If you believe that Hamas, Al Qaeda, etc., are truly interested in
RESOLVING the Palestinian crisis, you're dreaming.
==DP

At 02:15 PM 02/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>In the Middle East this past century has seen
>
>... exploitation of the peoples of Middle East first by Britain and then by
>the US mainly for their oil reserves
>
>...establishment of puppets favorable to the superpowers
>
>...suppression by the superpowers of rebellions
>
>...support by the superpowers for oppressive regimes favorably disposed to
>the west
>
>...sacrifice of the peoples of the Middle East as pawns in the Cold War
>
>We've had more than 50 years in which to liberate the Middle East. Why
>should anyone in the Middle East or anywhere else believe that the US
>intends to liberate anyone, given its less than democratic history there?
>The treatment of the peoples of the Middle East by the superpowers has
>produced the very terrorists who hate us fanatically and fearlessly.
>
>How do we extricate ourselves from this vicious circle? Meaningful steps to
>resolve the Palestinian crisis might *begin* to right things.
>
>Tim Romano
>
>At 12:39 PM 2/12/03, Brennen Lukas wrote:
>
>
>>I submit: The United States did not go looking for war. The war came looking
>>for us and the enemy found us vulnerable.
>>
>>Brennen Lukas
>>http://members.cox.net/blukas/frames_index.html
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