wvbraun,<br /><br />Right before the United States invaded Iraq, I was thinking about how wonderful it would be if the U. S. invaded Isreal, seperated the Isrealis and the Palestinians, kicked the Isrealis out of the areas that were promised many years ago to the Palestinians, and set up a Palisntinian state. I was so tired of hearing about the violence, which has been going on since 1948, because no one would deal with the problems created when several hunred thousand? million? people were kicked out of their ancestral homes so that a Biblical phrophecy could be attained.<br /><br />Peace was so close once, but the rabid anti Palestine-state leaders of Isreal got into power, and began doing everything possible to antagonize the Palistinians. By provoking violent responses to incidents by trumping the incidents up, and then retaliating heavily for the violence, Sharon was able to say that the Palistinians were not ready to have a state, all the while encouraging furthur settlement in the lands promised the Palistinians.<br /><br />Were it not for the United States, Isreal would have had no choice but to allow the creation of a Palistinian state. Because we have not only allowed, but aided, Isreal in opressing large numbers of Muslims, we are considered the root of the problem, and the people who oppose us do not have armies, or political power. They resort to the only kind of war that they think will work: terror.<br /><br />Establishing a Palistinian state that includes all the lands promised to them would force Isreal to give up lands which it claims it captured in war, and which are therfore now Isreali land. Palistine was not promised all of the West Bank, so that Isreal would have a chance to enlarge its borders where they were only three miles apart. Instead, Isreal wants all of the West Bank, which would leave the Palisitinians with the Gaza Strip, a tiny area wedged between Isreal and the sea.<br /><br />People have been abused, lied to, and led on. Those peopl <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> The secret to peace of mind is a short attention span. </div>