posted July 16, 2004 05:29 AM              

I sound like a broken record(that nobody listens to).

posted July 16, 2004 01:37 PM            

Clinton wanted to broker peace to get himself a Nobel Peace Prize. Although I don't think very much of him as a person, he did seem to work hard at getting them to work together.

Their lack of forward momentum in that regard is because both sides are as bad as the other - they're both stubborn, there's certain things neither side will give an inch on. Don't for one minute let the America haters here portray it as only the Israeli's being bad guys w/ the US' support. They're both as bad as each other, the history is long, and the hard liners on both sides **** it up for everyone.

posted July 19, 2004 12:29 AM              

The hate goes very deep on BOTH sides. Many of the adults are a lost-cause. They have to achieve peace through the new generation, the children. They haven't formed that hatred yet.

Put the children of both sides into common schools, and they will make freinds with each other, despite their differences.

posted July 19, 2004 10:18 AM              

I do not condone human bombs buy any means, but the Palestinians believe it is all they have in their arsenal. After all, we do not arm them. We Americans once indulged in a bit of terrorism during our own revolution, though certainly not to these horrific lenghts. At the time it was considered unfair and barbaric, but it was all we had.

posted July 19, 2004 12:08 PM              

It's the 'Us-vs-Them' mentality that causes all the fricken conflict in this world - The inablity to wrap their brains around the fact that we are not separate, but rather ONE race. Everybody has the right to exist, and nobody has the right to decide what piece of God's Green Earth someone else can exist on, (unless it's your strawberry patch or something)

Or, unless they are terrorists, and don't wish to co-exist peacefully there. (wherever "there" is)

posted July 19, 2004 02:20 PM            

And during the American Revolution we didn't strap ourselves with bombs and kill British women and children on purpose. To even remotely justify what either side does because of the other is what got us here in the first place.

Oh, and the Palestinians get international support to the tune of millions (billions?) of dollars (which they in turn buy weapons with).

I think one of the largest impediments to peace is Yasser Arafat. His entire life has been based on strife with Israel - I don't think he is capable of being at peace with them, of truly encouraging peace with them, of enforcing policies that keep the peace with them.

posted July 19, 2004 11:12 PM              

You betcha Arafat is getting in the way of peace. He's all ego now. Same w/ Sharon - what a bitter man.

posted July 20, 2004 04:05 PM            

For example: If we were talking about oranges and then all of a sudden I start bringing up the poltical policies of Argentina. You would think "What in the heck does that have to do with anything" LOL...

posted July 20, 2004 04:31 PM              

lioneye - The cartoons that I've been showing are of that name: Non Sequitur by Wiley.
He's oftentimes kinda political, but he takes more swipes a general red-tape and circular thought (wherever he finds 'em) than anything else. If you had to label him, I'd say that he seems to be of a liberal bent with a huge, flaming swath of libertarianism (if that's possible).