Well, since neither you nor I have lived in a Palestinian camp, discussing what might constitute Heaven on Earth for them seems a little misplaced. Wouldn't you say?
> The Turks don't seem to have done much rampaging lately, except within
> their own borders vis-a-vis the Kurds.
Which has been bad enough. But under Clinton, far worse. Israel "helps" in other areas as well, like supplying the cluster bombs recently used by plucky Georgia, one of Obama's noble allies and potential NATO member.
> As to eras, you never know when you're on the threshold of a new one
> until later. Call me crazy, things seem a little different this week.
Yeah -- an African-American was elected president. That was decidedly different, to be sure. But the system remains, and will be staffed, it seems, by those devoted to it. That's not so different.
Dennis