Why Don t I Care About the Palestinians? - GREAT ARTICLE

NRO ^ | 9 may 02 | John Derbyshire

[white trash redneck]

Nothing to add!

[rellimpank]

--Amen--

[Frank Grimes]

excellent! I agree with the author, what have the Arabs done lately?

[aristotleman]

BUMP

[eno_]

Hear hear!

[Tacis]

Fine, but I was struck by the similarities between Palestinians and blacks in America. Just as the UN has destroyed any Palistinians ambition and make them totally dependent, so to have the democrats and their bureaucratic minions made American blacks totally dependent on the government and without any ambition. If you reread this article, think of the similarities.

[staytrue]

I think the author left out a discussion of Jordan which seems to be functioning reasonably well as a state and to a lesser extent egypt. If there are problems in Jordan and egypt, they are not making the news.

[NCDoc]

There! Someone has finally said it. Expel the worthless Palestinians from the land between the River and the Sea.

Question: Who would take them?

[3AngelaD]

Finally, the truth, in black and white.

[Joe Bonforte]

We are all supposed to support the notion of a Palestinian state. Why? We know perfectly well what it would be like. Why should we wish for another gangster-satrapy to be added to the Arab roll of shame, busy manufacturing terrorists to come here and slaughter Americans in their offices?

Quote of the week, I think. It's the dirty little secret of the entire Israeli-Palestinian mess that no one seems to want to acknowledge.

[staytrue]

what have the Arabs done lately?

what have the french, italians, greeks, russians, fill in the blank with the country of your choice (except for a very few like USA, Japan, Hong Kong) done lately ?

[ppaul]

Whew!
Hot stuff.
We'll never hear it from the White House, though.

[Justice]

Probably why so many members of the Black Power movement became muslims.

[ppaul]

I was struck by the similarities between Palestinians and blacks in America...

Get a grip.
When is the last time a black American blew himself up while murdering a dozen people at a mall and maiming scores of others, eh?

[SledgeCS]

Great post. I still find it amazing that all of the Arabs countries demand that the US clamp down on Isreal and support the Palesinians but they will not allow the poor Palestinians to settle in any Arab county. Personally I don't really blame them, who would really want people like the Palestinians in their country. To me the Palestinians are the human version of leeches, they have to have someone else support them, feed them, house them.

I for one will not be weeping for the Palestinians when Isreal finaly gets tired of them and declares full war and eradicates the pests.

[ncson]

bttt

[Congressman Billybob]

Every now and again, truth rears its ugly head in discussions of the Middle East. The post-colonial history of Africa shows the same, dreadful pattern.

There is not a single, well-governed state in subSahara Africa. Best of the lot is South Africa, but recent events suggest it is headed down the same dumper as Zimbabwe. It just started at a higher point, economically, and is taking the slow route, rather than the fast route, to disaster.

Looking at the world, the simple truth is that some peoples are culturally incapable of competent government and modern economies, as of now. It is, of course, out of the question for any US President or Secretary of State to say such a thing. It is improper for even a Member of Congress to hint that it might be true.

We are supposed to act like we believe that everything which calls itself a "nation" has any resemblance to a real nation, as opposed to being an outdoor insane asylum which occupies a large territory -- or in the case of some "nations" occupies a few islands in the middle of nowhere and earns most of its money from selling stamps (that are all printed in England) and operating various forms of graft.

Come to think of it, this also explains why all parts of the UN, other than its health agencies which are run by doctors who know what they are doing, are miserable failures. Imagine a rotten high school in which more than half of the students are homicidal maniacs. Now, imagine them in suits, with limos, able to speak several languages, and from parking tickets. That's the UN General Assembly.

More and more it is looking like the proper foreign policy is to terminate with prejudice any "nation" which harms us, and leave most of the others to fester in the political gangrene of their own making. A harsh assessment, but probably accurate.

Congressman Billybob

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[Jaysin]

I simply couldn't have said it any better myself. Fabulous and TRUTHFUL article. And the truth is like a fatal wound to all the looney liberals out there. Option #5 (transfer) is the only REALISTIC solution to the "palestinian question." And it will happen, and Sharon is just the man to do it. Notice how Sharon called the west bank "Judea & Samaria" during his press conference with bush. I'll bet ol W agrees too.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

John Derbyshire has just caused dozens of earnest, naive multi-culturalists (is there any other kind?) to sustain severe cerebral hemorrhage- good job!

He seems to have the right attitude for fighting a war- although I'm very much afraid that the vast majority of Americans have completely forgotten that we are in fact IN a real war right now.

Perhaps when the rest of Manhattan, or Disney World, or Washington DC is vaporized, this attitude will be more widespread.