Sunday, December 13, 2009
Out of the Mouths of....
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism.......................................................................................For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, and Jerusalem. However, the moment we claim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."....Zahir Muhsein, PLO executive committee member 1977........This, to all of the people who say that the Arabs and the Jews aren't able to agree on anything.............................................................................................."Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nation to join us for the final blow against Israel."....Yasser Arafat........This, to all of the people who actually thought that Mr. Arafat wanted a peace..............................................................................................P.S. To Mr. Muhsein. Don't be so certain about reuniting with Jordan. This, in that, yes, the Syrians have also had historical claims to the land. Can you say, "war with Syria", Mr. Muhsein?
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My fear is borne of the latest news that Iran is right on the cusp of developing a nuclear weapon. I cannot imagine Israel laying down for that, and I can't image that we won't get involved in that because Israel is our ally.
That situation scares me, too, Mike. And while not necessarily wanting to pile on Bush YET AGAIN, it really is his fault. Iran (as I'm sure you already know) was very helpful to us in the early stages of the Afghan conflict. A huge opening was there to improve relations between the two countries. So, what does Bush do but put them into the "Axis of Evil". Thanks a lot, David Frum!
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