oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) (12/09/85)
> In light of this, (Hussein's pending visit to the US) for > Israel to go and bomb the PLO HQ in Tunis, was a slap in the > face to ANY peace perogative. [Velu Sinha] ------------------------------ Has it occurred to anyone that the Israeli government's mandate is to protect its own population? That extends as much to reassuring the collective national psyche that attacks on Israeli civilians (remember Cyprus, three days and three deaths before) will be answered with force as to keeping the borders secure. > Even if the raid did accomplish its goals... ------------------------------ ...which I've adumbrated above, > SOME Israeli's efforts to eradicate the world of > Palestinians ------------------------------ Irrelevant bullshit, in my opinion. > it could have been performed the week before ------------------------------ ... no, since it would precede the provocation, > or the week after with less adverse effects! ------------------------------ Possibly. But neither Hussein nor Arafat, nor for that matter Reagan, are the Israeli constituency, are they? > and until many Jews stop believeing they are Gods Gift to > Humanity. ------------------------------ Scratch Mr. Sinha deep enough, and you find yet another god damn anti-Semite. Oops, he supports some Arabs - make that Jew-hater. [Thanx and a hat-tip to Louis Farrakhan]. > However, when any group is given the privilidge of > independence, ------------------------------ Yes, "given." [You've canceled a lot of people's sacrifice of their lives, but they're just Kikes.] > (how many other times have lands been partitioned and given > to a releigious/racial group to form an Independant nation > in the history of Man?) ------------------------------ Howzbout a year before, on the Indian subcontinent? Doesn't that suffice, Mr. Velu Sinha? > it is expected that some exempelary behaviour will be shown. ------------------------------ Yes, you Indians (and Pakistanis) sure showed the way. Pity we couldn't profit by your example. If the Israelis had taken the casualties of EITHER side of that little rearrangement, they'd all be dead, and there'd be no problem. Hotcha gotcha - never let it be said you can't solve a problem. Solomonic - here, have half a baby. Then again, modern Indian history shows the exemplary nature of such a nation. > it should be the DUTY of the peoples involved to negotiate a > solution. ------------------------------ On whose terms? Yours? > Every indication shows that the PLO is ready to take what > ever is offered to it. ------------------------------ ... and fight for the rest. Check the Palestine National Covenant. > I believe that if Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon could set a > side a mutually (along the PLO, of course!) agreeable peace > of land, the LARGE SCALE WAR would end. ------------------------------ Jordan has made a fine (but meaningless) move in that regard, renouncing all claim to the West bank at the Rabat conference in 1982 (or 1983??) However, Lebanon since 1975 has had no government capable of allocating land to outside groups, nor has it ever had any good reason to do so. Also, if you check a Syrian geography text, you'll discover that it includes ALL of Israel, ALL of Lebanon and the majority of Jordan as Syria irredenta. That leaves precisely nothing for the Palestinians, not even the Gaza Strip, NOTHING, amigo. By the way, where does a boychik like you draw the lower bound to "large-scale" war? Your ideas have no connection to reality. You are suggesting the pipe dream of ablating FIVE nations' deepest feelings to your wish to out-think us all (in a single posting, yet.) Charming. > The arabs give no more resounding applause to their > compatriots than does the US to its. ------------------------------ The discussion in question is Farouk Kaddoumi's (permanent PLO observer to the UN) remarks that "maybe" Marilyn Klinghoffer pushed her husband overboard during the Achille Lauro hijacking, presumably to get rid of an incapacitated husband or for the insurance money. That statement was made to the applause of the Arab League representatives, at whose luncheon the remarks were made. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar was there, as was President of the General Assembly Jaime Pinies (Spain.) The Boston Globe report I saw (12/5/85) did not specify whether the latter two gentlemen joined in the applause. Are those the remarks you seek to defend? Perhaps, Mr. Sinha, you could tone down your pontifications? Actually, I don't want Messrs. Sinha nor Aouriri to restrain their remarks. I like my Jew-haters in the open. Happy Hanukah, all -- Oded Feingold MIT AI Lab. 545 Tech Square Cambridge, Mass. 02139 OAF%OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA {harvard, ihnp4!mit-eddie}!mitvax!oaf 617-253-8598
raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan) (12/11/85)
> > and until many Jews stop believeing they are Gods Gift to > > Humanity. > ------------------------------ > Scratch Mr. Sinha deep enough, and you find yet another god damn > anti-Semite. Oops, he supports some Arabs - make that Jew-hater. > Oded Feingold Oded, Are you saying that anyone who says Jews are not God's Gift to humanity is an anti-semite? And that anyone who supports Arabs is a Jew-hater? Am I missing something here? Why should people of other religion believe that Jews are special in any way? How would you react if I told you that Hindus are God's chosen people (which I am not saying, by the way).