Why Don’t I Care About the Palestinians?

National Review ^ | May 9, 2002 | John Derbyshire

[Right-WingDaddy]

Why is the rest of the world supposed to welcome them, when their own "brother muslims" wont??

[DoughtyOne]

As much as I might like to disagree with this, I can't. The fact is the middle-east is as baren of leadership as the whole of Africa is. Only one or two states have anything resembling peaceful level headed leadership.

What's absolutely amazing to me, is that these states, China and the old despotic nations of the earth are the only ones the UN never demands anything of. Slavery, terrorism, despotism, absolute poverty, no problem. But the west is criticized with unrelenting ferver. Now there's an area that should be whipped into shape. Go figure.

[THROW?]

I think another thing to point out is what would happen if they were all by themselves. They would just kill each other. They are living in a high religion and highly militant society. VERY BAD MIX! They are neanderthals that thrive on war. What else can they do. You can only look at the rocks so long. Imagine that, they don't even have the luxury of watching the grass grow. I do feel sorry for them.

[Utah Girl]

Interesting article ping.

[DoughtyOne]

TBL, I do to, to an extent. Then it gets a little iffy. Look, the fact is the PLO has caused unemployment on the West Bank to go from something like 30% 18 months ago to 70% today. As this has occured families on the West bank have blamed Israel and sacrificed their own children on the alter of Chairman Yasser Arafat. For God's sake folks, wake the hell up.

[truth_seeker]

A clinical definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing, over and over, expecting different results.

Now, every party to the pali situation is insane. The palis keep on with violence. The Israelis deep on with restrained counter measures. The US, UN, EU keep encouraging a negotiated peace settlement.

The underlying FACT is that ALL arabs desire the destruction of Israel. Of course being arabs, they lie about this, and much of the west remains duped by their lies.

Expulsion of arabs, from the lands fairly won in 1967, seems the logical solution. But if Jordan, Italy, Spain et el won't take 13 terrorist prisoners, who would want 4 million of these folks, anyway?

Their arab brethren know they would be a PERMANENT problem, and don't want them. I read a suggestion made by someone else: Turnabout--why don't the Israelis drive all of the palis into the sea?

[SkyPilot]

Already posted.

[Enemy Of The State]

um, maybe because there is no such thing as a "Palestinian"?

[dennisw]

Rush Limbaugh read this on his show yesterday. Was the first thing he did.

[Darkshadow]

Did a search, didn't find anything

[SkyPilot]

Why I Don't Care About Palestinians

[Corvair]

Timely BTTT!

[atomicpossum]

Wow. Truth hurts, don't it?

[randog]

I think that civilized people are starting to reach their breaking point. The constant drone of terrorism is starting to get to us. Sure, the odds of becoming a victim to terrorism is very remote, but terrorism affects more than just our lives--it affects our way of life, from the economy to our vacation plans. I think folks are primed and ready for the fact that some pretty rude things need to be done to solve this problem.

[goldstategop]

The Arab World's two contributions to civilization in the last century are oil and terrorism. Now terrorism seems to be the region's Number One growth as well as export industry. Its hopeless.

[rightwingcrazy]

Derbershire forgets Option 6: the Hamas option. This seems to be the unspoken choice of Europe and the (spoken choice of the) Arab world.

[CapandBall]

this is a gem

[nonliberal]

Why don't I give a f@#$ about the "Palestinians?"

That is an easy one. In Israel, the "Palestinians" have access to health care, representation in the Knesset, and jobs. Were said "Palestinians" to go north to Lebanon, they would find that they have NONE of those. The "Palestinians" in Israel have it pretty good.

Also 80-85% of the Palestinan Mandate land is in Jordan. Israel occupies 3% of that land. Until 1967 Jordan controlled the Gaza Strip and Egypt controlled the West Bank. The "Palestinians" had no problems with that. It is only when the infidels control a miniscule amount of land that they begin the bombings.

I spell Palestine J-O-R-D-A-N.

[Righty1]

Neandertals were no where near as violent as arabs. In addition, they mostly ponder sand and dust with rocks a luxury.