Labret:

Maybe a freudian slip gave you away (or lack if knowledge about the USA) to some extent.

You posted: "What country? I have lived portions of my life in several countries. I lived in a little forested country in the Northwest called "Washington", also lived in the following countries: Alaska, Oklahoma, Michigan, California."

When did these states become countries?

Cmon, I fail to believe that your sense of humor is that dry.

You are like Spock.

Labret:

Well, the truth is, I did consider that it could be humor.

heheh..

I was about to post "1280x1024" after i read the topic of the thread...

But it's all about the damn middle-east again.. *sigh*

We gave you a great solution... the arabs countries in the middle east got *1000 times land than israel have, the palestine can get land on jordan, eygpt or someting like that.... and the israeli would have their land.

gallerypost:

That would be a solution but I have alread responded to your proposal in a previous post.

"To those of you that have suggested that the Palestinians pack up and leave; realistically this is not going to happen. The problem is not going to just go away."

When the original partition was imposed there were indiginent people in the area. The partition allowed them land. They are demanding that land and they will not just pack up and leave.

I'm with FATPad on this one. The fact is the Palestinions don't really have anything but their hatred and their religion. It's not about land, it's about a pupose to their lives.

Gallerypost, freedom of speech gets ugly sometimes, that's the price of doin' business.

Labret, you need to work the christians into that theory some, it's their book too.

They were offered that land a couple of years again.

They refused and ordered more suicide bombings.

Strange....if you keep begging me for a cookie, and lighting my house on fire until I give you one, then I offer you one and you say no thanks, and light my house on fire again, I'm going to have a problem believing that you'll stop doing it if I give you a cookie.

FATPad:

One of the sticking points on the offer that was made is that of a contiguos border. They would still have been isolated in pockets, much like reservations (they are currently divided into 13 separate pockets) with Israel controling the area between the pockets. All though the offer would have reduced the number of these pockets, I don't know by how many. If I recall correctly the original partition allowed for this separtion to some extent, which was a piss poor idea in the first place. In addition some of the expanded settlements would have remained in place. Israel claims that they offered 97% of what the Palestinians wanted, but the Palestinians deny that claim, but go on to say that 97% of what is rightfully their land is not acceptable. In addition it is said that Israel would have maintained control over 80% of the water supply.

If I recall correctly another sticking point was the right of return. The right of return was not acceptable to Israel. In other words those that fled the land to avoid the conflicts, would not be allowed to return.

:glugglug

Sasush:

Intelligent post.

yeah

i'm trying to get a jacket