[quebecois]

I hate to say it, but I agree with this professor. This conflict in Israel is a microcosm of a larger one: Western civilization has been in retreat in the face of expanding third world cultures since the end of WW II. The exploding demographics of the third world, the stagnant populations of the first world, the plentiful decadence of the West, and the Western "guilt complex" vs the third world have all combined to create a situation where we are being rolled back.

It started with decolonization. The West was thrown out of its colonial empires by nationalist insurgents of indigenous peoples (Algeria, India, Vietnam, etc). Then, the West was overthrown in those areas where significant Western minorities had established minority rule (Rhodesia, South Africa, Kosovo). Now, the third world is pushing into areas previously inhabited by Western majorities (Israel, the American Southwest, etc).

Eventually, this will culminate in a struggle for control in the very hearland of the Western World (the rest of America, Europe, Australia, etc). The West is running out of places to hide.

[Crazymonarch]

Having recently been to London and Frankfurt Id dare say you can put a line through Europe as allready lost