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Subject: 
Re: British-Christians fuel the IRA?
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Date: 
Fri, 29 Nov 2002 05:33:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:

Hey, what's wrong with trying to throw out a foreign occupying force?
Rather see them do it Gandhi/King style, though.  Blowing up baby carriages
just hurts their own cause (kinda like the Palestinians).

I'm going to jump on your parenthetical comment, Bruce, to make a point.  The
Palestinians have an agenda-- self-determination, Statehood, and peace.  The
Israelis have an agenda-- the recognition of their right to exist, and peace.
Muslim extremists have an agenda-- death to the infidels and Israel.  2 of
these 3 agendas can work together; 1 cannot.  The Palestinians need to rise up
and take their destiny from the hands of terrorist leaders and place it in the
hands of a Sadat figure (post '73;-)-- I believe that the Israeli GP would
respond in kind.  If she ignored *legitimate* overtures of peace from
Palestinians, that's when US pressure could be brought to bear to "persuade"
dissident right-wing Israelis to accept.

-John



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  Re: British-Christians fuel the IRA?
 
(...) The Palestinian and Isrealis, and the Irish and the English need to try and realize that their best course of action is negotiation and compromise. Effectively, though, this means that Isrealis need to give up some land, and the English need (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: British-Christians fuel the IRA?
 
(...) Hey, what's wrong with trying to throw out a foreign occupying force? Rather see them do it Gandhi/King style, though. Blowing up baby carriages just hurts their own cause (kinda like the Palestinians). -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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