Subject: Re: [drugwar] regarding Israel and the present situation Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 02:27:45 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Fri, 14 May 2004 22:03:57 -0400, Anntelope wrote: >=A0But speaking of just Israel - was it so wrong for the Israelis= to be given >=A0that little plot of land? If we believe the very first phrase in the very first amendment= of the bill of rights demanded by the sovereign states form a= federation here 218 years ago expressed a universally wise foundation for= "ensuring domestic tranquility" , then yes it was profoundly wrong - and= has led to a continuing bloodbath ever since . If you consider it in its most fundamental meaning - that money= will not be taken from one citizen to support another's religion ,= then the billions of our tax monies which have subsidized Israel's war= machine over the decades has been patently unconstitutional . >=A0It was nothing but desert I heard and they turned=A0it into a= garden. The hundreds of thousands who have been living in refugee camps= since 1948 , including the old crippled mullah who was missiled a= month or so ago , came from somewhere . In fact , they could show you= the houses that used to be theirs . > Was anybody stopping the Palestinians from doing the same >=A0to their plot of land? Whether they did or not , it was theirs . The idea that= indigenous Palestinians were and are some sort of "mud-race" to use a term an ardent zionist actually used in a posting , incapable of advancing along with the rest of humanity over the last half century is one of those arrogances I find unconvincing . One of the continuing themes of the destruction by the zionists= is not just bulldozing homes , but ancient olive orchards . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0For Senator from NY : http://www.silbergerforsenator.org/ =A0=A0WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES INCARCERATE A LARGER PERCENTAGE, AND A LARGER NUMBER, OF ITS CITIZENS THAN ANY OTHER NATION ON= EARTH?=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A05/15/2004 2:06:52 AM