--- Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I happen to support a 2 state
> > solution. But I regard the old PLO demand fora
> > secular socialist unified Palestine to be an
> ideal,
> > and that would mean precisely that "from the River
> to
> > the Sea, Palestine Will be Free." The P's aren't
> > brutes or vengeance mad-animals. The Js are not
> > innocent civilized victims. Lets look at our
> > assumptions, please! jks
>
> But let's also face grim reality. Israel's
> occupation and brutal forays into
> Lebanon have helped to create a climate of death and
> despair. The
> Palestinian leadership, save for a time in the late
> 70s-early 80s when the
> PLO moderated and pushed for a two-state settlement,
> has grown corrupt and
> inept, and has ultimately played into Sharon's
> hands. There are extremists
> on both sides. There are cold-blooded killers on
> both sides. The young woman
> in the piece we're discussing has far too romantic a
> vision of the
> Palestinian resistance, and thus is unable, or
> unwilling, to denounce
> suicide/homicide bombers who are not only criminal,
> but are criminally
> stupid. Every exploding bus and pizzeria sets the
> Palestinian cause back;
> and those on the Western left who romanticize such
> tactics are doing a
> tremendous disservice to the people they claim to
> care about. If the woman
> thinks so lightly of Jewish children being blown to
> bits, then perhaps she
> should strap on some explosives and blast herself to
> socialist heaven. At
> least then she'd be consistent.
>
> People like her are an insult to the memory of
> Rachel Corrie, among others.
>
> DP
>
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