. There never has been a Palestinian state before, why should the world create something that has never existed just to please a group of murdering terrorists? That sounds more like blackmail than justice to me. Just a thought, voyager2

[bybybill]

I guess I didn`t make myself clear. Israel has every right to exist and to defend itself. But, they have to realise that what they are doing isn`t the answer and Americans have to realise that what happens there effects us too. While it might feel good to smash up the East Bank and kill some Palestinians, its not going to bring peace and it hurts GWB fight against the real terrorists in Iran and Iraq. As far as a real answer, REP Henry Hyde is proposing a "Marshall Plan' for the WB this several countries contributing. Not as much fun as killing them all but until the Palestinians have something to live for, there will always be war.