[SJackson]

It would appear that nobody who actually lives with the Palestinians seems to like them all that much.

This is how Arabs deal with opposition. Assads pop killed up to 30,000 at Hama by shelling the city. Then had to be persuaded to tear the place down, he wanted it left as a warning. Jordan killed thousands when they expelled the PLO.

[dennisw]

This is how Arabs deal with opposition. Assads pop killed up to 30,000 at Hama by shelling the city. Then had to be persuaded to tear the place down, he wanted it left as a warning. Jordan killed thousands when they expelled the PLO.

In retrospect I understand why Assad decimated Hama in 1983. That city was ruled by the Muslim brotherhood and was their base of operations. They tried to assassinate Hafez Assad.
You know Wafa Sultan? Her professor was murdered in front of her in 1979 by the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood which btw is Sunni and Assad is Alewite which is much closer to Shiite. This murder was the turning point for Wafa Sultan.