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I suspect that the great majority of people have no idea of two important facts - first that the Palestinians had their own state in 1920 that was given away by the British as payoff to a tribe that supported them against the Turks and that the original partition plan gave the Palestinians a lot more land than they are fighting for now - but the surrounding countries decided to eradicate the new Jewish country.
Not quite, Marvin. I am guessing, by the Palestinians having their own state you mean Jordan? The British created Jordan by giving 70% of Palestine to the Arabs in 1917. It was and is a "Palestinian state" in the way most people mean that term, a state for the Arabs in Palestine. They had their state first. Also, what the Arabs are fighting for now is not less land than the 1947 partition plan would have given them. They don't want their own state (note that they already have that in Jordan, not to mention Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and a bunch more including their place of origin, the entire Arab peninsula). They don't want a "2-state solution" - they have never ?wanted that, have refused it 5 times. What they want is everything, all of Israel in addition to all those other countries and the land they currently occupy outside Israel. They want to drive the Jewish people into the sea, or slaughter all of them. And then they will continue with their conquest of the rest of the world, which is well underway in Europe and North America as well as the parts of Africa they haven't already occupied.?
Pat
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1.? Would you hire a death doula?
No, it¡¯s not something I have any interest in. If its my time to die, its my time to die, I don¡¯t need someone there to calm me down or whatever. I believe I will go to heaven or a positive experience¡..but if I¡¯m wrong and I go to hell or a negative experience or dead is dead, well a doula isn¡¯t going to change any of that.
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
I haven¡¯t heard of any recently. I¡¯ve been around long enough to know that any possible thing is a fetish for someone.
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
Not a clue. I¡¯ll say generally that people assuming that the other side, or that people on both sides in the future will be reasonable, is a bad assumption.
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
Not a clue. I¡¯m sure there are many contenders though!
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
The establishment of Israel needed to be done differently, in a way that everyone living in that area at that time could be satisfied with. And if such a plan weren¡¯t possible, than the establishment of Israel should have been put on hold until such a plan was possible.
I suspect that the great majority of people have no idea of two important facts - first that the Palestinians had their own state in 1920 that was given away by the British as payoff to a tribe that supported them against the Turks and that the original partition plan gave the Palestinians a lot more land than they are fighting for now - but the surrounding countries decided to eradicate the new Jewish country.
Marvin
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