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Mike Coffel br> Auburn, Georgia /p>

It's not for nothing that the symbol of Islam is the sword. When Arabs aren't fighting amongst themselves, tribe against tribe, they kill each other over religious beliefs, Sunni vs. Shiite, vs. Druze. But they are always happy to unite and kill the infidel, those being anyone not Muslim. Death is their guiding light, Shahidism their mantra, plunder and pillage their reason d'etre. They produce nothing, not even their own oil.

They've spend 1300+ years pillaging, murdering and raping the subjugated Jew and Christian dwelling among them. Does one really believe they can accept the Jew regaining control of a portion of historical Israel? Islamic and Christian dogma are similar: The Jew has been rejected and replace with others by Allah and God, their Bible superceded by a Koran or New Testament. But the Jew, a fraction of 1% of world population didn't disappear, didn't become a historical footnote; a slight fly in the ointment of subsequent theologies.

Instead of pressing Israel Europeans and American should impose resettlement of Gazan Arabs among the surrounding Arab countries. It's time to dispense with the fiction of palestinians. There aren't any! They magically appeared in 1968: They can magically disappear in 2008. They've had and squandered their chance to live in peace in Gaza. The greenhouses, that produced vegetable so sought after in Europe, that were developed over 30 years and left behind by the Jewish inhabitants, were destroyed within 2 days. TWO DAYS! They spent and misspent BILLIONS in aid with ABSOLTELY NOTHING to show for it. Yet, they are happy to sacrifice their children to the burning maw of the ancient god Moloch. And call it Islamic shahidism.

p>There's a really simple way to produce peace in Gaza: Cut off all UN, Euro and American aid, water, food and electricity. Let them eat their weapons. In 30 days all will be quiet or all will be dead. br> -- Wolf Terner br> Fair Lawn, New Jersey /p>

Any Libertarian worth his salt, or even any high school honor student who has read any of Ayn Rand's works can clearly answer this question: what is the difference between selfish behavior and acting in one own enlightened self-interest? R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. shows us that 84% of all Palestinians have no discernable interest in fathoming the question. The majority of Palestinians encourages, or at least tacitly supports, the terror agents in Gaza. As R.E.T. pointed out, the logical and rational position for these same people would be to develop the land, commerce and an attractive tourism trade so they could live with some comfort. The selfish, self-destructive, self-defeating choice is to continue attacking their cousins (as linked through Jacob and Esau). These attacks hurt the Israelis, but they do more damage to the Palestinian people. With each attack they invite retaliation, alienation, condemnation and damnation.

p>Israel, always the one asked to sacrifice for peace, ceded land for a promise of peace. What they received in return was a continuing flow of martyrs (terrorists) and mortars. Can any Palestinian believe these hostile actions will serve them well? The Palestinians cannot hope to defeat Israel militarily; the Israeli forces will continue to stand up to any who wish to tear down the nation. Even the most dovish Israeli can no longer believe cutting off a hand to feed vultures so the beast will not seek more is a productive strategy. The only way a Palestinian flag will freely unfurl in the region is when Israel feels that its borders and sovereignty are fully secured and respected. Every attack on her soil makes the narrow path to peace narrower. Palestinian terror attacks are self-defeating and ultimately irrational because they destroy their any chance of self-government, not Israel's. br> -- Ira M. Kessel

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