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In ba.general Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com> wrote:
> Suburbanaristic wrote:
>>  Disgruntled Customer <nowhere@nowhow.com> wrote:
>>>Suburbanaristic <yeah_uh-hu@wohoo.com> enscribed:
>>>
>>>>I wonder if those Palis ever considered doing something other than 
>>>>sitting around all day hating the Jew.
>>>
>>>They figured out how to run democratic elections. Unlike American allies like 
>>>Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi-Arabia. Maybe that's why the U.S. is trying to ruin 
>>>them, like Iran and Lebanon.
>> 
>> 
>> They're doing a bang-up job with that democracy aren't they? Literally.

> Considering Israel, backed by the U.S. and EU, is trying to strangle the
> Palestinians because they didn't like the choice made in democratic
> elections.

     Apparently "strangle" = fail to send them money.  Why should we
pay them to further their declared aim to destroy our ally?  Let those
who say they support the Hamas aims send money--Iran, Syria, etc.

>> Palestinians kill as many of each other as anyone else does, but of 
>> course it's *not their fault*.

> Because the Israelis have set up a Palestinian "Zoo" where they are
> trying to destroy them slowly and not so slowly.

     No need for Israel to destroy them.  They are doing a superb
job of that all by themselves.  All Israel wants to do is to keep
them from killing and kidnapping Israelis while they are at it.
     The Palestinian govt. was making some progress towards
economic survival while they were willing to tolerate the existence
of Israel.  When they started the second intifada in 2000, of course
Israel could no longer maintain economic cooperation, and when Hamas
was elected in 2006 with the declared aim of destroying Israel, of
course the West could no longer continue the hundreds of millions
annually (most of which had gone into the pockets of Arafat and his
supporters).